Supply Chain Management: An International Journal
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The challenges of supply strategy selection in a project environment: evidence from UK naval shipbuilding
Tập 13 Số 1 - Trang 16-25
– There is a view that firms should decide between a lean or agile approach to
supply management primarily on the basis of whether their product offering is
“functional” (predictable demand, low variety and a long life cycle) or
“innovative” (unpredictable demand, high variety and a short life cycle). This
paper aims to present and test the proposition that this dichotomy is less
useful in complex...
Is just‐in‐time applicable in paper industry logistics?
Tập 3 Số 1 - Trang 21-32
There is a large body of knowledge on logistics and production control,
including just‐in‐time (JIT) logistics. However, the applications specific to
paper industry logistics are scarce and somewhat conflicting. Examines the
potential contribution of alternative logistics systems in the paper industry
and the scope for efficiency gains through the application of JIT logistics
systems. Multiple cas...
Information enrichment: designing the supply chain for competitive advantage
Tập 2 Số 4 - Trang 137-148
Speed of response to customer demand has long been recognized as a key attribute
to business success since customer loyalty can be won or lost on product
availability. With everyone implementing lean manufacturing philosophies,
companies additionally need to become smart chain managers and ensure continuous
improvement to stay competitive. Exploits further the concept of the “seamless
supply chain...
How to move supply chain beyond cleaning up after new product development
Tập 12 Số 4 - Trang 239-244
– Improving alignment between supply chain and new product development (NPD) can
enhance market impact and revenue growth. Additionally, it can remove a lot of
frustration for supply chain managers, who currently are often the last to find
out about NPD, whereas their contribution is crucial when it comes to getting
products to market on time and in the right volumes. Whereas a recent research
not...
Managers in supply chain management, the critical dimension
Tập 7 Số 3 - Trang 119-125
Attracting and educating the right supply chain managers are a critical
challenge to the realization of most supply chain objectives irrespective of the
state of the economy (shortage of personnel several months ago or increasing
lay‐offs currently). This is because of the richness of capabilities required to
do the job well. Much of our teaching in logistics and supply chain management
focuses on...
Value chain analysis in the UK beef foodservice sector
Tập 13 Số 1 - Trang 83-91
Purpose – The purpose of this article is to discuss the results from a UK
government‐funded applied research programme on value chain analysis that
examined the beef foodservice sector. The demands and dynamics of this sector
differ markedly from those of the supermarket, which is the dominant channel for
beef produce and which forms the focus of the existing literature. This is a
challenging envi...
Inter‐organizational governance, learning and performance in supply chains
Tập 15 Số 2 - Trang 101-114
– Inter‐firm knowledge sharing and learning constitute one of the main avenues
to improve supply chains' performance in today's business environment. This
paper aims to examine how effective different governance mechanisms are in
promoting knowledge transfer, learning and performance in supply chains., –
Following on from the literature in inter‐organizational learning, transaction
costs economics...
A proposed integrated framework for analysing supply chains
Tập 11 Số 4 - Trang 337-344
– Organisations need to have a profound level of understanding of their supply
chains if they are to successfully find sources of competitive advantage within
them. Current methodologies for analysing supply chains, such as the Supply
Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model, are not sufficiently comprehensive,
particularly when it comes to understanding the complex social and political
factors tha...
Food safety and traceability in the agricultural supply chain: using the Internet to deliver traceability
Tập 3 Số 3 - Trang 127-133
This paper describes a possible mechanism for the design and development of a
software system that will become the de facto industry standard for the
collation, location and dissemination of traceability data. Such a system must
be capable of transcending national and regional boundaries. It must operate on
a global scale and be available 24 hours a day seven days a week. It must be
relevant to, a...
Supply chain collaboration: capabilities for continuous innovation
Tập 13 Số 2 - Trang 160-169
– The purpose of this study is to investigate how collaborative relationships
enhance continuous innovation in the supply chain using case studies., – The
data were collected from semi‐structured interviews with 23 managers in ten case
studies. The main intention was to comprehend how these firms engaged in
collaborative relationships and their importance for successful innovation. The
study adopt...