EditorialEmerald - - 2012
ChristosBraziotis, JensEschenbaecher
The Selection of Distribution Control TechniquesEmerald - - 1999
Sanderde Leeuw, Ad R.van Goor, RienPloos van Amstel
Due to changes in the company and its environment, distribution control requirements will change. Knowledge of the criteria influencing the successful application of distribution control techniques is needed in order to make these changes. This article investigates these criteria. After a description of redesign of distribution systems, a framework of control decisions is introduced and ex...... hiện toàn bộ
The Effect of Just‐in‐Time with Customers on Organizational Design and PerformanceEmerald - Tập 10 Số 1 - Trang 37-58 - 1999
CindyClaycomb, CorneliaDröge, RichardGermain
Faced with environmental volatility and increased competition, firms are turning to supply chain management and associated time‐based initiatives to develop sustainable competitive advantages. This research examines just‐in‐time (JIT) as one such logistics strategy. While prior research has focused on internal and upstream JIT (i.e., production and purchasing), the present research examine...... hiện toàn bộ
Supply Chain Reengineering: A Supplier's PerspectiveEmerald - Tập 6 Số 1 - Trang 85-92 - 1995
Julian L.Coleman, Arindam K.Bhattacharya, GordonBrace
One of the more significant structural changes in Western manufacturing industry is the redistribution of “value addition activities” in product supply chains. Final assemblers are often choosing to subcontract the design and manufacture of large sections of their products in an attempt to focus their effort. In turn suppliers take on more of the design and assembly of the end product and ...... hiện toàn bộ
Supplier‐Customer Relationships and Company PerformanceEmerald - Tập 9 Số 2 - Trang 51-64 - 1998
GwynGroves, VassiliosValsamakis
This paper describes preliminary research into the effect of different approaches to supply chain management on manufacturing company performance. Three generic models were developed to describe the ways in which manufacturers manage relationships with their major suppliers and major customers. A set of financial and non‐financial practice and performance measures was selected. Practice an...... hiện toàn bộ
Integrated Logistics Management in the Grocery Supply ChainEmerald - - 2002
AnaMejías‐Sacaluga, J.Carlos Prado‐Prado
This work aims to highlight the importance of adequately defining relationships between firms in a supply chain management (SCM) framework as the basis for its integrated functioning. An empirical study is used to analyze the state of manufacturer‐retailer relationships and the implications of these on efficient functioning of the grocery supply chain in Spain with Efficient Consumer Respo...... hiện toàn bộ
Developing and Implementing Supply Chain PartnershipsEmerald - Tập 7 Số 2 - Trang 1-18 - 1996
Douglas M.Lambert, Margaret A.Emmelhainz, John T.Gardner
Many executives are developing supply chain partnerships in an attempt to reduce costs, improve service and gain competitive advantage. While partnerships can be beneficial, they are not appropriate in all situations. This article provides a model which can be used to determine whether a partnership is warranted, and if so, how close of a partnership is warranted.
Some measures of interorganizational citizenship behaviorsEmerald - Tập 20 Số 2 - Trang 228-242 - 2009
Lauren R.Skinner, Chad W.Autry, Charles W.Lamb
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a scale for measuring interorganizational citizenship behaviors (ICBs). ICBs are types of tactical boundary spanning activities employed by firms in supply chain relationships geared toward improving overall supply chain success. ICBs are theoretically groun...... hiện toàn bộ
A structural framework for closed‐loop supply chainsEmerald - Tập 19 Số 3 - Trang 344-366 - 2008
JoakimWikner, OuTang
PurposeThe concept of the customer order decoupling point (CODP) has been used in many different contexts as an important structural concept for the traditional forward supply chain. The CODP is rarely explicitly applied in reverse supply chain management and the purpose of this paper is to show that the CODP can be an impo...... hiện toàn bộ
The Paradox of Logistics in EuropeEmerald - - 1991
JamesCooper
The completion of the Single European Market in 1992 has major implications for logistics throughout the 1990s and beyond. However, as logistics has come under the spotlight, many managers and academics have come to realize that their understanding of the field is limited. In particular, both the differences in practice between countries and the future directions for innovation in logistic...... hiện toàn bộ