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Exploring Business-To-Business Marketsites, Mark Barratt, Karsten Rosdahl
Exploring Business-To-Business Marketsites, Mark Barratt, Karsten Rosdahl
Management Faculty Research and Publications
Business-to-business (B2B) marketsites are quickly becoming one of the major issues for companies in their search for opportunities to improve visibility of their trading activities and sources of further cost reduction. The paper begins with a synthesis of potential benefits resulting from participation in marketsites and then provides a number of initial classifications of marketsites. The paper then introduces some of the major inhibitors and enablers of marketsites and views these from a number of perspectives such as the structure of marketsites, the degree of centricity and the types of products purchased through such marketsites. Finally, some recommendations for further …
The Relationship Between Cost Analysis And Program Management, William K. Stockman, Joseph T. Kammerer, David R. King, Steve G. Green, Michael A. Greiner
The Relationship Between Cost Analysis And Program Management, William K. Stockman, Joseph T. Kammerer, David R. King, Steve G. Green, Michael A. Greiner
Management Faculty Research and Publications
Cost analysis if often viewed as applying basic principles and cost methodologies to determine total system cost. These finished estimates then flow into a decision making process and the cost estimator leaves the stage. Reality shows that the cost estimator is actually one of the main contributors to the decision making process. Our introduction to this special issue explores the areas where cost estimating plays a major role in program management in areas beyond the normal program estimate. We have included articles that show the key role estimators can play in source selection strategies and evaluation; cost of delay analysis …
A Model And Methodologies For The Location Problem With Logistical Components, Siddhartha Syam
A Model And Methodologies For The Location Problem With Logistical Components, Siddhartha Syam
Management Faculty Research and Publications
This paper significantly extends traditional facility location models by introducing several logistical cost components such as holding, ordering, and transportation costs in a multi-commodity, multi-location framework. Since location and logistical costs are highly inter-related, the paper provides an integrated model, and seeks to minimize total physical distribution costs by simultaneously determining optimal locations, flows, shipment compositions, and shipment cycle times. Two sophisticated heuristic methodologies, based on Lagrangian relaxation and simulated annealing, respectively, are provided and compared in an extensive computational experiment.