Download or read book Supply Chain Contracts for Perishable Goods with a Fixed Shelf Life written by Yenho Chung and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing a supply chain for a perishable good with extremely short shelf life and high value is a challenging task. In such a supply chain, the availability and the utilization of this perishable good become important performance measures. Especially when the supply chain is decentralized, these performance measures may generate conflicting incentives between supply chain partners, where utilization is critical for a supplier and availability for buyers. In this dissertation, we address channel coordination problems for various forms of decentralized supply chains that deal with perishable goods with a fixed shelf life to investigate how to reconcile such misaligned incentives between the supplier and the buyer(s). A platelet supply chain between blood centers and hospitals is a typical example of such a supply chain, where utilization is critical for blood centers and availability for hospitals. Due to such misaligned incentives, blood centers prefer to push older units to hospitals for better utilization of platelets, while hospitals prefer to receive younger units to achieve higher availability. Although there may be various approaches to address the issue of decentralized supply chains, this dissertation particularly focuses on the supply chain contracts.

Download or read book Supply Chain Coordination for Perishable Products Under Minimum Life on Receipt MLOR Agreements written by Navid Mohamadi and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problem definition: To limit fresh products' waste, grocery retailers that manage limited shelf lifeproducts require suppliers to only send products with a remaining shelf life of at least a minimum life on receipt (MLOR). Such MLOR agreements may, however, substantially increase product waste at suppliers. We study coordinating contracts for a supply chain under an MLOR agreement, under profit and waste considerations. Further, we investigate the effects of MLOR agreements on suppliers and analyze how retailers can set MLOR agreements while reducing supply chain waste.Methodology/results: We study a supply chain of one retailer and one supplier. The supplier faces apositive production lead time and makes the production decision before the retailer's order is placed. We consider the retailer as a Stackelberg leader offering a contract to the supplier. The supplier accepts the contract if his expected profit exceeds his reservation profit. We analytically study coordination contracts and the effect of MLOR agreements on supply chain profit and waste and illustrate this numerically. We show that coordination is possible when the supply chain is either retailer-operated or supplier-operated. In the supplier-operated supply chains, coordination is possible through a two-part tariff contract with a zero wholesale price and a fixed side payment that the retailer receives. In a retailer-operated supply chain, coordination is achievable via various commonly known contracts. We show analytically that when the MLOR agreement does not require the freshest products, the supplier's waste declines, allowing him to accept a lower wholesale price.Managerial implications: While retailers commonly request a high MLOR, we show that they may shoot themselves in the foot by doing so and could effectively create more waste in the supply chain rather than less. Reducing the MLOR level lowers the wholesale price and can Pareto improve profit while reducing waste significantly.

Download or read book Studies in Quantitative Decision Making written by Diptesh Ghosh and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-03-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume is an in-depth collation of the usage of different quantitative decision making techniques in practical areas such as lean & green supply chain, reverse logistics, perishable logistics, closed loop supply chain, sustainable project management, retail management, block chain applications, optimal supplier selection problem, demand/supply modelling, forecasting under uncertainties, scheduling & sequencing, resource constraint logistics, dynamic network supply chain, risk evaluation, and so on. Additionally, the book also solves these issues in theoretical and practical context using innovative mathematical tools. Consisting of selected papers from the 23rd Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, this book's highlight is not only the coverage of interesting topics, but also how these topics are dealt with, such that post-graduate students as well as researchers and industry personnel working in areas like engineering, economics, social sciences, management, mathematics, etc., can derive the maximum benefit by reading or referring to this book. Apart from the emphasis on new mathematical, operations research, operations management, and statistical techniques, the authors also ensure that all the concepts are made clear by highlighting their practical significance in different areas of applications of operations management. By using novel presentation methods, the book offers a good practical flavor of all the different topics relevant to operations management in the coming decades.

Download or read book Logistics Operations Supply Chain Management and Sustainability written by Paulina Golinska and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to present qualitative and qualitative aspects of logistics operations and supply chain management which help to implement the sustainable policy principles in the companies and public sector’s institutions. Authors in individual chapters address the issues related to reverse network configuration, forward and reverse supply chain integration, CO2 reduction in transportation, improvement of the production operations and management of the recovery activities. Some best practices from different countries and industries are presented. This book will be valuable to both academics and practitioners wishing to deepen their knowledge in the field of logistics operations and management with regard to sustainability issues.

Download or read book Supply Chain Contract Management written by Marcel Sieke and published by Kölner Wissenschaftsverlag. This book was released on 2008 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Effects of Data Sharing on a Perishable Goods Supply Chain written by Darren Edward Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research project explores the benefits of retail data sharing in a high-velocity perishable goods supply chain. While this technique has been largely effective in improving supply chain performance in different industries, its benefits are unproven in the perishable goods business. Specifically, due to the short shelf life of produce, it remains to be seen whether data sharing can generate actionable plans for retailers to reduce out-of-stock events and shrinkage due to spoilage. As a result, suppliers and retailers alike have been reluctant to invest in the technology and cultivate the business relationship required to enable data sharing. The findings of this thesis could help companies determine whether a business case can be built for suppliers to invest in the necessary technology, as well as for retailers to share operational data for the greater good of overall supply chain efficiency and profitability. Ultimately, our research indicates that without some fundamental changes to the retailers' ordering process, data sharing does not provide substantial operational benefits for the perishable goods supply chain.

Download or read book Contract Analysis and Design for Supply Chains with Stochastic Demand written by Yingxue Zhao and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-09-12 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is devoted to analysis and design of supply chain contracts with stochastic demand. Given the extensive utilization of contracts in supply chains, the issues concerning contract analysis and design are extremely important for supply chain management (SCM), and substantial research has been developed to address those issues over the past years. Despite the abundance of classical research, new research needs to be conducted in response to new issues emerging with the recent changing business environments, such as the fast-shortening life cycle of product and the increasing globalization of supply chains. This book addresses these issues, with the intention to present new research on how to apply contracts to improve SCM. Contract Analysis and Design for Supply Chains with Stochastic Demand contains eight chapters and each chapter is summarized as follows: Chapter 1 provides a comprehensive review of the classical development of supply chain contracts. Chapter 2 examines the effects of demand uncertainty on the applicability of buyback contracts. Chapter 3 conducts a mean-risk analysis for wholesale price contracts, taking into account contracting value risk and risk preferences. Chapter 4 studies the optimization of product service system by franchise fee contracts in the service-oriented manufacturing supply chain with demand information asymmetry. Chapter 5 develops a bidirectional option contract model and explores the optimal contracting decisions and supply chain coordination issue with the bidirectional option. Chapter 6 addresses supply chain options pricing issue and a value-based pricing scheme is developed for the supply chain options. With a cooperative game theory approach, Chapter 7 explores the issues concerning supply chain contract selection/implementation with the option contract under consideration. Chapter 8 concludes the book and suggests worthy directions for future research.

Download or read book Perishable Inventory Systems written by Steven Nahmias and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A perishable item is one that has constant utility up until an expiration date (which may be known or uncertain), at which point the utility drops to zero. This includes many types of packaged foods such as milk, cheese, processed meats, and canned goods. It also includes virtually all pharmaceuticals and photographic film, as well as whole blood supplies. This book is the first devoted solely to perishable inventory systems. The book’s ten chapters first cover the preliminaries of periodic review versus continuous review and look at a one-period newsvendor perishable inventory model. The author moves to the basic multiperiod dynamic model, and then considers the extensions of random lifetime, inclusion of a set-up cost, and multiproduct models of perishables. A chapter on continuous review models looks at one-for-one policies, models with zero lead time, optimal policies with positive lead time, and an alternative approach. Additional chapters present material on approximate order policies, inventory depletion management, and deterministic models, including the basic EOQ model with perishability and the dynamic deterministic model with perishability. Finally, chapters explore decaying inventories, queues with impatient customers, and blood bank inventory control. Anyone researching perishable inventory systems will find much to work with here. Practitioners and consultants will also now have a single well-referenced source of up-to-date information to work with.

Download or read book The Economics of Food Loss in the Produce Industry written by Travis Minor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-20 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Food loss is a serious issue in the United States. It affects all aspects of the supply chain, from farmers to consumers. While much is already known about loss at the consumer level, our understanding of the amount of food that never makes it to this stage is more limited. The Economics of Food Loss in the Produce Industry focuses on the economics of food loss as they apply to on-farm produce production, and the losses that are experienced early. The book both analyses current food loss literature and presents new empirical research. It draws lessons from those who have encountered these issues by focusing on how past regional or national estimates of food loss have been conducted with varying degrees of success. It includes chapters on several themes: understanding food loss from an economic perspective; efforts to measure food loss; case studies across commodities within the produce industry; and economic risks and opportunities. The commodity case studies provide detailed discussion of factors impacting changes in loss levels within the produce industry, and a wealth of knowledge on strategies and contexts is developed. The book concludes by identifying critical knowledge gaps and establishing future priorities. This book serves as an essential reference guide for academics, researchers, students, legislative liaisons, non-profit associations, and think tank groups in agriculture and agricultural economics.

Download or read book Sustainable Food Supply Chains written by Riccardo Accorsi and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainable Food Supply Chains: Planning, Design, and Control through Interdisciplinary Methodologies provides integrated and practicable solutions that aid planners and entrepreneurs in the design and optimization of food production-distribution systems and operations and drives change toward sustainable food ecosystems. With synthesized coverage of the academic literature, this book integrates the quantitative models and tools that address each step of food supply chain operations to provide readers with easy access to support-decision quantitative and practicable methods. Broken into three parts, the book begins with an introduction and problem statement. The second part presents quantitative models and tools as an integrated framework for the food supply chain system and operations design. The book concludes with the presentation of case studies and applications focused on specific food chains. Sustainable Food Supply Chains: Planning, Design, and Control through Interdisciplinary Methodologies will be an indispensable resource for food scientists, practitioners and graduate students studying food systems and other related disciplines. Contains quantitative models and tools that address the interconnected areas of the food supply chain Synthesizes academic literature related to sustainable food supply chains Deals with interdisciplinary fields of research (Industrial Systems Engineering, Food Science, Packaging Science, Decision Science, Logistics and Facility Management, Supply Chain Management, Agriculture and Land-use Planning) that dominate food supply chain systems and operations Includes case studies and applications

Download or read book Operations Research and Health Care written by Margaret L. Brandeau and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-04-04 with total page 870 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In both rich and poor nations, public resources for health care are inadequate to meet demand. Policy makers and health care providers must determine how to provide the most effective health care to citizens using the limited resources that are available. This chapter describes current and future challenges in the delivery of health care, and outlines the role that operations research (OR) models can play in helping to solve those problems. The chapter concludes with an overview of this book – its intended audience, the areas covered, and a description of the subsequent chapters. KEY WORDS Health care delivery, Health care planning HEALTH CARE DELIVERY: PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES 3 1.1 WORLDWIDE HEALTH: THE PAST 50 YEARS Human health has improved significantly in the last 50 years. In 1950, global life expectancy was 46 years [1]. That figure rose to 61 years by 1980 and to 67 years by 1998 [2]. Much of these gains occurred in low- and middle-income countries, and were due in large part to improved nutrition and sanitation, medical innovations, and improvements in public health infrastructure.

Download or read book Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Food Networks written by Eleftherios Iakovou and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary framework for managing sustainable agrifood supply chains Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Food Networks provides an up-to-date and interdisciplinary framework for designing and operating sustainable supply chains for agri-food products. Focus is given to decision-making procedures and methodologies enabling policy-makers, managers and practitioners to design and manage effectively sustainable agrifood supply chain networks. Authored by high profile researchers with global expertise in designing and operating sustainable supply chains in the agri-food industry, this book: Features the entire hierarchical decision-making process for managing sustainable agrifood supply chains. Covers knowledge-based farming, management of agricultural wastes, sustainability, green supply chain network design, safety, security and traceability, IT in agrifood supply chains, carbon footprint management, quality management, risk management and policy- making. Explores green supply chain management, sustainable knowledge-based farming, corporate social responsibility, environmental management and emerging trends in agri-food retail supply chain operations. Examines sustainable practices that are unique for agriculture as well as practices that already have been implemented in other industrial sectors such as green logistics and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Food Networks provides a useful resource for researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, regulators and C-level executives that deal with strategic decision-making. Post-graduate students in the field of agriculture sciences, engineering, operations management, logistics and supply chain management will also benefit from this book.

Download or read book Inventory and Production Management in Supply Chains written by Edward A. Silver and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-12-19 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authored by a team of experts, the new edition of this bestseller presents practical techniques for managing inventory and production throughout supply chains. It covers the current context of inventory and production management, replenishment systems for managing individual inventories within a firm, managing inventory in multiple locations and firms, and production management. The book presents sophisticated concepts and solutions with an eye towards today’s economy of global demand, cost-saving, and rapid cycles. It explains how to decrease working capital and how to deal with coordinating chains across boundaries.

Download or read book Global Supply Chains and Multimodal Logistics Emerging Research and Opportunities written by Sinha, Deepankar and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-03-22 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International trade has made logistics a strategic consideration for firms. The decision-making framework is substantially different in the case of international logistics, as this involves cross-border movement of goods and multimodal transportation. An integrated framework based on customer's requirement, their country regulations, risk, and cost specific to goods and countries needs to be developed. Global Supply Chains and Multimodal Logistics: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential reference source that provides concepts of global logistics and its risk factors and provides an integrated framework for effective decision making. Highlighting such topics as enterprise resource planning, forecasting models, and logistics systems, this publication is ideally designed for managers, business professionals, researchers, academicians, and students in fields including but not limited to supply chain management, international business, and logistics.

Download or read book Contracting and Issuing Policies for Perishable Goods Supply Chains written by Joohyun Cho and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Optimal Delivery Strategy for Multi perishable Products Through Supply Chain Network written by Saleh Yahya Alghamdi and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The optimization of delivery plan is a critical issue, especially for multiple perishable products in any profitable organization. This paper develops a model for the efficient implementation of supply chain systems for multiple perishable products. The mathematical model developed maximizes the profit while taking into consideration shelf life and the cost of transportation. The price or value of products is affected by its remaining shelf-life. An optimal delivery plan is developed based on shelf-life, time to transport the perishable products within the network reaching to retailer, while including the minimization of transportation cost in the model. In addition, the optimal delivery plan identifies the right quantity of each type of perishable products to be delivered. In this research, a mathematical model is utilized for solving the multi-objective mathematical problem, which includes revenue maximization, and minimization of transportation models to perform an optimal delivery plan. This paper’s central aim is to maximize the gross profit while identifying the best delivery method for multiple perishable products.

Download or read book Handbook of Frozen Food Processing and Packaging written by Da-Wen Sun and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumer demand for a year-round supply of seasonal produce and ready-made meals remains the driving force behind innovation in frozen food technology. Now in its second edition, Handbook of Frozen Food Processing and Packaging explores the art and science of frozen foods and assembles essential data and references relied upon by scientists in univ