International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: Volume 36 Issue 3

Determinants of successful vendor managed inventory relationships in oligopoly industries

Kim Dorling, John Scott, Eric Deakins

To identify the key determinants of successful vendor managed inventory (VMI) and strategic supply chain relationships for industries characterised by oligopolistic competition.

The effects of technology and TQM on the performance of logistics companies

Shaukat A. Brah, Hua Ying Lim

Total quality management (TQM) and technology are fast becoming essential features of business strategy for the success of many leading organizations in the world. More and more…

Linking financial performance to strategic orientation and operational priorities: An empirical study of third‐party logistics providers

Jeff Hoi Yan Yeung, Willem Selen, Chee‐Chuong Sum, Baofeng Huo

Aims to investigates the relationship of strategic choices of pure cost‐, pure differentiation‐, or a combination‐strategy on a composite measure of financial performance for…

Logistics integration processes in the food industry

Cristina Gimenez

This paper sets out to empirically analyse the integration process that firms follow to implement supply chain management (SCM). This study has been inspired by the integration…