..., which add vulnerability to judgment and decision making, creates a pressing need to identify and develop mitigation strategies to debias decision making in the supply chain management environment. The purpose of this paper is to investigate debiasing measures, corresponding contextual variables...

... of a new mathematical optimization model as the backbone of a capacity control system. This model is embedded within a rolling-horizon decision-making process involving consecutively arriving requests. Computational simulation experiments are carried out to evaluate the applicability and efficiency...

...Benjamin T. Hazen; Dianne J. Hall; Joe B. Hanna Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify the critical components of the reverse logistics (RL) disposition decision‐making process and suggest a decision framework that may guide future investigation and practice. Design/methodology...

... because 3PL regularly source certain services, e.g. from carriers. Germany Supply chain management Risk management Decision making Cause‐effect relations Interpretive structural modeling MICMAC The various steps involved in ISM technique are as follows: Starting point...

... the supplier selection process by integrating behavioral aspects. Originality/value This research extends the taxonomy of decision biases developed by Carter, Kaufmann, and Michel, by systematically analyzing strategies to debias the decision‐making process. The highly fragmented research landscape...

...H.I. Hsiao; J.G.A.J. van der Vorst; R.G.M. Kemp; S.W.F. (Onno) Omta Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a decision‐making framework for outsourcing levels of logistics activities. These are: execution level of basic activities (such as transportation, warehousing); value‐added...

...Craig R. Carter; Lutz Kaufmann; Alex Michel Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review and integrate the extensive literature base which examines judgment and decision‐making biases, to introduce this literature to the field of supply management, to create a valid, mutually exclusive...

... be used by the business to achieve purchasing synergy. The research is reported in a case study format and develops an original mixed method approach. This approach combines interviews, a focus group, cognitive mapping and portfolio analysis and leads to the production of a decision‐making framework...

...Joseph L. Cavinato Risks and uncertainties are ever more noted and factored into decision making today, and those stemming from supply chains are prominent in the competitiveness and viability of companies and organizations. The idea that every supply chain is made up of five internal chain/network...

... chain management Logistics Distribution Production Decision making Integration The advent of economic globalization in the past 20 years has had two major impacts in manufacturing. A global market has evolved very rapidly as more and more companies are embracing e‐commerce. The competition...

... UP Limited 2001 Export Channel management Decision making Markets Market research Expansion of marketing activity to include overseas operations is a prevalent theme among many manufacturers. Considerable differences exist between the marketing strategies implemented by purely...

... permitting management with imprecise or vague information. We propose using fuzzy sets theory (Zadeh, 1965; Kaufmann, 1975; Zimmermann, 1985), with the aim of being able to handle the uncertainty, which is a characteristic of decision‐making processes in distribution problems. Moreover, to optimise...

... management criteria and logistics options. The model offers managers the opportunity to explore operational options and their impact on shareholder value criteria. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Decision making Logistics Shareholder value analysis Value analysis The attention given by many large...

... and comfort” in its relationship with its anhydrous sodium sulphate supplier. Decision making Imports Logistics Operations Spreadsheets Supply One result of the continuing current competitive environment in Australia is cost pressure on the supply of manufacturing commodities...

...Peter Hines; Nick Rich; Malaika Hittmeyer This paper describes the Value Stream Analysis Tool (VALSAT) as a rigorous analysis and decision‐making tool in the supply chain or value stream context. The tool can employ both tacit and explicit knowledge for the advantage of the supply chain in which...

...‐contained. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Customer service Decision making Distribution operations Logistics For many manufacturers and wholesalers, the satisfying of customers has become pre‐eminent in differentiating the company’s products from those of its competitors. This paper examines...

... of variations of both plant location and annual plant capacity. These results provided valuable insights into the participating firms’ sensitivity to international competition. Concludes that the design method is a useful tool to support strategic decision making on international manufacturing and logistics...

... the product is more important than its compatibility with the environment. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Decision making Marketing Packaging The second function of packaging is essentially a marketing function which relates most directly to sales packaging: as well as attracting attention...

...Chandrasekhar Das; Rajesh Tyagi Develops a decision‐making framework for the design and operation of a wholesaling system. Considers the new roles of wholesaling and proposes an optimization model to satisfy best the service requirements at the minimum cost. Using this model, a prototype decision...

... in the decision. The decision‐specific variables are affected, in turn, by demographic characteristics and psychological traits of the individual. Proposes a new method which improves on past research; this method allows for the assessment of influence as it is manifested in buying centre decision making. The two...