International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 27 Issue 2

The direct and mediated relationships between supply chain coordination investments and delivery performance

Giovani J.C. da Silveira, Rebecca Arkader

To explore the paths by which coordination investments with suppliers and customers relate to improvements in delivery speed, delivery reliability, and manufacturing lead‐time.

Examining a firm's decisions with a contingency framework for manufacturing flexibility

Jim Hutchison, Sidhartha R. Das

To examine and analyze the decision process that a firm undergoes for acquiring an advanced manufacturing system to obtain manufacturing flexibility for its operations.

Designing CPFR collaborations: insights from seven case studies

Pamela Danese

To comprehend the rationale behind managerial choices that lead companies to implement different types of collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR…

A model of B2B e‐commerce, based on connectivity and purpose

Andrea J. Cullen, Margaret Webster

To present a complete and comprehensive model by which business‐to‐business (B2B) e‐commerce transactions for sales and purchases between organisations may be categorised.

ISO 9000: integration rationales and organizational impacts

Olivier Boiral, Marie‐Josée Roy

The purpose of this paper is to present the results of an empirical study of the impact of motivational factors underlying ISO 9000 certification on several aspects of…