Competing on Supply Chain Quality: A Network Economics Perspective

399 Pages·2016·8.083 MB·English

by  Anna Nagurney, Dong Li (auth.)

Springer Series in Supply Chain Management
Anna Nagurney
Dong Li
Competing
on Supply
Chain Quality
A Network Economics Perspective
Springer Series in Supply Chain Management
Volume 2
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ChristopherS.Tang
UniversityofCalifornia
LosAngeles,CA,USA
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Anna Nagurney • Dong Li
Competing on Supply Chain
Quality
A Network Economics Perspective
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AnnaNagurney DongLi
IsenbergSchoolofManagement DepartmentofManagementandMarketing
UniversityofMassachusetts CollegeofBusiness
Amherst,Massachusetts,USA ArkansasStateUniversity
StateUniversity,Arkansas,USA
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Preface
Qualityisessentialtothefoodthatweeat,thewaterthatwedrink,theairthatwe
breathe, and every product that we consume and utilize daily, from medicines to
theclothesthatwewear,thehomesthatweliveinandtheplaceswherewework,
thetechnologicaldevicesthatwedependon,andthevehiclesthattransportus.The
qualityofaproduct,orlackthereof,canmakeorbreakacompany’sreputationand
affectitsultimatesuccessorfailure.
Intoday’snetworkeconomy,supplychainsweavetogethersuppliers,manufac-
turers,freightserviceproviders,andotherstakeholdersintointricatenetworksthat
produce,distribute,andtransporttheproductstoretailersandconsumersacrossthe
globe.These networksare essential to the ultimate quality of the products.Under
globalization and decentralization, the analysis of interactions among decision-
makers, with a focus on quality issues, merits a new and fresh investigation and
synthesis.
Inthisbook,weexplorefundamentalissuesconcerningqualityinsupplychain
networkstheoretically,computationally,and throughnumerouscase studies based
onsolvednumericalexamples.Thebookdevelopsthefundamentalmethodologies
formodelformulation,analysis,andsolutionofsupplychaincompetitionproblems
in quality. The supply chain network topologies of the models reveal graphically
the interactions among decision-makers, whose behavior can be studied and cap-
tured mathematically. In addition, this book deals with quality and information
asymmetry, the imposition of minimum quality standards, R&D, outsourcing
decision-making, make-or-buy decisions, supplier selection, and freight service
providerselection.Bothequilibriummodelsandmanyoftheirdynamiccounterparts
arepresented.
The audience for this book includes researchers, practitioners, and students
interested in a rigorous treatment of supply chains and quality issues from an
integratedoperationsresearchandnetworkeconomicsperspective.
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WethankSpringerforpermissiontousepartsofourpreviouslypublishedarticles
thathaveappearedinitsjournals.WealsothankWileyandElsevierforpermission
toexpandjournalarticlesintobooksizeasallowedbytheircopyrightagreements.
Full citations and acknowledgmentto our published articles are provided later in
thisbook.
We view this book as a beginning for the channeling of additional interest,
research,andresourcesto enhancequalityofproductsandthe performanceofthe
associatedsupplychainsforabetterworld.Wefeelthatthejourneyhasjustbegun,
andwewelcomecommentsandnewcollaborators.
Amherst,USA AnnaNagurney
September2015 DongLi
Acknowledgments
This book is the culmination of half a decade of intense research on quality
and supply chain networks that we conducted, individually, together, and with
additionalcollaborators.Itwouldnothavebeenpossiblewithouttheassistanceand
encouragementofmanyorganizationsandindividuals.
We thank the National Science Foundation for support during this period
underNSFgrantCISE#1111276,NeTS:Large:CollaborativeResearch:Network
Innovation Through Choice project awarded to the University of Massachusetts
AmherstwiththefirstauthorasaCo-PI.
We acknowledge the Isenberg School of Management Dean Mark A. Fuller
for his leadership and supportof the doctoralprogramduring the second author’s
doctoral studies. We also thank colleagues in the Department of Operations and
InformationManagementattheIsenbergSchoolattheUniversityofMassachusetts
Amherstfortheircollegiality.
The first author warmly acknowledgesthe School of Business, Economicsand
Law at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden for the support and hospitality
extended to her during multiple stays there as a Visiting Professor of Operations
Management.In addition,she acknowledgesthe John F. Smith MemorialFund at
theUniversityofMassachusettsAmherstwhichsupportsherchairedprofessorship.
Special thanks to our collaborators on problems related to supply chains,
networks, and quality: Professor Tilman Wolf of the College of Engineering at
the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Professor Ladimer S. Nagurney of the
University of Hartford, Professor Jonas Floden of the University of Gothenburg,
Professor Min Yu of the University of Portland, and Professor Amir H. Masoumi
of Manhattan College. The first author also thanks her doctoral students: Shivani
ShuklaandSaraSaberi,forstimulatingdiscussions.
We thank Professor Christopher S. Tang of the University of California, Los
Angeles,theEditoroftheseriesinwhichthisbookappears,forhisprofessionalism
andresponsivenessthroughoutthisbookproject.WealsoacknowledgeNeilLevine,
the Springer Editor for Operations Research & Management Science; Christine
Crigler, the Assistant Editor; as well as Sumathy Thanigaivelu, our Production
EditoratSpringer.
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