American Journal of Business: Volume 15 Issue 2

Building Supply Chains: A Key To Enhancing Manufacturing Performance

Michael Tracey, Mark A. Vonderembse

Supply chain management is becoming critical as firms recognize that competition is shifting from company versus company to supply chain versus supply chain. Two important factors…

From Market to Commitment: A New Inter‐firm Relationship in the North American Automotive Supply Chain

Richard Senter, Michael S. Flynn

The automotive industry in North America is experiencing a period of far‐reaching reorganization. Part of that change is in the automotive supply chain, including firms in the…

The Changing Roles of Managers within the Supply Chain Networks: Theory and Practical Implications

Milorad M. Novicevic, M. Ronald Buckley, Michael G. Harvey

The purpose of this paper is to provide a theory‐based explanation for the emerging managerial role set within supply chain networks. As managing within supply networks requires a…

Strategic Benefits from a Mature Innovation

Dale Young, Houston H. Carr, R. Kelly Rainer

In this study, senior executives with electronic data interchange (EDI) experience explained the factors their firms considered when deciding to use EDI. The majority of their…

Communicating Along the Supply Chain: A Survey of Manufacturers’ Investment and Usage Plans for Information Technologies

Mark D. Treleven, Charles A. Watts, Patrick T. Hogan

In order to survive and thrive in today’s global economy, firms of all sizes must be able to use information as a competitive weapon. Manufacturing firms must be able to receive…

An Environmental Baldrige?

Sime Curkovic, Robert Landeros

This study develops an integrated theory about how Total Quality Management (TQM) based capabilities can be leveraged for Environmentally Responsible Manufacturing (ERM). It…

Use of Short‐run Statistical Process Control Techniques: A Comparison of JIT and Non‐JIT Manufacturing

Gyu C. Kim, Marc J. Schniederjans

The purpose of this paper is to compare implementation of short‐run (i.e., small lot‐size) statistical process control (SPC) techniques in just‐in‐time (JIT) manufacturing…

The Myth of Japanese Buyer‐Supplier Relationships

Nakato Hirakubo, Michael Kublin, Martin T. Topol

This paper examines whether or not the close relationship between buyers and suppliers in the Japanese automotive industry was also the norm in the electronic equipment and office…