The bullwhip effect, also known as demand information amplification, is one of the principal
obstacles in supply chains. In recent decades, extensive studies have explored its …

In the context of a low-carbon economy, carbon emission reduction (CER) has become an
environmental issue of world concern. As a key industry sector for CER, buildings' CER …

For encouraging the manufacturer and supplier to innovate in carbon reduction technology,
the government tends to set a number of mandatory standards and some punitive measures …

This paper contributes to behavioral supply chain management research, by examining the
influence of managers' problem solving ability and resistance to change as regards their …

Complex networks make an enticing research topic that has been increasingly attracting
researchers from control systems and various other domains over the last two decades. The …

Classical supply chain design relies on a hierarchical organization to store and distribute
products over a given geographical area. Within this framework, a stock shortage affects the …

The parking problem is a very important issue in city life because many citizens waste a
large amount of energy and time trying to find suitable parking lots. To resolve this problem …

Cyber-physical systems revolve around context awareness, empowering objective-oriented
services, products and operations based on real data. Self-aware and self-control systems …

Policies for managing multi-echelon supply chains can be considered mathematically as
large-scale dynamic programs, affected by uncertainty and incomplete information. Except …

An effective supply chain management approach needs to be holistic and integrated, to
avoid inefficiency between the echelons of the global chain. To achieve this goal, supply …