In recent years, distribution system of goods and services specifically in domestic CHAIN stores lack efficiency and effectiveness according to a developing economy and urban life. One of the best strategies to improve the CHAIN store's performance is SUPPLY CHAIN management (SCM). So this study tries to extend previous SCM approach by presenting a new framework.Relevant researches in this field; emphasized that new dimensions such as SUPPLY CHAIN institualization and integration, leadership, culture of competitiveness and knowledge acquisition besides of conventional aspect(such as processes, financial, etc)have positive impact in SUPPLY CHAIN performance.In other words this framework contain following steps. First we develop the new approach to calculate the weights of criterion of the SCM excellence model, then, we evaluate the casual relationship between these criterions. Finally we synthesize above mentioned steps to achieve SUPPLY CHAIN Critical Path Excellence (SCCPE).

Expansive economic, production and commercial development today has made businesses and enterprises to have active presence and contribution in network-based and CHAIN economy. Although focusing on this approach has brought some privileges and productivities for the firms which are members of networks and SUPPLY CHAINs, it has been accompanied by various problems and complexities for financial crisis management, cash flow and flow capital amount of the foundations and their commercial partners. To overcome such problem, besides developing the concepts of SUPPLY CHAIN management and logistics, Financial SUPPLY CHAIN Management (FSCM) was also promoted to minimize inefficiencies of financial flow in SUPPLY CHAIN using financial, engineering and management approaches, and to provide an effective management ground for cash inventory and flow capital all throughout the SUPPLY CHAIN by making use of various tools and techniques of SUPPLY CHAIN finance and/or SCF.Thus, regarding the significance of financial flow management in the CHAIN and benefitting the principles and fundamentals of research by fact finding and case study, it was tried to present a framework to make use of financial flow management and its principles and fundamentals effectively by reviewing evidences as well as applicable experiences in this area. The present paper emphasized that as logistic services providers are responsible in SUPPLY CHAINs to improve inventory level; financial services providers also have the same role concerning liquidity level in the CHAINs.

The main aim of this paper is to provide a model for SUPPLY CHAIN design of decorative stones in competitive conditions by taking into account the risk of the disruption. The main tools used in this study are mathematical programming and game theory which Stackelberg game is often used for competitive modeling. The aim of the proposed model is to consider potential risks of disruption and competitive situation in the market. Also, due to the problem situation, we use meta-heuristic methods like particle swarm optimization and biogeography based optimization for solving and verification of the model. The results show that the occurrence of disruption affects in location decisions of production and distribution centers, price of products and profit of CHAIN components.

Background – considering that the effective sharing of knowledge is an important way to improve the operational efficiency of the SUPPLY CHAIN, studying of influencing factors on knowledge sharing in SUPPLY CHAIN is necessary but very little investigations have been done about it. Purpose – This research aims to identify the factors affecting knowledge sharing in the SUPPLY CHAIN. Methodology – The research methodology is exploratory mixed. The statistical population of the research comprises all the managers of Khorasan Electricity SUPPLY CHAIN (461 people). 215 of them have been selected as samples, using Stratified Random Sampling. The collected data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel, SPSS, Statistica10, Z Test and Student-T Test. Findings – Based on the results, a conceptual model has been developed on the basis of 8 elements and related theories. The results of the model test showed that organizational attitude toward KS factor has the highest average in Khorasan Electricity SUPPLY CHAIN and inter-organizational trust factor the lowest average. Conclusion – The study will contribute to improve understanding on the key factors affecting knowledge sharing in SUPPLY CHAIN.

Continuous performance improvement in a dynamic SUPPLY CHAIN has become an important issue for suppliers, producers, and retailers who want to be able to compete and look for a sustainable competitiveness environment. The existing literature on SUPPLY CHAIN puts more emphasis on quantitative factors than on other factors. This focus on quantitative has cuased and ignorance of the qualitative factors which generally affect the creation and invigoration of competitive advantages. In this study it has been attempted to examine the qualitative factors which affect the SUPPLY CHAIN management (e.g. plant location, SUPPLY CHAIN uncertainty, and manufacturing practices) via Bhatnagar and S. Sohal performance evaluation models, and to introduce some solutions to improve the performance. Data has been collected through Questionnaires and the research hypotheses have been examined by regression statistical method. Results show that the factors affecting petrochemical industry SUPPLY CHAIN performance are plant location, SUPPLY CHAIN uncertainty, and manufacturing practices.

In today's global marketplace, intricating network of business relationships among SUPPLY CHAIN members and service quality is recognized as a critical factor in gaining competitive advantage. The relationship of service quality with business performance, lower costs, customer satisfaction and profitability is proven.The purpose of this paper is to assess the existence service quality gaps in SUPPLY CHAIN. Based on literature review, a conceptual model and a scale for measuring logistics performance were generated. Dyads of focal firms (large manufacturing companies) and their most important suppliers were addressed in two similar surveys. A total of 35 such dyads were acquired.A dual view to service quality, a tested conceptual model and a tested scale for measuring logistics performance are theoretical and methodological contributions. The model can be used as a basis for deeper communication between customer and supplier in order to improve logistics performance and the results can be valuable to both of them.

A resilient SUPPLY CHAIN network design is a strategic issue in the , eld of SUPPLY CHAIN management. Nonetheless, designing resilient SUPPLY CHAIN has been considered for designing new SUPPLY CHAINs in previous research studies, and making resiliency in an existing SUPPLY CHAIN has not been investigated. In the current research, redesigning a SUPPLY CHAIN to make a resilient SUPPLY CHAIN has been studied with the possibility of opening new facilities and closing and resizing the existing facilities. This SUPPLY CHAIN consists of a set of manufacturers, existing and potential distribution centers, and existing and potential retailers and customers. Distribution centers and retailers may be redesigned in this CHAIN. For this problem, a mixed-integer linear programming model has been developed. Two existing and most applied strategies consisting of extra capacity and the emergency stock, along with a new disruption risk mitigation strategy, named establishing alliance strategy, have been investigated in various disruption scenarios. Establishing alliance has been applied in two parts of the SUPPLY CHAIN including manufacturers and retailers. Computational experiments were conducted to assess the performance of the resilient model and make a comparison between the disruption risk mitigation strategies. The results revealed that the SUPPLY capability of the resilient model was 13% higher than that of the non-resilient one. Furthermore, resilient SUPPLY CHAIN enjoys 9% better performance than non-resilient SUPPLY CHAIN in terms of pro, t. In addition, \establishing alliance" strategy has greater impact on the SUPPLY capability enhancement compared to \extra capacity" and \emergency stock" strategies. Also, establishing alliance between manufacturers in comparison with alliance between retailers has greater impact on the performance of the SUPPLY CHAIN in terms of both SUPPLY quantity and pro, t. Through the formation of an alliance among manufacturers, the SUPPLY quantity and pro, t of the SUPPLY CHAIN will increase by 6. 7% and 5. 5%, respectively, while establishing an alliance in retailers improves SUPPLY capability and pro, t by 3. 5% and 1. 6%, respectively.