Learning curve models and applications: Literature review and research directions

Supply chain finance: A systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the often overlapping use of the related terms flexibility, agility and responsiveness in the operations management literature to clarify differences between the terms.Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on the notion of the ladder of abstraction, a conceptual differentiation between the three terms is proposed.Findings – Based on the most common associations of the terms in the literature, the paper proposes a hierarchical interrelationship between the terms in that: flexibility is most commonly associated with the inherent property of systems which allows them to change within pre‐established parameters; agility is predominantly used to describe an approach to organizing that provides for rapid system reconfiguration in the face of unforeseeable changes; and responsiveness commonly refers to a system behavior involving timely purposeful change in the presence of modulating stimuli.Practical implications – As managers of manufacturing firms strive to impr...

A theoretical review of flexibility, agility and responsiveness in the operations management literature: Toward a conceptual definition of customer responsiveness

This article reviews lot-size models which focus on coordinated inventory replenishment decisions between buyer and vendor and their impact on the performance of the supply chain. These so-called joint economic lot size (JELS) models determine order, production and shipment quantities from the perspective of the supply chain with the objective of minimizing total system costs. This paper first describes the problem studied, introduces the methodology of the review and presents a descriptive analysis of the selected papers. Subsequently, papers are categorized and analyzed with respect to their contribution to the coordination of different echelons in the supply chain. Finally, the review highlights gaps in the existing literature and suggests interesting areas for future research.

The joint economic lot size problem: a review

A review of the extensions of a modified EOQ model for imperfect quality items

EOQ models for a coordinated two-level international supply chain considering imperfect items and environmental impact

Forecasting the realized volatility of the oil futures market: A regime switching approach

Economic order quantity model for items with imperfect quality with learning in inspection

Short Communication: Economic order quantity model for items with imperfect quality, different holding costs, and learning effects: A note

A generic approach to measuring the machine flexibility of manufacturing systems

M. I. M. Wahab

Papers

EOQ models for a coordinated two-level international supply chain considering imperfect items and environmental impact

Forecasting the realized volatility of the oil futures market: A regime switching approach

Economic order quantity model for items with imperfect quality with learning in inspection

Short Communication: Economic order quantity model for items with imperfect quality, different holding costs, and learning effects: A note

A generic approach to measuring the machine flexibility of manufacturing systems