作者:MOINZADEH, K; KLASTORIN, TD
摘要:In this paper, we consider an unreliable production process which produces nondefective items when operating in control, but produces defective items with a probability oc when the process has shifted to an out-of-control state. Following a JIT philosophy, we stop the entire line and repair the machine as soon as we detect that the process has shifted to an out-of-control state. To test whether a process shift has occurred, we inspect the last m units for every n units produced and stop the ma...
作者:WANG, ETG; SEIDMANN, A
作者单位:University of Rochester
摘要:Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is an emerging type of standardized inter-organizational information system. We analyze the impact of EDI on the upstream suppliers' competitive position in a simple two-level hierarchical market structure where the buyer faces a linear demand curve and the competing heterogeneous suppliers have an upward-sloping marginal cost function. We show that a supplier's adoption of EDI can generate positive externalities for the buyer and negative (or competitive) ext...