Purpose – The purpose of this article is to develop a typology of e‐marketplace functionality and then link the typology to the associated value creation potential of differing types of e‐marketplaces. Design/methodology/approach – In‐depth interviews with the executives of 50...

Supply chain relationships are increasingly impacted by the use of the Internet and the adoption of logistics technology. In this paper we report the results of a large-scale field study of a diverse group of buyers and their suppliers who have participated in a unique and recently adopted...

Purpose – This research seeks to better understand the supply base reduction approaches and processes utilized by organizations. Design/methodology/approach – In‐depth case studies were conducted with ten organizations that recently reduced their supply bases. These organizations...

The general problem of process control is one of maintaining a production process in such a state that the output from the process conforms to design specifications. As the process operates it will be subject to changes which cause the quality of the output to deteriorate. Some amount of...

A few years ago the faculty of the Graduate School of Business Administration at Michigan State University responded to a developing industry need for young people trained with an understanding of the interfaces between physical distribution, manufacturing and purchasing. In 1980 the Materials...

There are several alternatives suggested in the literature to deal with material requirements planning (MRP) system nervousness. Conventional uncertainty buffering techniques, such as safety stock, excess capacity, and safety lead time, can be used to cope with unplanned events and to reduce the...

Safety stock, safety lead time, and safety capacity are the conventional methods used to deal with operational uncertainty. With the advent of material requirements planning (MRP) systems, the rescheduling capability can be viewed as an alternative to buffer production systems against...

Purpose: Sustainable supply chain management has become an increasingly important driver of business performance. Understanding the contingent nature of how performance is improved in this context is therefore a critical task for management. The purpose of this paper is to explore the...