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The purchasing function is the strongest link in the hospital supply chain. The stakes which are related to it are often complex and difficult to define. Public institutions and hospitals are all invited to master these link operations, with a particular focus on the hospital-supplier relationship. One of the most crucial is the selection of the right supplier, which is based on both qualitative and...
How to find out the vulnerability and the potential failure mode in supply chain, then evaluating them means much to the protection and controlling of supply chain risks. Based on the supply chain reference operation model SCOR, this paper first gets the evaluation index system and the corresponding potential failure mode, then combined with the fuzzy set theory and grey relational theory, constructs...
This paper considers a three-echelon supply chain inventory problem consisting of single manufacturer, distributor and retailer. In the system under discussion, the manufacturer produces a product and supplies it to the distributor and it is also allowed to direct shipping to supplier facing a deterministic demand but the time span of delivery is relatively short. We develop some scenario to accommodate...
Nowadays, integration of logistics service has become one source of main competitive edge between supply chains, therefore, it is crucial to evaluate and select a logistics service integrator who will enable all enterprises to be satisfactory in supply chain. But in the actual process of logistics service integrator selection, some conditions must be met. In order to solve the problem, the superiority...
Agility is the inevitable trend of supply chain and management. Agile supply chain forces the enterprise to adapt to the unpredictable market demand, takes the fast restructuring of dynamic alliance as the basic point, promotes the cooperation and the production mode between enterprises, and enhances enterprise's integrated management and economic efficiency. As a key component of the supply chain...
Service process capability index (SPCI) is an evaluating indicator which reflects the stability degree of service quality provided by service companies. Based on researching process capability index of manufactured products, the paper proposed measurement method of SPCI. Firstly, it used service blueprinting method to determine service connection point, then drew the host-guest relation graph of internal...
The synergy of supply chain or its efficiency can be analyzed through the measurement of supply chain synergy, and they can also be improved accordingly and be considered as an indicator of the synergetic capacity of the supply chain. After going through present literatures related to synergy measurement, the supply chain synergy measurement model is put forward on the foundation of the relational...
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