Aims to conduct an exploratory study on the organisational implications of strategic alignment within the steel … responsiveness. There is a paucity of research in this area in the steel stockholder supply chain. A strategic alignment model was … selected which incorporated alignment from four key aspects, namely markets, strategy, culture and leadership style. The model …

Purpose – The importance of supply chain alignment has been discussed since the birth of supply chain management (SCM … literature on supply chain alignment in order to identify, and develop constructs for enablers to alignment, and an associated … synthesised into a set of hypotheses. Findings – Six main constructs for the enablers of alignment are identified and defined …

Purpose – This study aims to explain how supply chain alignment, which remains a major challenge for supply chains, can … previously identified enablers, supply chain alignment and BP. Design/methodology/approach – A literature review develops … hypotheses on the relationships between enablers, alignment and BP. A survey of medium-to-large UK manufacturing companies was …