Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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479140 | European Journal of Operational Research | 2007 | 16 Pages |
Abstract
Supply chain management (SCM) has become an important management paradigm. As supply chain members are often separate and independent economic entities, a key issue in SCM is to develop mechanisms that can align their objectives and coordinate their activities so as to optimize system performance. In this paper, we provide a review of coordination mechanisms of supply chain systems in a framework that is based on supply chain decision structure and nature of demand. This framework highlights the behavioral aspects and information need in the coordination of a supply chain. The identification of these issues points out several directions of future research in this area.
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Authors
Xiuhui Li, Qinan Wang,