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Globalization has prompted manufacturing firms to come to terms with environmental legislation and regulations, resulting in the manufacturing industry realizing the importance of adopting environmental friendly supply chain management (SCM) practices. A growing number of companies have realized that attaining effective SCM is only one side of the coin. The other side is to make SCM environmentally...
When the globalization of supply chain is increasing, the gathering model of the traditional industrial cluster has taken place profound changes. In this paper, the relationship between supply chain and industrial cluster is analyzed firstly. And then the analysis model is built on the specialization theory, which gives an in-depth analysis on the impact of supply chain's development to industrial...
With the globalization and the emergence of the extended enterprise of interdependent organizations, there has been a steady increase in outsourcing of parts and services. When the supply base of a manufacturer is dispersed globally, the purchaser must decide what item and quantity to order from each supplier, when to order and where to ship. The scenario considered in this paper assumes that suppliers...
The globalization of markets, increasing competitive pressure, emerging business opportunity, and the desire to survive and grow are encouraging firms from both developed and developing economies to expand their operations globally. Firms that operate globally seldom conduct totally independent business operations within a single country. Sourcing, producing and marketing activities are usually linked...
With the trend of globalization, enterprises require to extend their logistics scope from domestic to international, integrate logistics networks, and improve the agility and efficiency of global operations. This paper reviews the design and implementation of the industrial logistics hubs which belong to six manufacturing sectors in Taiwan over the past five years. Different industries have their...
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