The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 31 Issue 1

Editorial

Britta Gammelgaard

Collective action in SCM: a call for activist research

Anne Touboulic, Lucy McCarthy

The purpose of this paper is to explore the current focus of supply chain management (SCM) research; it considers field level and societal constraints and consequently the…

Effectiveness of frequent inventory audits in retail stores: an empirical evaluation

Rafay Ishfaq, Uzma Raja

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the effectiveness of the inventory audit process to manage operational issues related to inventory errors in retail stores. An evaluation…

Diagnosis of delivery vulnerability in a logistics system for logistics risk management

Pei-Ju Wu, Pattra Chaipiyaphan

Delivery vulnerability is a critically important theme in logistics risk management. However, while logistics service providers often collect and retain massive amounts of…

Macrologistic performance and logistics commitments in sales contracts in international supply chains

Đurđica M. Stojanović, Jelena Ivetić

This study aims to illuminate the relationship between the logistic performance indexes (LPIs) of trade countries and sharing obligations related to logistics services in delivery…

A conceptual framework for improving effectiveness of risk management in supply networks

Atanu Chaudhuri, Abhijeet Ghadge, Barbara Gaudenzi, Samir Dani

The purpose of the paper is to develop a conceptual framework for improving the effectiveness of risk management in supply networks following a critical literature review.

Supply chain quality management and firm performance in China's food industry—the moderating role of social co-regulation

Jiangtao Hong, Zhihua Zhou, Xin Li, Kwok Hung Lau

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between supply chain quality management (SCQM) and firm performance (including quality safety performance and sales…

Do not expect others do what you should! Supply chain complexity and mitigation of the ripple effect of disruptions

Seyoum Eshetu Birkie, Paolo Trucco

Recent studies have argued that companies may actively implement practices to mitigate disruptions in their supply chain and reduce the extent of damage on performance. Other…

Antecedents to supply chain innovation

Fatma Nur Karaman Kabadurmus

The purpose of this study is to examine organizational and environmental (competition, capital scarcity and organization of labor) factors that affect firms' innovation activities…