Supply Chain Management: Volume 14 Issue 6

Flexibility and adaptability in supply chains: a lesson learnt from a practitioner

H.K. Chan, William Y.C. Wang, Lee H.S. Luong, Felix T.S. Chan

Facing uncertain demand and supply, customers and suppliers are encouraged to make their supply chain more flexible and adaptive to the environment. The primary objective of this…

How to design the right supply chains for your customers

Jari Collin, Eero Eloranta, Jan Holmström

This paper aims to present an approach that two leading supply chain companies have used to identify and design alternative supply chain solutions according to their customers'…

Advantages of intermodal logistics platforms: insights from a Spanish platform

Jesus Cambra‐Fierro, Rocio Ruiz‐Benitez

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the advantages that an intermodal logistics platform may provide to companies integrating a supply chain, both to…

Developing key performance indicators for supply chain: an industry perspective

Bongsug (Kevin) Chae

Measuring or monitoring supply chain performance reveals the gap between planning and execution and helps companies to identify potential problems and areas for improvement…

Public procurement strategy for accelerating the economic recovery

J. Gordon Murray

This paper aims to consider the problem of public procurement's contribution in moving from the current global economic downturn and accelerating the economic recovery.

Seabass and seabream farmed in the Mediterranean: swimming against the tide of market orientation

Beverly A. Wagner, James A. Young

This paper aims to investigate how small and medium sized aquaculture producers in the Mediterranean might move from traditional high volume output systems to become more market…

Reverse logistics in the electronic industry of China: a case study

Kwok Hung Lau, Yiming Wang

The purpose of this paper is to report on research undertaken to investigate whether current reverse logistics theories and models can be totally applied in developing countries…

The dynamic relation between management control and governance structure in a supply chain context

Paula M.G. van Veen‐Dirks, Peter J.A. Verdaasdonk

The purpose of this paper is to show that local management control systems within supply chain organisations and the governance of supply chains are intertwined and that local…