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Strategic sourcing: a combined QFD and AHP approach in manufacturing
Ho, William; Dey, Prasanta K.; Lockström, Martin - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 16 (2011) 6, pp. 446-461
demonstrated by applying it to a UK‐based automobile manufacturing company. With QFD, the evaluating factors are related to the …
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Determinants of construction companies' use of web‐based interorganizational information systems
Hadaya, Pierre; Pellerin, Robert - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 15 (2010) 5, pp. 371-384
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure the influence of two categories of determinants – those tied to the characteristics of the organization and those tied to the characteristics of its supply chain relationships – on construction firms' use of web‐based interorganizational...
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Vendor‐managed inventory: fashion fad or important supply chain strategy?
Blatherwick, Andrew - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 3 (1998) 1, pp. 10-11
Considers the concept of vendor‐managed inventory (VMI). Reviews its success since it was first implemented by Wal …
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Collaborative planning: supporting automatic replenishment programs
Stank, Theodore P.; Daugherty, Patricia J.; Autry, Chad W. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 4 (1999) 2, pp. 75-85
Automatic replenishment systems that restock inventory based on actual demand triggers rather than relying on long … firms utilizing automatic inventory replenishment are presented. The results provide strong support for positive …
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The age of agile manufacturing
Maskell, Brian - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 6 (2001) 1, pp. 5-11
Examines the development of agile manufacturing and explores the key success factors: customer prosperity, people and …
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Complementors: fellow travellers in contract manufacture
Noonan, John; Wallace, Michael - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 8 (2003) 1, pp. 26-31
Two major markets exist in manufacturing and both are rapidly changing. On the one hand, there are the traditional … manufacturers may have a number of OEMs as clients and keep their manufacturing processes running full‐time by shifting jobs back …
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The “Indian” supply chain architecture
Sahay, B.S.; Cavale, Vasant; Mohan, Ramneesh - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 8 (2003) 2, pp. 93-106
With close to 22 percent of aggregate industry sales tied up in inventories in the entire supply chain network, what is it that ails Indian industry? Is it the way Indian supply chains are configured – their orientation to processes to streamline business activities; their fusion of...
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A generic supplier management tool for outsourcing manufacturing
Choy, K.L.; Lee, W.B. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 8 (2003) 2, pp. 140-154
, international procurement, acquisition of information technology, manufacturing, and customer service. Therefore, continuously …
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Sourcing from China: experiences of Australian firms
Wang, Jeffrey; Singh, Prakash J.; Samson, Danny; Power, … - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 16 (2011) 6, pp. 419-427
Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the motivations of Australian manufacturing companies for sourcing products … manufacturing firms, which have moved to import some goods or components from Chinese sources. Findings – Most firms that source …
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Postponed manufacturing: a case study in the food supply chain
van Hoek, Remko - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 2 (1997) 2, pp. 63-75
Explains that postponed manufacturing applications are a combination of form, time and place postponement in which … followed by delivery to customers. Postponed manufacturing has been coming to the forefront as an innovative supply chain … set of operating characteristics which help determine the viability of postponed manufacturing in a decision model …
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