Supply Chain Management: Volume 27 Issue 4

The relationship between internal supply chain structure and operational performance: survey results from Japanese manufacturers

Mikihisa Nakano, Kazuki Matsuyama

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the roles of a supply chain management (SCM) department. To achieve that, this study empirically examines the relationship between internal…

Pharmaceutical supply chains and management innovation?

Marina Papalexi, David Bamford, Alexandros Nikitas, Liz Breen, Nicoleta Tipi

This paper aims to evaluate the implementation of innovative programmes within the downstream domain of the pharmaceutical supply chain (PSC), with the aim of informing improved…

Examining the moderating role of HIHRP in the relationship between external integration and productivity

Jorge Tarifa Fernández, José Cespedes-Lorente, Jerónimo de Burgos Jiménez

Based on the human resource (HR) and supply chain integration (SCI) literature, this paper aims to argue that high-involvement human resource practices (HIHRP) work as a…

The outlook for modern slavery in the apparel sector in a post-lockdown economy

Rosanna Cole, Zahra Shirgholami

This paper argues that the closures will cause regressive rather than progressive modern slavery shifts as the necessity of survival prevails over addressing modern slavery risks…

The partial mediating role of supply chain integration between Industry 4.0 and supply chain performance

Gizem Erboz, Işık Özge Yumurtacı Hüseyinoğlu, Zoltan Szegedi

Industry 4.0 not only impacts the manufacturing industry but also supply chain practices. Drawing on the resource-based view (RBV), the purpose of this paper is to examine how…

Empirical testing of a model on supply chain management adoption in India using the case study method

Srichandan Sahu, Kambhampati Venkata Satya Surya Narayana Rao

The purpose of this study is to empirically test a theoretical model on supply chain management (SCM) adoption in India.

Adaptations to first-tier suppliers’ relational anti-slavery capabilities

Caroline Emberson, Silvia Maria Pinheiro, Alexander Trautrims

The purpose of this paper is to examine how first-tier suppliers in multi-tier supply chains adapt their vertical and horizontal relationships to reduce the risk of slavery-like…