A supply chain resilience model is established based on the biological cellular resilience theory to analyze the impact of the supplier relationship on supply chain resilience. A scenario where the market demand is ch...A supply chain resilience model is established based on the biological cellular resilience theory to analyze the impact of the supplier relationship on supply chain resilience. A scenario where the market demand is changed suddenly by some undesired events is considered. The results reveal that enhancing collaboration with a more resilient supplier can significantly improve supply chain resilience and reduce supply chain losses. It is also found that enhancing the supplier relationship can significantly benefit supply chain resilience if the collaborative intensity is relatively low, and it has less effect if supply chain members have already collaborated closely. Thus, enhancing the supplier relationship to a limited intensity is a relatively effective and economic method to strengthen supply chain resilience.展开更多
A high_CO 2_requiring mutant of Synechococcus sp. PCC7942 has been isolated after chemical mutagenesis of ethyl methane sulphonate (EMS). It was able to grow at 4% CO 2, but not under ambient CO 2. The initial s...A high_CO 2_requiring mutant of Synechococcus sp. PCC7942 has been isolated after chemical mutagenesis of ethyl methane sulphonate (EMS). It was able to grow at 4% CO 2, but not under ambient CO 2. The initial screening of the mutant showed that the genetic reversion rate was about 10 -7 and death occurred 2-3 days after being transferred from 4% CO 2 to the ambient air. Its photosynthetic dependence on external dissolved inorganic carbon was higher than that of the wild type cells, but its carbonic anhydrase activity was comparatively low. In the ultrastructural level, various types of aberrant carboxysomes appeared in the mutant cells: rod_shaped carboxysomes, irregular carboxysomes and the “empty_inclusion carboxysomes" with increasing number of glycogen granules surrounding the thylakoids. All these alterations indicated that the mutant was defective in utilizing the external CO 2. The induction of carboxysomes by lower levels of CO 2 and the biogenesis of carboxysomes are herein discussed.展开更多
To minimize the inventory costs of detecting demand change, an acceptance/rejection method ( threshold) is proposed. The proposed threshold can be identified by the newsvendor based on the excess cost, the shortage ...To minimize the inventory costs of detecting demand change, an acceptance/rejection method ( threshold) is proposed. The proposed threshold can be identified by the newsvendor based on the excess cost, the shortage cost, the transitional probability of the demand change, and the magnitude of the demand change. Compared with the single exponential smoothing method, it is proved that the proposed method can save many more inventory costs when detecting a step change in demand. By analyzing the proposed method, it shows that as the magnitude of step change increases, the supply chain members turn to synchronously judge a step change, and as excess ( shortage) cost increases, a newsvendor tends to respond slowly (early) to an increase in demand and responds early (slowly) to a decrease in demand. Observations from this study suggest that supply chain members should pay careful attention to different profit-margin products and different magnitude demand changes in cooperating and sharing demand information with others.展开更多
Assuming that the realized demand is determined by the inventory level,a two-part revenue sharing contract of one supplier and one retailer is analyzed under the circumstance of demand disruption(the disruption cost o...Assuming that the realized demand is determined by the inventory level,a two-part revenue sharing contract of one supplier and one retailer is analyzed under the circumstance of demand disruption(the disruption cost occurs at the supplier).Based on the centralized optimization,the profits of the two members are maximized in sequential optimization though a two-part revenue-sharing contract.The result shows that when the demand disruption occurs,if the degree of disruption is within some range,the ordering and manufacturing plans need not be changed,while only the revenue sharing fraction for the retailer should be diminished;if not,both the plan and the revenue sharing fraction should be changed for the possible coordination of the supply chain.Finally,numerical illustrations of the contract for various scenarios are given.展开更多
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.71171050,71390333)the National Key Technology R&D Program of China during the 12th Five-Year Plan Period(No.2013BAD19B05)+1 种基金the Scientific Innovation Research of College Graduates in Jiangsu Province(No.CXZZ12_0107)the Scientific Research Foundation of Graduate School of Southeast University(No.YBJJ1237)
文摘A supply chain resilience model is established based on the biological cellular resilience theory to analyze the impact of the supplier relationship on supply chain resilience. A scenario where the market demand is changed suddenly by some undesired events is considered. The results reveal that enhancing collaboration with a more resilient supplier can significantly improve supply chain resilience and reduce supply chain losses. It is also found that enhancing the supplier relationship can significantly benefit supply chain resilience if the collaborative intensity is relatively low, and it has less effect if supply chain members have already collaborated closely. Thus, enhancing the supplier relationship to a limited intensity is a relatively effective and economic method to strengthen supply chain resilience.
文摘A high_CO 2_requiring mutant of Synechococcus sp. PCC7942 has been isolated after chemical mutagenesis of ethyl methane sulphonate (EMS). It was able to grow at 4% CO 2, but not under ambient CO 2. The initial screening of the mutant showed that the genetic reversion rate was about 10 -7 and death occurred 2-3 days after being transferred from 4% CO 2 to the ambient air. Its photosynthetic dependence on external dissolved inorganic carbon was higher than that of the wild type cells, but its carbonic anhydrase activity was comparatively low. In the ultrastructural level, various types of aberrant carboxysomes appeared in the mutant cells: rod_shaped carboxysomes, irregular carboxysomes and the “empty_inclusion carboxysomes" with increasing number of glycogen granules surrounding the thylakoids. All these alterations indicated that the mutant was defective in utilizing the external CO 2. The induction of carboxysomes by lower levels of CO 2 and the biogenesis of carboxysomes are herein discussed.
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.71171049,71390335)
文摘To minimize the inventory costs of detecting demand change, an acceptance/rejection method ( threshold) is proposed. The proposed threshold can be identified by the newsvendor based on the excess cost, the shortage cost, the transitional probability of the demand change, and the magnitude of the demand change. Compared with the single exponential smoothing method, it is proved that the proposed method can save many more inventory costs when detecting a step change in demand. By analyzing the proposed method, it shows that as the magnitude of step change increases, the supply chain members turn to synchronously judge a step change, and as excess ( shortage) cost increases, a newsvendor tends to respond slowly (early) to an increase in demand and responds early (slowly) to a decrease in demand. Observations from this study suggest that supply chain members should pay careful attention to different profit-margin products and different magnitude demand changes in cooperating and sharing demand information with others.
基金The National Key Technology R&D Program of China during the 11th Five-Year Plan Period(No.2006BAH02A06)
文摘Assuming that the realized demand is determined by the inventory level,a two-part revenue sharing contract of one supplier and one retailer is analyzed under the circumstance of demand disruption(the disruption cost occurs at the supplier).Based on the centralized optimization,the profits of the two members are maximized in sequential optimization though a two-part revenue-sharing contract.The result shows that when the demand disruption occurs,if the degree of disruption is within some range,the ordering and manufacturing plans need not be changed,while only the revenue sharing fraction for the retailer should be diminished;if not,both the plan and the revenue sharing fraction should be changed for the possible coordination of the supply chain.Finally,numerical illustrations of the contract for various scenarios are given.