The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 5 Issue 1

Foundations for Successful Continuous Replenishment Programs

Joseph C. Andraski

In the future, earnings ‐ perhaps even survival, will depend upon strong and enduring relationships between manufacturers and their customers. Continuous replenishment is rapidly…

Benchmarking Logistics in Manufacturing Firms

Patricia J. Daugherty, Cornelia Dröge, Richard Germain

Benchmarking has become more commonplace in recent years as managers sought to improve their firms' operations by examining strategic practices of leading companies. The focus of…

Incremental and Breakthrough Process Improvement: An Integrative Framework

Sanjay L. Ahire, Matthew A. Waller

The total quality management (TQM) revolution of the 1980s and recent emergence of business reengineering (RE) has shifted the focus of quality improvement efforts from individual…

Adopting Rescheduling Capability in DRP to Deal with Operational Uncertainty in Logistics Systems

Chrwan‐jyh Ho, Phillip L. Carter

Safety stock, safety lead time, and safety capacity are the conventional methods used to deal with operational uncertainty. With the advent of material requirements planning (MRP…

Supplier Partnerships in Manufacturing Versus Non‐Manufacturing Firms

Lisa M. Ellram, Daniel R. Krause

While the concept of partnerships has received much attention in the literature, the focus has primarily been on the manufacturing firm. This paper explores the similarities and…

A Methodology for the Strategic Management of International Manufacturing and Sourcing

Michael T. Sweeney

Little previous research has been carried out on the issues to be considered when choosing between manufacturing at home, offshore or sourcing from an offshore third party…

Internationalization and Localization of the Kyoryoku Kai: The Spread of Best Practice Supplier Development

Peter Hines

The article reviews how lean production can be taken into supplier bases in both Japan and the West. The exemplar supplier network as demonstrated by Toyota and Hitachi in Japan…

Product Variety and Just‐in‐Time: Conflict and Challenge

David Bennett, Paul Forrester

This paper addresses the question of how just‐in‐time can be implemented within high variety manufacture. To illustrate some of the principles in relation to the high variety‐low…

Establishing a Framework for Effective Materials Logistics Management

Mohamed M. Naim, Denis R. Towill

The “Law of Industrial Dynamics” is a well‐known phenomenon which leads to significant swings in demand as orders are passed down along a supply chain. Large fluctuations in…