The TQM Journal: Volume 32 Issue 5

Guest editorial

Barbara Gaudenzi, Martin Christopher, Omera Khan

Implementing supplier management strategies for supply chain sustainability risks in multinational companies

Uta Juettner, Katharina Windler, André Podleisek, Maya Gander, Sandrina Meldau

In a time where stakeholders increasingly demand social, environmental, and economic sustainability, mismanaging suppliers can impose substantial sustainability risks for a…

Mitigating manifest supply chain disruptions

Jason M. Riley, Richard Klein, Janis Miller, V. Sridharan

The purpose of this paper is to understand if organizations can leverage recovery/continuous improvement (RCI) capabilities and two competencies to mitigate manifest supply chain…

The role of risk management in buyer-supplier relationships with a preferred customer status for total quality management

Roberta Pellegrino, Nicola Costantino, Danilo Tauro

This paper provides a comprehensive risk management framework for buyer-supplier relationships where the buyer has the status of a preferred customer with the supplier.

Mitigating counterfeit risk in the supply chain: an empirical study

John F. Kros, Mauro Falasca, Scott Dellana, William J. Rowe

The purpose of this paper is to adopt a contingency theory from a quality perspective to develop a model for assessing the impact of counterfeit prevention efforts on supply chain…

The moderating role of transport chain location in cargo theft risk

Daniel Ekwall, Björn Lantz

The purpose of this paper is to explore cargo theft risk and security for different product types at different locations along a transport chain.

The Six Sigma framework improves the awareness and management of supply-chain risk

Roy Andersson, Yinef Pardillo-Baez

Modern supply chains are at risk as a result of increasing disturbance. The use of Lean and Six Sigma’'s values, methods and tools can be one option to analyze, prevent and…

Establishing link between quality management and supply chain risk management: A fuzzy AHP approach

Kunal Ganguly

The purpose of this paper is to present a comprehensive framework for quality-related performance measures linked to supply chain risk (SCR) by analyzing and framing them into a…

Modeling enablers of supply chain quality risk management: a grey-DEMATEL approach

Anupama Prashar, Shikha Aggarwal

The purpose of this paper is to recognize and model the enablers of supply chain quality risk management (SCQRM) through an empirical study in the Indian automotive companies.