Additive manufacturing (AM) is replacing traditional manufacturing approaches – such as subtractive and molding – in some industries. The product and supply chain impacts of AM continue to extend its industrial reach, improve engineer-to-order manufacturing, and pave the way to mass customization. This study explores the supply chain changes that may arise from a full or partial transition to AM-based ...

With globalization and rapid technological-economic development accelerating the market dynamics, consumers' demand is becoming more volatile and diverse. In this situation, capacity adjustment as an operational strategic decision plays a major role to ensure supply chain responsiveness while maintaining costs at a reasonable norm. This study contributes to the literature by developing computationally ...

Legislative pressures and public awareness are urging companies to foster sustainability innovations that improve business operations. Limited studies explored the underpinnings of the economic dimension of sustainability innovations; studying economic innovation criteria in the manufacturing sector of emerging economies can inform other industries while recession fears loom the financial prospects. ...

Learning design has a multifaceted nature requiring a range of course- and institutional considerations. Analyzing the decision criteria’s influence on research-based learning design helps understand the causes of the success/failure of the approach in achieving the teaching goals to improve the study programs. This study explores the interrelationship between the curricular and pedagogical criteria ...

Innovation plays a key role in improving the sustainability performance of corporations. Limited studies have investigated the economic aspect of sustainable innovation. This article puts forward a decision framework for evaluating economic sustainable innovative suppliers. A new methodology based on fuzzy Full Consistency Method (FFUCOM) and Improved Combinative Distance-based Assessment (ICODAS) ...

The increasing public awareness of environmental protection and the scarcity of rare earth elements have made closed-loop supply chains a necessity in many sectors. In particular, recycling components and parts from end-of-life consumer electronics have drawn the attention of both academics and practitioners. Disassembly line balancing improves the resource efficiency of recycling operations. This ...

System-wide optimization of distributed manufacturing operations enables process improvement beyond the standalone and individual optimality norms. This study addresses the production planning of a distributed manufacturing system consisting of three stages: production of parts (subcomponents), assembly of components in Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) factories, and final assembly of products ...

Digitalization not only improves individual performance but also helps orchestrate supply chain partners to serve a bigger goal. To fully benefit from supply chain digitalization, a high level of integration across supply chain activities is required. This chapter introduces major interactions between production management decisions and the supply chain strategy, structure, and performance to explore ...

Poor coordination at distribution centers is a prime source of supply chain delays and energy waste that can be avoided through real-time planning and enhanced visibility. As a modern logistics topic with implications for supply chain transformation, Intelligent Dock Booking (IDB) coordinates the incoming and outgoing shipments at distribution centers. The research on IDB is at the early development ...

Major corporations compete over the strengths of their supply chains. Integrating production and distribution operations helps improve supply chain connectedness and responsiveness beyond the standalone optimization norms. This study proposes an original Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP) formulation for the Production scheduling-based Routing Problem with Time Window and Setup Times (PRP-TWST). ...