Multi-Period Inventory Coordination in Franchise Networks: the Necessity of Trading Platform and Franchisor Involvement

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rong Li ◽  
Xiaohang Yue ◽  
Liangbin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Inventory Coordination ◽  
Franchise Networks

Alcune osservazioni sulle cause di tenuta del settore del franchising nelle fasi recessive

2012 ◽  
pp. 439-474
Author(s):  
Antonio Bernardi
Keyword(s):  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Multivariate Techniques ◽  
Economic Cycle ◽  
Ceteris Paribus ◽  
Italian Association ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Franchise Networks ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Associative Link

La ricerca esamina le imprese che operano in franchising attraverso microdati raccolti da Assofranchising, la principale associazione italiana nel campo del franchising. Mediante tecniche esplorative e multivariate si dimostra che, ceteris paribus, un aumento della scala delle reti, basata sulla crescita delle risorse umane e materiali, ha un effetto positivo sull'efficienza aziendale attraverso il miglioramento di indicatori strategici di produttivitŕ. Questo fatto indica che le reti in franchising italiane, costituite principalmente ma non esclusivamente da parte delle piccole e medie imprese, anche se sono forti del vincolo associativo, non possono e non devono distogliere lo sguardo dal cercare ogni possibile espansione della loro dimensionalitŕ. Inoltre, questa strategia aiuta ad affrontare meglio le fasi di recessione economica, come l'attuale. The research examines companies operating under franchise through microdata collected from Assofranchising, the main Italian association in the field of franchising. By means of explorative and multivariate techniques it is shown that, other things being equal, an increase in the size of the networks, based on growth of human and material resources, has a positive effect on business efficiencies by improving strategic indicators of productivity. This fact indicates that the Italian franchise networks, consisting primarily but not exclusively by small and medium enterprises, even though they are strong of the associative link, cannot and should not divert their gaze from seeking any possible expansion of their dimensionality. Furthermore, this strategy helps to better address the downturn the economic cycle, like the present one

E­commerce structures for retail and service franchises

2019 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhanna Kremez ◽  
Lorelle Frazer ◽  
Scott Weaven ◽  
Sara Quach
Keyword(s):  
Business Strategy ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Preliminary Model ◽  
Multiple Case ◽  
Order Fulfilment ◽  
Franchise Networks ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide an in-depth investigation of e-commerce strategy implementation in mature franchise organisations from both franchisor and franchisee perspectives.Design/methodology/approachThis research employed a multiple case study method where the e-commerce strategies of two mature franchise organisations were investigated in depth. Franchising experts were interviewed to provide an additional dimension to this study.FindingsThis research found that e-commerce must be integrated with the overall business strategy for optimal franchise performance. Since all parties to the franchising relationship are affected by the introduction of e-commerce, both the franchisees’ and the franchisor’s interests must be considered when the strategy is being developed. In addition, the consumer’s perspective is central to how e-commerce is structured, and franchisees are best placed to know their customers’ needs because they are directly involved in operating their business and interfacing with customers.Practical implicationsA preliminary model for e-commerce structures in service and retail franchising has been developed that depends on the nature of the business, the distribution arrangements and the order fulfilment arrangements. The two main avenues in e-commerce structuring were centralisation and decentralisation.Originality/valueThis study contributes to knowledge through an in-depth investigation of the internal process of e-commerce implementation in franchise networks from both franchisor and franchisee perspectives.

Service quality control mechanisms in franchise networks

2011 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 713-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Sánchez Gómez ◽  
Isabel Suárez González ◽  
Luis Vazquez Suárez
Keyword(s):  
Quality Control ◽  
Service Quality ◽  
Control Mechanisms ◽  
Franchise Networks

Supply Chain Inventory Coordination under Uncertain Demand via Combining Monte Carlo Simulation and Fitness Inheritance PSO

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Heting Cao ◽  
Xingquan Zuo
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo Simulation ◽  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Distribution Function ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Simulation Model ◽  
Uncertain Demand ◽  
Computational Time ◽  
Arbitrary Distribution ◽  
Demand Distribution ◽  
Inventory Coordination

Supply chain coordination consists of multiple aspects, among which inventory coordination is the most widely used in practice. Inventory coordination is challenging due to the uncertainty of customers' demand. Existing researches typically assume that the demand is either a deterministic constant or a stochastic variable following a known distribution function. However, the former cannot reflect the practical costumers' demand, and the later make the model inaccurate when the demand distribution is ambiguous or highly variable. In this paper, the authors propose a Monte Carlo simulation model of such problem, which can mimic the inventory changing procedure of a supply chain with uncertain demand following an arbitrary distribution function. Then, a PSO is combined with the simulation model to achieve a coordination decision scheme to minimize the total inventory cost. Experiments show that their approach is able to produce a high quality solution within a short computational time and outperforms comparative approaches.

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