VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) is a widely used cooperative inventory policy in supply chains in which each enterprise has its autonomy in pricing. This paper discusses a leader-follower Stackelberg game in a VMI supply chain where the manufacturer, as a leader, produces a single product with a...

Co-modality transportation advocates using urban public transport to support urban freight operations. This study considers implementing the co-modality in a fixed-route transit network (bus) consisting of multiple lines following predetermined routes and schedules. We first develop a...

Authenticity of ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) reports for E-commerce logistics service providers (ELSPs) is crucial to ensure the transparency and accuracy in reporting on sustainability practices. As logistics activities have a significant impact on the environment and society,...

This paper discusses how a manufacturer and its retailers interact with each other to optimize their product marketing strategies, platform product configuration and inventory policies in a VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) supply chain. The manufacturer procures raw materials from multiple...

This paper deals with simultaneous configuration of platform products and supply chains. The supply chain consists of one manufacturer and multiple cooperative suppliers. A common platform is shared for developing/configuring the product family with variant modules which are substitutable in the...

Package holidays are the main modes of outbound travel in many Asian countries and regions, especially in mainland China. This paper considers competition strategies in a tourism supply chain (TSC) network consisting of three sectors -- theme parks, accommodation providers, and tour operators...

Hybrid flow shop (HFS) scheduling has been extensively examined and the main objective has been to improve production efficiency. However, limited attention has been paid to the consideration of energy consumption with the advent of green manufacturing. This paper proposes a new ant colony...