scholarly journals CHANGING CUSTOMER PREFERENCES IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY AND THEIR IMPACT ON SUPPLY CHAIN CONFIGURATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 51-58
Author(s):  
N. Yu. Barkova
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Fashion Industry ◽  
Customer Preferences ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Supply Chain Configuration ◽  
Specific Individual ◽  
Chain Configuration

The issues related to changing customer preferences in the fashion industry have been considered. Changing consumer preferences, according to the author, can have an impact on the configuration of supply chains in the fashion industry. Among such new requirements of consumers in the fashion industry, the author have highlighted: consumer requests for the fastest possible receipt of products, production of products for specific individual requests of buyers, requests for transparency of supply chains and some others. In such situation, owners of clothing and footwear brands can cope with the new challenges of the company by re-shoring production with the organization of digital, robotic production factories.

A Complexity Model for Assembly Supply Chains and Its Application to Configuration Design

2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Wang ◽  
Jeonghan Ko ◽  
Xiaowei Zhu ◽  
S. Jack Hu
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Product Variety ◽  
Chain Structure ◽  
Complexity Measure ◽  
Supply Chain Configuration ◽  
Supply Chain Structure ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Optimal Assembly ◽  
Chain Configuration

A complexity measure for assembly supply chains has been proposed based on Shannon’s information entropy. This paper extends the definition of such a measure by incorporating the detailed information of the supply chain structure, the number of variants offered by each node in the supply chain, and the mix ratios of the variants at each node. The complexity measure is then applied to finding the optimal assembly supply chain configuration given the number of variants offered at the final assembler and the mix ratios of these variants. The optimal assembly supply chain configuration is theoretically studied in two special scenarios: (1) there is only one dominant variant among all the variants offered by the final assembler, and (2) demand shares are equal across all variants at the final assembler. It is shown that in the first scenario where one variant dominates the demand, the optimal assembly supply chain should be nonmodular; but in the scenario of equal demand shares, a modular supply chain is better than nonmodular one when the product variety is high. Finally a methodology is developed to find the optimal supply chain with/without assembly sequence constraints for general demands.

scholarly journals Decisions and Coordination in E-Commerce Supply Chain under Logistics Outsourcing and Altruistic Preferences

Mathematics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 253
Author(s):  
Yuyan Wang ◽  
Zhaoqing Yu ◽  
Liang Shen ◽  
Runjie Fan ◽  
Rongyun Tang
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Stackelberg Game ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Altruistic Behavior ◽  
Fixed Cost ◽  
Equilibrium Solutions ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Dual Channel

Considering the peculiarities of logistics in the electronic commerce (e-commerce) supply chain (ESC) and e-commerce platform’s altruistic preferences, a model including an e-commerce platform, third-party logistics service provider, and manufacturer is constructed. Based on this, three decision models are proposed and equilibrium solutions are obtained by the Stackelberg game. Then, an “altruistic preference joint fixed-cost” contract is proposed to maximize system efficiency. Finally, numerical analysis is used to validate the findings of the paper. The article not only analyzes and compares the optimal decisions under different ESC models, but also explores the intrinsic factors affecting the decisions. This paper finds that the conclusions of dual-channel supply chains or traditional supply chains do not necessarily apply to ESC, and that the effect of altruistic behavior under ESC is influenced by consumer preferences. Moreover, there is a multiparty win–win state for ESC, and this state can be achieved through the “altruistic preference joint fixed-cost” contract. Therefore, the findings of this paper contribute to the development of an e-commerce market and the cooperation of ESC members.

scholarly journals Proposing a Tool for Supply Chain Configuration: An Application to Customised Production

2019 ◽  
pp. 217-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Macchion ◽  
Irene Marchiori ◽  
Andrea Vinelli ◽  
Rosanna Fornasiero
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Configuration ◽  
Chain Configuration
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