Introduction -- Decision Making in Planning and Scheduling -- The Interconnectivity of Planning and Shop Floor: Case Description and Relocation Analysis -- The Unsung Contribution of Production Planners and Schedulers at Production and Sales Interfaces -- Collaborative Planning in Supply Chains...

We consider an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) that outsources some of its production activities to a contract manufacturer that serves several customers on the same capacitated production line. The contract manufacturer is not willing to share all relevant information with the OEM, and...

This article presents a method to identify "Absolute and Relative Employment Concentration (AREC) areas" for a particular industry. Two novel characteristics of the method are that it simultaneously analyses AREC, and that it combines spatial concentration per area with the spatial concentration...

This paper analyzes the relationship between freight accessibility and logistics employment in the US. It develops an accessibility measure relevant for logistics companies based on a gravity model. This allows for an analysis of the accessibility of US counties focusing on four different modes...

Reverse factoring—a financial arrangement where a corporation facilitates early payment of its trade credit obligations to suppliers—is increasingly popular in industry. Many firms use the scheme to induce their suppliers to grant them more lenient payment terms. By means of a periodic...