Sustainability considerations in manufacturing scheduling, which is traditionally influenced
by service oriented performance metrics, have rarely been adopted in the literature. This …

The operations management literature on mass customization mainly focuses on the
questions of whether and how manufacturers can efficiently deliver customization …

Purpose–The auto industry in the USA is facing tremendous challenges–plunging demands
due to economic downturn, the gloomy trend in technology development, and fierce global …

We consider a make-to-order (MTO) manufacturer who has won multiple contracts with
specified quantities to be delivered by certain due dates. Before production starts, the …

There are few studies on the influences of demand disruption on logistics service supply
chain (LSSC) coordination in previous literature. Therefore, this paper will discuss an LSSC …

In today׳ s complex global environment, it is very important for a firm to possess backup
supply resource when facing unpredictable disruptions from its primary supply resource. To …

This research studies the competition between two coexisting suppliers in a two-echelon
supply chain. The suppliers have different inventory cost structures (holding cost and setup …

Make-to-order manufacturers face an idiosyncratic and complex situation in the sourcing
selection process. Although they can source from several key suppliers, each order requires …

This paper solves the order acceptance and scheduling (OAS) problem of customized
products in make-to-order (MTO) supply chains. A new integrated framework that links …

Following the increasing popularity of mass customization in the online retailing
environment, we investigated the effects of self-congruity and functional congruity on …