...Matloub Hussain; Paul R. Drake; Dong Myung Lee Purpose The purpose of this paper is to quantify the effect of design parameters on the bullwhip effect and dynamic responses produced by a multi‐echelon supply chain with information sharing. Design/methodology/approach Taguchi design...

...Omera Khan; Martin Christopher; Bernard Burnes Purpose The purpose of this paper is to address the increasingly important issue of the impact of product design on supply chain risk management in an era of global supply arrangements. The need to include product design considerations...

..., guidelines for the design of efficient packaging lines are proposed. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Packaging Design Costs Efficiency Productivity Product packaging is the science, art and technology of protecting products for the purposes of containment, protection, transportation/storage...

... as to processes between organizations. It is this latter area of redesign where EDI's contribution is largest, and where real opportunities for redesign appear. The concept of coordination is identified as the core concept in the design of boundary-crossing logistical processes. A theoretical analysis of co...