published_or_final_version / Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-69).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Florida, 2004. / Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains 160 pages. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 107-113). Also available in electronic version.

published_or_final_version / Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

Essay 1 examines how competitive strategies influence MC practices and how MC practices influence financial performance. A model is proposed to link both cost leadership and differentiation strategies with the coordinated implementation of MC practices of elicitation, process flexibility, and logistics, and finally, with the financial performance of the firm. The model is tested using data collected from mass customizers in China. Simultaneous equation modeling and hierarchical regression analyses are used to test the hypotheses embedded in the research model. The results reveal that both cost leadership and differentiation strategies have significant impact on MC practices. Moreover, the results indicate that a successful MC implementation requires that mass customizers use elicitation, process flexibility, and logistics in complement. Firms that can successfully implement all three MC practices tend to have better financial performance. / Essay 2 examines the relationships between supply chain integration (SCI) and MC capabilities. Based on data collected from 292 manufacturing firms located in different countries, the results show that both internal and customer integration contribute positively to MC capability. Positive interaction effects on MC capability are also found between internal and customer integration, and between internal and supplier integration. The results suggest that supplier integration play only a complementary role, supporting internal integration in the development of MC capabilities. Overall, the findings demonstrate the pivotal role of internal integration in supply chain integration. Though current research tends to view SCI as "outward-facing" integration, our results suggest that manufacturing finns should pursue internal integration as the foundation for successful MC. / Essay 3 investigates the roles of service and customer value co-creation in developing MC offerings. Using exploratory case study and grounded theory building, we analyze six Chinese manufacturers in the Pearl River Delta. According to the arguments of service-dominant logic (SDL), the two types of MC offerings (product-centric MC and solution-centric MC) are service provided by manufacturer (fundamental service and resource integration service), and customer value co-creation (information and knowledge exchange and integrated design and manufacturing). Using the configurational approach, we investigate the theoretical typologies among MC offerings, service, and value co-creation. The results suggest that an internal fit exists among the three elements, and the configuration needs to fit with the supply chain capability and task characteristics. / Mass customization (MC) has been considered an important competitive weapon of manufacturers all over the world. Many successful companies adopt it to deal with growing competition characterized by heterogeneous customer demands, accelerated new product development, and shortened product life cycles. Currently, MC has become an imperative in business competition and an important topic for researchers in many disciplines. This dissertation covers three issues about MC: 1) the impact of competitive strategies on MC practices; 2) the effects of SCI on MC capability; and 3) the roles of service and customer value co-creation in developing MC offerings. / [essay 1]. Competitive strategy and mass customization practices -- [essay 2]. Developing mass customization capability through supply chain integration -- [essay 3]. A field study of mass customization from service dominant logic perspective. / Zhang, Min. / Adviser: Xiande Zhao. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-03, Section: A, page: . / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-180). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest dissertations and theses, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese.

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近年，可持續發展引起了物流界的關注。要在模糊和不確定的情況對不同資源，服務水平和利潤作出權衡取捨，一個多項目標決策框架是必需的。這份論文，我們會提出一個隨機線性效用涵數的問題。然後發展一個以權衡為基礎的互動方法去解決這個決策問題。這個方法成功地找出穩健的方案和非支配的方案。我們會利用一個北美州聯合運輸路徑選擇的案例來展示此方法的好處。此外，我們會提出一個啟發式解法來增加此互動方法的計算效能。 / Sustainability is one of many major concerns in the practice of logistics management today. With vague and ambiguous tradeos among resources, service level and prot, a multi-objective decision making framework will be essential. In this work, we formulate the problem using a random linear utility function. We develop a trade-o based interactive method to solve the problem. The interactive method successfully obtains robust solution and non-dominated solutions. We will illustrate the usefulness of the interactive method using an intermodal routing study under NAFTA (North America Free Trade Agreement). In addition, we propose a heuristic solution algorithm for the shortest path routing problem to further improve the efficiency on our interactive method. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Lee, Ho Cheung Brian. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-131). / Abstracts also in Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.iii / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Introduction to Multi-objective Decision Making Problem to Green Logistics --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2 --- Our Contribution --- p.5 / Chapter 1.3 --- Organization of the thesis --- p.6 / Chapter 2 --- Literature Review --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1 --- Routing Problem with Green Consideration --- p.7 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Intermodal Routing with Green Considerations --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2 --- Interactive Routing Method --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Linear Utility --- p.14 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Interactive Routing with Green Consideration --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3 --- Conclusion --- p.16 / Chapter 3 --- Methodology --- p.17 / Chapter 3.1 --- Concept, Notation and Definition --- p.17 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Finding Knees in Multi-objective optimization --- p.20 / Chapter 3.2 --- Existing Interactive Method --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Framework of interactive routing --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Geoffrion-Dyer-Feinberg (GDF) Algorithm --- p.24 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Reference Direction (RD) Algorithm --- p.29 / Chapter 3.3 --- Trade-off Compromising Algorithm --- p.35 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Description of Trade-off Compromising Algorithm --- p.36 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Interactive Method for Multi-objective Shortest Path Problem --- p.45 / Chapter 3.4 --- Design of Computational Experiments --- p.64 / Chapter 3.5 --- Conclusion --- p.72 / Chapter 4 --- Case study on NAFTA --- p.74 / Chapter 4.1 --- Parameters of the Experiment --- p.77 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Cost, Emission and Transit time --- p.77 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Scenarios --- p.79 / Chapter 4.2 --- Computational Result --- p.79 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Managerial Implication --- p.86 / Chapter 4.3 --- Conclusion --- p.97 / Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.98 / Chapter A --- Data of the Case study in NAFTA --- p.102 / Chapter B --- Computational results --- p.106 / Chapter B.1 --- Computational result of the case studies --- p.106 / Chapter B.2 --- Computational result of testing number of iterations --- p.121 / Bibliography --- p.123

Globalization of business results in significant changes and severe competition. These macro forces lead to international integration and improved performance standards. Products with contracting life cycles demand the whole supply chain to react effectively with flexibility. Together with the rapid development of information technology and recent moves in e-business, all these macro factors have forced business enterprises to restructure their supply chains. An important dimension of supply chain restructuring is to improve coordination amongst supply chain members to optimize overall performance. In many industries, we observe increasing activities in supply chain coordination through new coordination mechanisms and/or information sharing. At the same time, because incentives are not aligned, we also observe reluctance to adopt these new initiatives. / The main analytical results of this thesis are: (1) These new coordination mechanisms affect each supply chain member's payoff. However, as long as the stock level that upstream desires is higher than the one downstream desires, we find that upstream and downstream can always find a risk-sharing rule such that adoption of these new coordination mechanisms, along with the risk-sharing rule, will always lead to higher expected payoffs for both of the supply chain members. (2) Under those new coordination mechanisms, we find that, in general, if downstream receives a market demand signal that is greater than a cut off value, he will reveal it to upstream voluntarily; otherwise, he will not reveal. The cut off value is a function of downstream's information revealing cost, upstream's critical fractile and its prior belief of the demand signal. (3) We get similar results for the problem of capacity choice under traditional supply chain. But in this problem, whether or not downstream will share demand information to the upstream voluntarily is also dependent on downstream's critical fractile. / The main objective of this thesis is to model problems in supply chain regarding some new coordination mechanisms and information sharing to better understand the related incentive issues. We hope to identify some managerial insights to enhance better coordination within a supply chain. The main issues being addressed in this thesis are the followings: (1) There are new coordination mechanisms transferring the right to make stock level decision and the responsibility to keep stock to upstream. How will these changes influence incentives in the supply chain? Are there any arrangements such that all parties in a supply chain will be better off by adopting these new coordination mechanisms? (2) Transferring the responsibility to carry inventory from downstream to upstream often also requires information sharing but such information sharing may not be enforced by contract. In that case; will the downstream be willing to share information with the upstream voluntarily? (3) Demand information asymmetry also exists in traditional supply chain and upstream's capacity choice is heavily dependent on the demand information it obtained from downstream. What are the conditions for the downstream to voluntarily reveal the private information about demand? Knowing the answers to these questions help us to better understand incentive issues to enhance better supply chain coordination. / Chu Wai-hung Julius. / "Jun 2002." / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-10, Section: A, page: 3630. / Supervisor: Ching Chyi Lee. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-123). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest dissertations and theses, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307.

Wong, Wing Shuet. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-88). / Abstract also in Chinese. / Table Of Contents --- p.i / Tables of Figures and Tables --- p.vi / Chapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Distribution Strategies --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Motivation --- p.7 / Chapter 1.3 --- Problem Description --- p.9 / Chapter 1.4 --- Contributions --- p.11 / Chapter 1.5 --- Conclusion --- p.12 / Chapter Chapter 2. --- Literature Review --- p.13 / Chapter 2.1 --- Crossdocking in the supply chain --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2 --- Simulation of crossdocking --- p.16 / Chapter 2.3 --- Mathematic programming in crossdocking --- p.17 / Chapter 2.4 --- Conclusion --- p.29 / Chapter Chapter 3. --- Model Approach and Assumptions --- p.30 / Chapter 3.1 --- Simulation Modeling --- p.30 / Chapter 3.2 --- Model Assumptions --- p.31 / Chapter 3.3 --- Crossdocking in Arena® -Modules --- p.36 / Chapter 3.4 --- Conclusion --- p.43 / Chapter Chapter 4. --- Simulation Design --- p.44 / Chapter 4.1 --- Factors in Simulation --- p.44 / Chapter 4.2 --- Experimental Design --- p.53 / Chapter 4.3 --- Performance Measures --- p.56 / Chapter 4.4 --- Conclusion --- p.57 / Chapter Chapter 5. --- Results and Analysis --- p.58 / Chapter 5.1 --- Mean Hourly Throughput per Forklift (MTF) --- p.58 / Chapter 5.2 --- Mean Handling Time per Pallet (MHP) --- p.63 / Chapter 5.3 --- Comparison with original results --- p.65 / Chapter 5.4 --- Conclusion --- p.68 / Chapter Chapter 6. --- Conclusion and Recommendations For Future Work --- p.82 / Chapter 6.1 --- Conclusion --- p.82 / Chapter 6.2 --- Future research directions --- p.84 / References --- p.86