A prominent and contemporary challenge for supply chain (SC) managers concerns the coordination of the efforts of the nodes of the SC in order to mitigate unpredictable market behaviour and satisfy variable customer demand. ...
Mula, Josefa; Lyons, Andrew C.; Hernández Hormazábal, Jorge Esteban; Poler, R.(Taylor & Francis: STM, Behavioural Science and Public Health Titles, 2014)
This paper describes an integer linear programming model conceived as an alternative to a traditional material requirements planning (MRP) system for extending the concept of supply chain synchronisation upstream in a ...
Hernández Hormazábal, Jorge Esteban; Mula, Josefa; Poler Escoto, Raúl; Lyons, Andrew C.(INFORMS (Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences), 2014-03)
[EN] Effective business process collaboration between companies operating in a supply chain can bring about important benefits, but several barriers need to be overcome. One important obstacle evidenced by professionals ...
Collaborative initiatives such as collaborative design, collaborative planning and forecasting, and open collective innovation are increasingly accepted as approaches that can effectively support decision-making (DM) ...