Effects of information transparency and cooperation on supply chain performance: A simulation study

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 145-166

  Wadhwa, Subhash ^a   Mishra, Madhawanand ^a   Chan, Felix T S ^b   Ducq, Y ^c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Cooperation; Information transparency; Simulation; Supply chain performance

Indexed keywords

DEMAND POOLING; INFORMATION TRANSPARENCY; MULTI-PRODUCTS; MULTIECHELON; OPTIMISATIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGIES; SERVICE TIME; SIMULATION LANGUAGE; SIMULATION PLATFORM; SIMULATION RESULT; SIMULATION STUDIES; SIMULATION-BASED; STOCK-OUT; SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE;

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES; RESEARCH; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; TRANSPARENCY;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 74549135705     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540802251617     Document Type: Article

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