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Towards a framework for improvement in the management of demand in agri‐food supply chains
David H. Taylor, Andrew FearneTo highlight the problems with and propose a framework for improving demand management in retail food supply chains.
From tinkering around the edge to enhancing revenue growth: supply chain‐new product development
Remko van Hoek, Paul ChapmanTo expand beyond existing research on the integration of supply chain and new product development that has a limited focused on the need to pre‐inform supply chain before product…
Spanning flexibility: supply chain information dissemination drives strategy development and customer satisfaction
Qingyu Zhang, Mark A. Vonderembse, Jeen‐Su LimTo respond to an increasingly uncertain environment, firms are seeking to enhance flexibility across the value chain. Spanning flexibility, a critical dimension of value chain…
Benefit sharing in inter‐organizational coordination
Karuna Jain, Lokesh Nagar, Vivek SrivastavaTo develop an EOQ based model to quantify the benefit accrue due to coordination for the one supplier and n retailer supply chain system and concept to share the benefits derived…
Does supply chain management strategy mediate the association between market orientation and organizational performance?
Kenneth W. Green, Ron McGaughey, K. Michael CaseyThe purpose of this research was to examine the link between supply chain management (SCM), market orientation, and organizational success, and to develop a model that describes…
Skill requirements for logistics license in Taiwan
Yen‐Chun Jim WuThe purpose of this paper is to examine the key logistics related skills required at the various levels of management logistics from the licensing certification perspective.
Enhancing agility by timely sharing of supply information
Gang Li, Yi Lin, Shouyang Wang, Hong YanAlthough a lot of attention has been paid to demand information sharing in the recent decade, few studies look at the value of supply information sharing. The purpose of this…
Outsourcing engineering commodity procurement
Glenn Parry, Mike James‐Moore, Andrew GravesThe purpose of this paper is to introduce and provide an insight into the benefits of outsourcing the procurement function for engineering commodity items.
A satisficing model of outsourcing
Luitzen de Boer, Juan Gaytan, Pilar ArroyoTo develop a prescriptive model that provides effective guidance in the early stages of outsourcing processes, while taking into the decision‐makers' bounded rationality.
Do upstream actors in the food chain know end‐users' quality perceptions? Findings from the Norwegian salmon farming industry
Geir Grundvåg OttesenTo examine whether upstream firms in the food chain are knowledgeable about end‐users or consumers and to identify factors that might influence their acquisition of such knowledge.
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