Special issue: Supply chain network design in emerging markets

摘要

Network design determines the physical configuration of a supply chain in terms of number, location and size of different facilities such as plants and depots or warehouses, as well as the assignment of customers or retailers to plants or warehouses. Compared to developed countries emerging markets face more complex problems since there are additional factors to consider and challenges to overcome related to the limited Information Technology infrastructure, legal and regulatory conditions, customer segmentation, transport infrastructure, capabilities, geographical and environmental conditions, as well as social and political issues that add more complexity to the traditional decision problems arising in supply chain network design. This special issue considers supply chain networks in their full generality, reflecting supply chain networks in their general sense.