Manufacturers want to control their lead time. Customers need to know exactly when they
can have something delivered. They usually want it as soon as possible. We have studied …

Modern factories are complex systems where advances in networking and information
technologies are opening new ways towards higher efficiency. Such move is being driven by …

Much research regarding efficiency in manufacturing industry has historically been focused
on the material activities of the shop floor. However, companies that merely focus on …

Advances in information system technology had a big impact on the evolution of the supply
chain management. The sharing of the data and the information between the various …

This paper analyses some relevant supply chain management issues for Italian firms
operating in the footwear industry. The analysis is carried out on representative firms …

In supply chains that have been dominated by product technology rather than conversion
technology, the physical structure of the supply chain has been primarily determined by the …

While the literature suggests many causes for the dynamics of supply chains, the so-called"
bullwhip effect", this paper focuses only on the effect of time delays in the flow of ordering …

One of the general engineer-to-order (ETO) company's key competitive factor is the delivery
performance, of which lead time is a key factor. Lead time reduction is a well-known …

The analysis of the recent evolution of the automobile supply chain shows that an
extraordinary reorganization in the whole industry structure has begun 1. This …

Many enacted business processes in the field use (more or less intense) communication to
forward work to the next participant in an activity chain. Communication can be oral …