Supply Chain Broker Operations Network Perspective

Huang, Michael; Homem-de-Mello, Tito; Smilowitz, Karen; Driegert, Bill

Abstract

A network analysis of spot-market broker operations in supply chain management is presented with a case study of a brokerage firm. By modeling the connections between brokers and vendors, users can define metrics that correlate the strategies to select the vendors with profitability, which identifies new operating policies. Profitability is affected not only by the number of interactions between brokers and vendors but also by the quality of those interactions. The quality of interactions is quantified. The extent to which this approach can yield operating policy guidelines and serve as a tool to evaluate broker performance is demonstrated.

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Título de la Revista: TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH RECORD
Número: 2224
Editorial: NATL ACAD SCIENCES
Fecha de publicación: 2011
Página de inicio: 1
Página final: 7
DOI:

10.3141/2224-01

Notas: ISI