As projects evolve into complex and specialized temporary initiatives, accountability
shortfalls in material flow are a major reason for schedule and cost overruns in construction …

Purpose This paper aims to address the supplier selection problem based on a developed
framework capturing the essence of the supply chain operations reference (SCOR) model …

Purpose Delivery punctuality is essential in supply chain management, yet the cost of
untimely delivery is usually assumed to be given or based on intuition and not quantified by …

Postponement is a well‐known organizational concept and usually relates to the deferment
in time of manufacturing and/or logistics operations. In the current global competitive …

This study presents a new two-stage stochastic programming decision model for assessing
how to introduce some new manufacturing technology into any generic supply and …

Increasing reliance on digital technologies has led to a significant shift in how businesses
operate, with many now relying heavily on digital platforms for effective planning …

In the globalization process, postponement is still an effective strategy for enterprises to
reduce supply chain risks and uncertainties. The enterprises must additionally consider low …

Companies operating with an engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing strategy produce
customised solutions for their customers. While they may be able to build on a base of …

The study introduces the concept of risk-averse optimal position of the delivery window (RA-
OPDW) into a cost-based delivery performance model. The penalty costs for early and late …

Crowdsourced manufacturing enables companies to outsource and share manufacturing
resources based on demand and capacity across the value chain. A postponement strategy …