Browsing by Subject "Business logistics"
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4PL logistics design and implementation
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-09-17)
Master thesis
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A conceptual model of medical tourism service supply chain
(OmniaScience, 2020-07)
Article
Open AccessPurpose: Medical tourism service requires involvement of multiple parties from the service network, however medical tourism is not well studied from a supply chain management perspective. This study suggests a conceptual ... -
A framework for designing a supply chain distribution network
(Taylor & Francis, 2018-10-08)
Article
Open AccessBased on the analysis of the pertinent literature, we propose a framework to serve as a guide in designing a distribution network as a component of a supply chain (SC). It consists of three steps that are common to goods ... -
A literature review of design of criteria for supplier selection
(OmniaScience, 2018-12)
Article
Open AccessPurpose: This paper proposes a new model for further research on how to select criteria in supplier selection, through a literature review and analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of previously used methods. D ... -
A Multi-Criteria Vertical Coordination Framework for a Reliable Aid Distribution
(OmniaScience, 2017-10)
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Open AccessPurpose: This study proposes a methodology that translates multiple humanitarian supply chain stakeholders’ preferences from qualitative to quantitative values, enabling these preferences to be integrated into optimization ... -
A multistage graph-based procedure for solving a just-in-time flexible job-shop scheduling problem with machine and time-dependent processing costs
(2018-04-01)
Article
Open AccessThis paper deals with a new flexible job-shop scheduling problem in which the objective function to be minimised is the sum of the earliness and tardiness costs of the jobs and the costs of the operations required to perform ... -
A novel classification of supply chain risks: scale development and validation
(OmniaScience, 2019-04)
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Open AccessPurpose: Supply chain has become an essential element for any organization but risks are the major obstacles in achieving the performance even it can disrupt not only the organization but a whole system. Thus, it is ... -
A qualitative study on industry 4.0 competitiveness in Turkey using Porter Diamond Model
(OmniaScience, 2020-07)
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Open AccessPurpose: Industry 4.0 offers a new network approach by using advanced Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for manufacturing industries in particular. Thus, this paper analyzes the understandings of the heavy ... -
A Reply to Mueller (2018) Supply Chain Collaboration: Further Insights into Incentive Alignment in the Beer Game Scenario
(OmniaScience, 2018-09)
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Open AccessPurpose: We expand a previous discussion in this journal by proposing a new solution concept, based on game theory, for profit allocation with the aim of aligning incentives in collaborative supply chains. Design/methodo ... -
A Reply to Ponte et al (2016) Supply Chain Collaboration: Some Comments on the Nucleolus of the Beer Game
(OmniaScience, 2018-09)
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Open AccessPurpose: The aim of the paper is to pick up the result of a previously published paper in order to deepen the discussion. We analyze the solution against the background of some well-known concepts and we introduce a newer ... -
A simulation-based robust biofuel facility location model for an integrated bio-energy logistics network
(OmniaScience, 2014-12)
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Open AccessPurpose: The purpose of this paper is to propose a simulation-based robust biofuel facility location model for solving an integrated bio-energy logistics network (IBLN) problem, where biomass yield is often uncertain or ... -
A step-by-step guide to assist logistics managers in defining efficient re-shelving solutions for retail store deliveries
(2018-01-01)
Article
Open AccessPurpose City logistics is a challenge in many cities. Literature works focus on the analysis of large or local-scale solutions to increase the efficiency of freight transport. However, store deliveries from the perspective ... -
A study on RFID adoption for vehicle tracking in container terminal
(School of Industrial and Aeronautic Engineering of Terrassa (ETSEIAT). Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 2012-04)
Article
Open AccessPurpose: Numerous studies discuss that Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology can provide better container handling efficiency; however, relative lack of research concerns the tracking and monitoring the movement ... -
A study to improve the remanufacturing logistics process in an automative supplier
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018-01)
Master thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionThe proposed study has been developed during an internship job experience at the automotive supplier company Continental. The supporting activities have been focused on the logistic area of the aftermarket sales department, ... -
A system dynamics model for simulating the logistics demand dynamics of metropolitans: a case study of Beijing, China
(OmniaScience, 2015-07)
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Open AccessPurpose: We attempted to propose an approach to simulate the dynamics of Beijing’s logistics demand, which can do some help to find out the dynamics path of the needed storage and shipment, put forward with logistics ... -
A technological plattform for designing real-time decision tools in transportation logistics
(2006)
Conference report
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A unit cost adjusting heuristic algorithm for the integrated planning and scheduling of a two-stage supply chain
(OmniaScience, 2014-12)
Article
Open AccessPurpose: The stable relationship of one-supplier-one-customer is replaced by a dynamic relationship of multi-supplier-multi-customer in current market gradually, and efficient scheduling techniques are important tools ... -
Adaptation of coordination mechanisms to network structures
(School of Industrial and Aeronautic Engineering of Terrassa (ETSEIAT). Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), 2008-12)
Article
Open AccessThe coordination efficiency of Supply Chain Management is determined by two opposite poles: benefit from improved planning results and associated coordination cost. The centralization grade, applied coordination mechanisms ... -
Addressing the scheduling of chemical supply chains under demand uncertainty
(2006)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyA multistage stochastic optimization model is presented to address the scheduling of supply chains with embedded multipurpose batch chemical plants under demand uncertainty. In order to overcome the numerical difficulties ... -
Agent-based approach to supply chain: How unexpected changes in the factory affect the supply chain
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Aalto University, 2011)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Restricted access - author's decisionThe production industry has to control the material flow from suppliers to customers; the supply chain is the name for the network that performs these activities, and the enterprises have to consider it as a key issue that ...