All Outputs (27)

Why, Where, and How are Organizations Using Blockchain in their Supply Chains? Motivations, Application areas, and Contingency Factors (2022)
Journal Article
Ahmed, W. A. H., MacCarthy, B. L., & Treiblmaier, H. (2022). Why, Where, and How are Organizations Using Blockchain in their Supply Chains? Motivations, Application areas, and Contingency Factors. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 42(12), 1995-2028. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-12-2021-0805

Purpose
Blockchain is increasingly being considered for deployment in operations and supply chain management. However, evidence from practice is still scarce on why, where, and how organizations seek to apply the technology in the supply chain acro... Read More about Why, Where, and How are Organizations Using Blockchain in their Supply Chains? Motivations, Application areas, and Contingency Factors.

Mapping the Supply Chain: Why, What and How? (2022)
Journal Article
Maccarthy, B. L., Ahmed, W. A. H., & Demirel, G. (2022). Mapping the Supply Chain: Why, What and How?. International Journal of Production Economics, 250, Article 108688. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2022.108688

There is now widespread appreciation of the critical role played by supply chains in the global economy. Supply chains are dominant concerns for many organisations, governments, policy makers, and consumers. A primary requirement in addressing many o... Read More about Mapping the Supply Chain: Why, What and How?.

The Digital Supply Chain (2022)
Book
MacCarthy, B. L., & Ivanov, D. (Eds.). (2022). The Digital Supply Chain. Elsevier

The Digital Supply Chain is a thorough investigation of the underpinning technologies, systems, platforms and models that enable the design, management, and control of digitally connected supply chains. The book examines the origin, emergence and bui... Read More about The Digital Supply Chain.

Digital supply chain surveillance: concepts, challenges, and frameworks (2022)
Book Chapter
Brintrup, A., Kosasih, E. E., MacCarthy, B. L., & Demirel, G. (2022). Digital supply chain surveillance: concepts, challenges, and frameworks. In B. L. MacCarthy, & D. Ivanov (Eds.), The Digital Supply Chain (379-396). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91614-1.00022-8

In this chapter, we define and conceptualize the emerging practice of “Digital Supply Chain Surveillance (DSCS)” as the proactive monitoring of digital data that allows firms to track, manage, and analyze information related to a supply chain network... Read More about Digital supply chain surveillance: concepts, challenges, and frameworks.

Blockchain-enabled supply chain traceability in the textile and apparel supply chain: A case study of the fiber producer, lenzing (2021)
Journal Article
Ahmed, W. A. H., & MacCarthy, B. L. (2021). Blockchain-enabled supply chain traceability in the textile and apparel supply chain: A case study of the fiber producer, lenzing. Sustainability, 13(19), Article 10496. https://doi.org/10.3390/su131910496

Supply chain traceability is a dominant concern for many industries, regulators, and pol-icymakers. In the textile and apparel industries, social, environmental, and sustainability issues are frequent causes for concern, highlighting the need for eff... Read More about Blockchain-enabled supply chain traceability in the textile and apparel supply chain: A case study of the fiber producer, lenzing.

Group decision support for product lifecycle management (2020)
Journal Article
Pasley, R. C., & MacCarthy, B. L. (2021). Group decision support for product lifecycle management. International Journal of Production Research, 59(16), 5050-5067. https://doi.org/10.1080/00207543.2020.1779372

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems support industrial organizations in managing their product portfolios and related data across all phases of the product lifecycle. PLM seeks to enhance an organization's ability to manage its product develop... Read More about Group decision support for product lifecycle management.

Identifying dynamical instabilities in supply networks using Generalized Modeling (2019)
Journal Article
Demirel, G., Maccarthy, B., Ritterskamp, D., Champneys, A. R., & Gross, T. (2019). Identifying dynamical instabilities in supply networks using Generalized Modeling. Journal of Operations Management, 65(2), 136-159. https://doi.org/10.1002/joom.1005

Supply networks need to exhibit stability in order to remain functional. Here, we apply a Generalized Modeling (GM) approach, which has a strong pedigree in dynamical systems, to study the stability of real world supply networks. It goes beyond purel... Read More about Identifying dynamical instabilities in supply networks using Generalized Modeling.

Best Performance Frontiers for Buy-Online-Pickup-in-Store order fulfilment (2019)
Journal Article
MacCarthy, B. L., Zhang, L., & Muyldermans, L. (2019). Best Performance Frontiers for Buy-Online-Pickup-in-Store order fulfilment. International Journal of Production Economics, 211, 251-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2019.01.037

With the proliferation of omni-channel retailing, Buy-Online-Pickup-in-Store (BOPS) retail services have gained increasing popularity as they have benefits for both customers and retailers. However, using conventional retail stores to fulfil orders r... Read More about Best Performance Frontiers for Buy-Online-Pickup-in-Store order fulfilment.

Revealing instabilities in a generalized triadic supply network: a bifurcation analysis (2018)
Journal Article
Ritterskamp, D., Demirel, G., MacCarthy, B., Rudolf, L., Champneys, A., & Gross, T. (2018). Revealing instabilities in a generalized triadic supply network: a bifurcation analysis. Chaos, 28(7), Article 073103. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5026746

Supply networks are exposed to instabilities and thus a high level of risk. To mitigate this risk, it is necessary to understand how instabilities are formed in supply networks. In this paper, we focus on instabilities in inventory dynamics that deve... Read More about Revealing instabilities in a generalized triadic supply network: a bifurcation analysis.

Organisational learning in SMEs: a process improvement perspective (2017)
Journal Article
Matthews, R. L., MacCarthy, B. L., & Braziotis, C. (2017). Organisational learning in SMEs: a process improvement perspective. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 37(7), 970-1006. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-09-2015-0580

We investigate how Organisational Learning (OL) can occur through Process Improvement (PI) activities, leading to sustained improvements over time in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We study PI practices in six engineering-o... Read More about Organisational learning in SMEs: a process improvement perspective.

Supplier quality improvement: the value of information under uncertainty (2017)
Journal Article
Quigley, J., Walls, L., Demirel, G., MacCarthy, B. L., & Parsa, M. (2018). Supplier quality improvement: the value of information under uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research, 264(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.05.044

We consider supplier development decisions for prime manufacturers with extensive supply bases producing complex, highly engineered products. We propose a novel modelling approach to support supply chain managers decide the optimal level of investmen... Read More about Supplier quality improvement: the value of information under uncertainty.

Building an innovation-based supplier portfolio: The use of patent analysis in strategic supplier selection in the automotive sector (2017)
Journal Article
Trautrims, A., MacCarthy, B. L., & Okade, C. (2017). Building an innovation-based supplier portfolio: The use of patent analysis in strategic supplier selection in the automotive sector. International Journal of Production Economics, 194, 228-236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.05.008

With an increasing proportion of external spend allocated to a smaller number of suppliers in their supply base, car manufacturers rely more and more on the performance of key supply chain partners outside their own organisational boundaries, particu... Read More about Building an innovation-based supplier portfolio: The use of patent analysis in strategic supplier selection in the automotive sector.

The automotive order to delivery process: how should it be configured for different markets? (2017)
Journal Article
Brabazon, P. G., & MacCarthy, B. L. (2017). The automotive order to delivery process: how should it be configured for different markets?. European Journal of Operational Research, 263(1), 142-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.04.017

The order-to-delivery (OTD) process in the volume automotive sector is important for automakers, dealers and customers. It affects the customer's experience with regard to receiving a vehicle that matches their requested specification in a reasonable... Read More about The automotive order to delivery process: how should it be configured for different markets?.

Mean-VaR portfolio optimization: a nonparametric approach (2017)
Journal Article
Lwin, K. T., Qu, R., & MacCarthy, B. L. (2017). Mean-VaR portfolio optimization: a nonparametric approach. European Journal of Operational Research, 260(2), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2017.01.005

Portfolio optimization involves the optimal assignment of limited capital to different available financial assets to achieve a reasonable trade-off between profit and risk. We consider an alternative Markowitz's mean-variance model, in which the vari... Read More about Mean-VaR portfolio optimization: a nonparametric approach.

The adoption of vendor managed inventory for hospital pharmaceutical supply (2017)
Journal Article
Krichanchai, S., & MacCarthy, B. L. (2017). The adoption of vendor managed inventory for hospital pharmaceutical supply. International Journal of Logistics Management, The, 28(3), https://doi.org/10.1108/ijlm-01-2015-0010

The study investigates Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) for the supply of medicines between distributors and hospitals to identify factors that may affect VMI adoption. Multiple case studies are conducted involving five organizations (three hospitals,... Read More about The adoption of vendor managed inventory for hospital pharmaceutical supply.

Supply chain evolution: theory, concepts and science (2016)
Journal Article
MacCarthy, B. L., Blome, C., Olhager, J., Srai, J. S., & Zhao, X. (2016). Supply chain evolution: theory, concepts and science. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 36(12), https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-02-2016-0080

The supply chain landscape is changing. New supply chains emerge and evolve for a variety of reasons. In this paper we examine the nature of new and changing supply chains and their influences, and address the broad question “What makes a supply chai... Read More about Supply chain evolution: theory, concepts and science.

Decisions as Units of Organisational Knowledge to Manage Complexity (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pasley, R., & macCarthy, B. L. (2016). Decisions as Units of Organisational Knowledge to Manage Complexity. In Information Systems Architecture and Technology: Proceedings of 36th International Conference on Information Systems Architecture and Technology – ISAT 2015 – Part III (153-161). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28564-1_13

Effective decision making can help organizations to manage complexity. Here we argue that considering decisions as units of organizational knowledge and providing a means for decision storage, retrieval and reuse can facilitate effective decision mak... Read More about Decisions as Units of Organisational Knowledge to Manage Complexity.

Using a central Vehicle Holding Compound (VHC) in an open pipeline automotive order fulfilment system: a simulation study (2015)
Journal Article
MacCarthy, B. L., & Ovutmen, T. (2015). Using a central Vehicle Holding Compound (VHC) in an open pipeline automotive order fulfilment system: a simulation study. International Journal of Production Economics, 170(B), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2015.09.038

Satisfying requests for specific vehicle variants in a timely manner may increase profit margins for the automotive producer and automotive dealers and may reduce the need to incentivise customers financially to make a purchase. Open pipeline order... Read More about Using a central Vehicle Holding Compound (VHC) in an open pipeline automotive order fulfilment system: a simulation study.

Group Decision Support and Social Software Techniques for PLM Decision Making (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pasley, R., & MaCarthy, B. (2013). Group Decision Support and Social Software Techniques for PLM Decision Making

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a common concern in industry. The whole cycle view allows faster product development with more control of risks and processes. Through PLM quality and effectiveness of product development and planning can be impr... Read More about Group Decision Support and Social Software Techniques for PLM Decision Making.

Decision making and decision support within new product development (2013)
Book Chapter
MacCarthy, B. L., & Pasley, R. (2013). Decision making and decision support within new product development. In E. Nikoi, & K. Boateng (Eds.), Collaborative Communication Processes and Decision Making in Organizations (258-279). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-4478-6.ch014

© 2014 by IGI Global. All rights reserved. There is an extensive literature on new product and process development (NPD). However, the analysis of decision-making and decision support requirements in this area is less well researched. The authors dis... Read More about Decision making and decision support within new product development.