Supply chain management (SCM) is explored from an operational perspective, following a threefold approach. The article introduces set of techniques and supporting tools that can be used to analyse describe SCM strategies. It proposes new normative tool uses it examine large relevant case studies pertaining seven industries: apparel, automobile, grocery, white goods, pharmaceuticals, computers book publishing. develops conceptual framework for strategies test based on empirical evidence....

The standpoint of this research lies in the study Collaborative Planning Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) process for trading partners (belonging to same supply chain) who are willing collaborate exchanging sales order forecasts. hurdles that arose implementing CPFR field applications indicate need providing collaboration with an intelligent tool optimize negotiation. For purpose, a literature review classification have been carried out autonomous agents used managing supply-chain...

Modularization involves breaking up a system into discrete chunks, which communicate with each other through standardized interfaces, rules, and specifications. It is broad concept various interpretations meanings across research disciplines. The complexity scope of module not captured sufficiently clearly in the construction management engineering literature, impact modularization project phases has been fully explored articulated. Therefore, main question addressed this paper relates to...

As urgency in limiting greenhouse gas and carbon dioxide emissions has increased, greening freight perishable food logistics activities become an issue of interest. Intermodal rail-road transportation allows for reducing emissions. However, one the reasons this mode is traditionally not employed to move because it considered be economically unsustainable. This paper aims present a new model (named 'traveling stock'), which removes barriers implementation intermodal food. Moreover, based on...

There is a need for the dairy supply chain to improve its environmental performance. Intermodal rail-road transportation can be way reduce CO2 emissions. However, despite technological innovations in realm of cooling technology, which could enable shift intermodal transportation, use still low. A blueprint needed foster application sector. Literature provides little guidance this sense. Therefore, paper investigates how ease through multiple case studies, performed at different stages chain....

Materials Requirement Planning (MRP) technique is widely employed by most manufacturing companies, even though field applications point out some weaknesses, including ignored production capacity constraints and fixed lead-times. These weaknesses often lead to infeasible schedules, which trigger fluctuating workloads over time, significant adjustment effort eventually unpredictably long times. This paper introduces a capacity-oriented MRP procedure that combines the traditional with an...

Operational risk in the oil industry may lead to environmental disasters and heavy loss of human lives. However, relationship between operational supply chain management is poorly studied. This article proposes a model (derived from Eni's chain) analyse assess at drilling, primary transport refining stage chain. For drilling stage, suggests three sub-methods, one for each period plant life cycle (design, construction production). two different processes are proposed: former allows risks...

The construction industry is a key sector of every country and the application supply chain-related techniques holds much promise to improve performance firms in many ways. According an extended view, which encompasses industrial residential buildings, civil engineering infrastructure projects, there number major actors that must be coordinated some way reach ETO decisions, leading outcomes metrics. need co-ordinate information across chain persistent pressing challenge for companies....

Abstract The performances of three workload limiting policies are analysed, and the following objectives: (i) assessing whether method affects Order Review Release strategies; (ii) investigating methods when mix imbalance changes; (iii) evaluating robustness considered. methodological pattern followed required a simulation model dynamic job shop system all tested by resorting to fractional factorial experimental design with repetitions. Results coming from campaign show that 'upper bound...

This paper proposes a new methodological pattern to assess the effectiveness of Order Review and Release (ORR) techniques in job shop environment. The standpoint for this method lies following remarks: (i) comparisons among ORR models should be performed dynamic uncertain environments; (ii) robustness toward uncertainty perturbations considered; (iii) compared by changing their features one at time, instead comparing completely different techniques. Consistently, we present comparison three...

Focuses on total productive maintenance (TPM) practices in Italy. Surveys a set of companies manufacturing industry and where programme kick‐off only has been performed. Employs the most important findings survey to design implement new taxonomy, by means which TPM programmes can be classified along seven dimensions that refer relevant characteristics properties each programme. Finally, suggests more general conceptual model capable outlining distinctive features approach when facing...

This paper is aimed at developing and testing a methodology to evaluate the most appropriate collaboration level within given supply chain. In particular, proposed conceived for logistic networks belonging consumer packaged goods industry, e.g. grocery it consists of: (i) identifying an approximation of collaboration, (ii) representing through such different options among collaborative planning forecasting replenishment (CPFR), vendor management inventory (VMI) loosely approach (LCA); (iii)...

An effective supply chain management approach needs to be holistic and integrated, avoid inefficiency between the echelons of global chain. To achieve this goal, directors decision makers are required tradeoff a centralized planning for decentralized one. This article develops mixed where only critical products centrally planned, while leaving noncritical ones autonomous decisions at local plants multiechelon validate benefits proposed model, complex in automotive industry is used as...

The competitive playground where nowadays firms struggle to survive has rapidly become unforeseeable: product life cycle shrunk, becoming even shorter than in the past, and world-wide market is suffering for a strong customer differentiation which led an increasingly wide mix. In this industrial environment, engineering change process getting more attention throughout branches of industry, as it appears critical seeps into operations management core, thus influencing overall firm's...

Purpose The standpoint of this research lies in the study CPFR process for trading partners (belonging to same supply chain) who are willing collaborate exchanging sales and order forecast. This points out need providing a collaboration with an intelligent tool optimise negotiation. Design/methodology/approach A literature review classification has been carried concerning autonomous agents used manage chain processes. To evaluate strengths coming from system embedded within process, several...

This paper aims at investigating a new methodology to evaluate supply chain integration by applying the fuzzy sets theory. Fuzzy proved successful in environments similar management that they help formalise human reasoning patterns and develop high-performance expert systems contexts where data are affected uncertainty and/or vagueness: e.g. have been already used inventory planning, improve organisational effectiveness, perform suppliers' evaluation etc. In particular, study presented here...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to outline the role organizational and cultural tools increase supply chain security within intermodal rail road industry. Three main research questions are set, regarding: what used by companies industry; how these impact on performance; environmental factors trigger use each tool. Design/methodology/approach In total, 13 industry have been studied in detail through in-depth case studies. Findings Results suggest that positively security, reducing...