An Empirical Investigation on the Use of Buffers and Incentives in Non-Hierarchical Networks
Journal
International Journal of Applied Logistics
ISSN
1947-9573
ISSN-Digital
1947-9581
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2011-11-01
Author(s)
Research Team
IWI1
Abstract (De)
Delivery reliability has shifted from being an order winner to being an order qualifier in many industrial and service sectors. Thus, companies are forced to take into consideration all the aspects that might impact on such an indicator. This paper focuses on the European machinery and equipment industry, an important instance of the non-hierarchical network concept, to investigate the relationships existing among supply-side uncertainty, delivery reliability to the final market and the adoption of possible leverages to mitigate problems, namely buffers and incentives. The authors formulate the research hypotheses and test them against a set of collected data in 3 European countries. The final discussion about the results provides insights about the real effectiveness of buffer and incentive based approaches, as well as some directions for future research.
Language
English
HSG Classification
not classified
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
IGI Global
Publisher place
Hershey, Pa.
Volume
2
Number
4
Start page
29
End page
43
Pages
15
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
214428