, little attention has been paid to the integration of small and medium‐size enterprises (SMEs) in the subcontractor and …‐engineered construction supply chains. It was found that significant barriers exist to supplier integration within the construction sector … must make greater efforts to extol the mutual benefits of supplier integration to SMEs if significant performance …

Presents a description of the implementation of a supplier source integration (SSI) program at a large manufacturing …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review a sample of the literature relating to the integration and … examined from three perspectives. First, supply chain integration covers issues relating to integration of core processes … review of the literature serves to highlight the inter‐dependence between integration (technologies, logistics, and …

supplier and customer integration and improved operations performance. This article seeks to investigate supplier and customer … integration strategies by comparing US and East Asian companies. It is of paramount interest to find out how these strategies … companies' indicators of supply chain integration and performance. Findings – The need to react to market changes and the …

Purpose – This conceptual paper aims to examine the notion that supply chain integration is an extension and … application of vertical integration theory. Design/methodology/approach – The paper initially defines a foundation in the supply … chain and vertical integration literature, with particular attention to the seminal works of Harrigan in vertical …

Purpose – The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the relative effects of supply chain integration, supply … analyses are used to find the relative impacts of predictor variables (design, integration and information sharing) on … only significant effects on resource and output performances belong to supply chain design. Integration and information …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify what kind of supply chain integration strategies can support TFT … of the largest Taiwan TFT‐LCD manufacturing firms. Findings – Several different supply chain integration strategies have … supply chain integration leads to the improvement of TFT‐LCD manufacturers' capability to satisfy customer requirements and …

‐term functional targets (e.g. end of month sales targets) at the expense of supply chain integration. It also aims to identify the key …