Supply chain decisions in governmental organizations
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Authors
Ferrer, Geraldo
Vastag, Gyula
Lee, Gyu M.
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2016-12
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Decision Science Institute
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Abstract
In 2014, we issued a Call for Papers (CfP) for a Focused Issue on Supply Chain Decisions in Governmental Organizations. We motivated the CfP with the following statement: “National and local governments worldwide have been under increasing pressure to do more with less. Increasing debt and slow growth has put pressure on governmental organizations to become efficient; an effort—we could argue— best achieved with the appropriate use of sound operations management and decision sciences methods.”
“Governmental organizations differ from non-governmental organizations in many ways that affect
their decision-making process. Practical objectives (e.g. building and maintaining public infrastructure, operating and maintaining military or law enforcement organizations, planning and developing qualified personnel) are colored by annual budgets, political objectives, and cultural priorities.”
We received several contributions that addressed different kinds of supply chain decisions in
government organizations in both military and civilian environments, and selected three excellent
articles that are featured in this issue.
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Graduate School of Business and Public Policy (GSBPP)
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Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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3 p.
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Geraldo Ferrer, Gyula Vastag, Gyu M. Lee, "Supply chain decisions in governmental organizations," Decision Science: a journal of the Decision Science Institute", v.47, no.6 (December 2016), pp. 995-997
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