Developing the concept of supply strategy
International Journal of Operations & Production Management
ISSN: 0144-3577
Article publication date: 1 July 1999
Abstract
This article proposes a conceptualisation for supply strategy – an explanation for how organisations arrange and conduct themselves within modern economic environments, in order to satisfy markets in the long and short terms. After an explanation of the emerging global environment within which organisations must compete, the previous approaches to explaining this area of business are explored and found to be insufficient for the new context. There follows a conceptualisation and an account of new, supporting research – a Delphi survey, conducted to test, extend and validate some of the features of the concept. Finally, some suggestions are made for the further development of supply strategy as a useful subject area for managers and researchers.
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Citation
Harland, C.M., Lamming, R.C. and Cousins, P.D. (1999), "Developing the concept of supply strategy", International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Vol. 19 No. 7, pp. 650-674. https://doi.org/10.1108/01443579910278910
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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