3. An Empirical Study of Volume and Storage Flexibility in a Global Supply Chain

—Yavuz Acar, yavuz.acar@boun.edu.tr, Department of Management, BoImageaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

—Sukran N. Atadeniz, Department of Business Administration, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey

—Faiza Zalila, Department of Decision Sciences, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, Texas, USA

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the combined effect of volume and storage flexibility on the operational performance of a global specialty chemicals company. The supply chain was modeled using both optimization and simulation techniques. Operational ...

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