The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 10 Issue 1

Supply Chain Strategy: Its Impact on Shareholder Value

Martin Christopher, Lynette Ryals

In the last few years there has emerged a strongly held view that the ultimate purpose of the firm is to maximize shareholder value, that is the long run worth of the business to…

Marketing/Logistics Integration and Firm Performance

Theodore P. Stank, Patricia J. Daugherty, Alexander E. Ellinger

Functional areas within a firm must effectively interact and work together to plan, coordinate, and implement strategic initiatives. Interfunctional integration is believed to be…

Automatic Replenishment Programs and Level of Involvement: Performance Implications

Alexander E. Ellinger, John C. Taylor, Patricia J. Daugherty

In Today's increasingly complex business environment, many firms are working more closely and sharing greater information with trading partners. The utilization of automatic…

The Effect of Just‐in‐Time with Customers on Organizational Design and Performance

Cindy Claycomb, Cornelia Dröge, Richard Germain

Faced with environmental volatility and increased competition, firms are turning to supply chain management and associated time‐based initiatives to develop sustainable…

Third‐Party Logistics: Is There a Future?

Magnus Berglund, Peter van Laarhoven, Graham Sharman, Sten Wandel

In this article, the authors describe the results of a study on strategies of third‐party logistics (TPL) providers. The size of the TPL industry and the different requirements…

Activity Based Costing and Decision Support

Dick A. van Damme, Frank L.A. van der Zon

Logistics is critical to the fulfillment of customer demands. Top management of companies is now more closely involved in logistics decisions and the importance of the…

The Impact of Agile Manufacturing on Supply Chain Dynamics

Denis R. Towill, Peter McCullen

Traditional supply chains can greatly amplify changes in end‐customer demand and thereby produce their own internally generated boom‐and‐bust scenarios. Improvement in supply…

The Selection of Distribution Control Techniques

Sander de Leeuw, Ad R. van Goor, Rien Ploos 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…