Supply Chain Management: Volume 3 Issue 1

Establishing supply chain partnerships: lessons from Australian agribusiness

Michael O’Keeffe

Many agribusiness firms in Australia are buying into the concept of SCM but are not sure how to apply it. Provides some guidance for firms who are considering following the SCM…

Vendor‐managed inventory: fashion fad or important supply chain strategy?

Andrew Blatherwick

Considers the concept of vendor‐managed inventory (VMI). Reviews its success since it was first implemented by Wal‐Mart and K‐Mart. Asserts that although a number of factors make…

Strategic account management in the new procurement environment

Frank McGinnis, Lisa McCarty

Describes the changes which are taking place in the procurement environment and the steps which suppliers need to take in order to adapt. Inventory is increasingly being pushed…

Cloning: will it change the management of supply chains?

Jill E. Hobbs, William A. Kerr

The announcement in February 1997, that scientists at the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh and at PPL Therapeutics had successfully cloned a sheep from another adult sheep raised many…

Is just‐in‐time applicable in paper industry logistics?

Juha‐Matti Lehtonen, Jan Holmström

There is a large body of knowledge on logistics and production control, including just‐in‐time (JIT) logistics. However, the applications specific to paper industry logistics are…

Quality assurance in the maritime port logistics chain: the case of Valencia, Spain

Raúl Compés López, Nigel Poole

The provision of port services is an important link in international logistics. Historically, ports have constituted a bottleneck in maritime transport. Moreover, the quality of…