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Quality features of raw materials, components will transfer to final products with the passes of the physical materials along the supply chain. If there are any quality deviations or defects of raw materials (or components), it will affect the whole functions of final product in supply chain. With the applications of deviation flow and deviation transfer concepts, the authors study on the transfer...
In this paper, we consider a manufacturer-supplier chain situation in which the manufacturer coordinates, e.g., supports, its supplier's innovation that can eventually lead to supply cost reduction. Developing some mathematical models, we show that sharing innovation cost has a better coordination effect, and manufacturer can share a part of innovation cost when the innovation coefficient is lager,...
Shifting from a single-site manufacturing facility to a multi-site enterprise enables a company to seize business opportunities by increasing production, specializing capabilities, and moving closer to target markets and low cost raw material sources. The supply chain of such a multi-site enterprise is complex as numerous interacting entities with different interests are involved. In this paper, we...
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