... the groundwork for determining and ranking supplier selection criteria. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Decision support systems Purchasing Supplier evaluation Auctions Dynamic weights Supplier sequencing Selecting the right supplier is a complex decision made by companies...

... of the proposed decision support system. The authors investigate how the new model contributes towards keeping the negative impacts of inadequate forecasts of the expected volume of future requests as low as possible. Findings – In traditional application fields of capacity control (airline ticketing...

... is to examine different types of methods and criteria to establish alerts in decision support systems in perishable food supply chains. Design/methodology/approach – Logistic and temperature mapping was performed in cod supply chains to obtain data to establish criteria for temperature alerts. Data were...

... by instability and the immediate need of help, high‐quality decisions have to be made fast. For this reason, it is very useful if planning decisions can be alleviated by a decision support system (DSS) using an efficient multi‐objective metaheuristic as its algorithmic core. Design/methodology/approach...

...@psu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Offshore investments Globalization Sourcing Decision support systems Cost benefit analysis Recent decades have seen a dramatic increase in the quantity of imported merchandise within the USA. Visible to the consumer are the myriad end...

...Hokey Min Purpose This paper seeks to illustrate the successful development of a warehousing decision support system (WDSS) that aided the Buckeye Cable Vision Incorporated (BCV) in making its strategic warehouse expansion and re‐warehousing decisions. The WDSS utilized by the BCV can be a blue...

... relationships Purchasing Negotiating Process planning Decision support systems Effective buyer‐supplier negotiations and relationship building are essential elements for a successful long‐term business partnership (Kannan and Tan, 2006). While the importance of negotiation is well established...

... with geographical data, in an image form, in order to enhance user support. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Real time scheduling Decision support systems Mobile communication systems Supply chain management processes can be classified in two major categories: planning and execution...