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A framework for transportation decision making in an integrated supply chain

Stank, Theodore P.; Goldsby, Thomas J. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 5 (2000) 2, pp. 71-78

There has been little conceptual work that comprehensively examines the changing role of the corporate transportation function in the modern business environment. Successful managers today require a broad view of transportation management’s role and responsibilities in an integrated supply...

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An optimization approach to determining the number of vendors to employ

Weber, Charles A.; Current, John; Desai, Anand - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 5 (2000) 2, pp. 90-98

Presents an approach for evaluating the number of vendors to employ in a procurement situation using multi‐objective programming (MOP) and data envelopment analysis (DEA). The approach advocates developing vendor‐order quantity solutions (referred to as supervendors) using MOP and then...

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Environmental change and supply chain management: a multi‐case study exploration of the impact of Y2000

Dewhurst, Frank; Spring, Martin; Arkle, Nigel - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 5 (2000) 5, pp. 245-261

As businesses worked towards Y2000 compliancy and checked their sources of supply, the mechanisms and nature of relationships in the supply chain were exposed. A multi‐case study methodology of four UK‐based SMEs and one large multinational company was undertaken to exploit this...

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Insights from a logistics partnership

House, Robert G.; Stank, Theodore P. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 6 (2001) 1, pp. 16-20

Highlights insights gained from five years of operating experience in a logistics partnership between a large US …‐party logistics provider can help a firm achieve substantial results. The path to achieving these results is not without its … progress is to be made in a logistics partnership. An extensive formal and informal communication strategy is essential to …

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Minding other people’s business: perspectives on outsourcing at Bradford & Bingley

Hancock, John; Oates, Steven - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 6 (2001) 2, pp. 58-60

Illustrates the scope of the benefits resulting from a strategic partnership approach to outsourcing, as opposed to the traditional sub‐contracting approach which typically delivers only partial solutions to what, on the face of it, appear peripheral problems. Presents the case of Alistair...

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Deliberate and emergent logistics strategies in food retailing: a case study of the Greek multiple food retail sector

Bourlakis, Michael A.; Bourlakis, Constantine A. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 6 (2001) 4, pp. 189-200

deliberate and rational process, or alternatively an emergent and non‐intentional one. The rising importance of logistics in … logistics strategy, necessitates an in‐depth examination of the relevant company actions. This paper identifies which strategic … point out the major importance of warehousing in multinational firms’ logistics operations and the vital role of logistics …

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Managing the unmanageable: integrating the supply chain with new developments in software

Green, Forrest B. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 6 (2001) 5, pp. 208-211

Unlike management in a traditional organization, supply chain management is a collaborative effort among various organizations or entities whose well being relies on dependency relationships within a value chain. As such, shared information and the ability to analyze it effectively are crucial...

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Insights from the introduction of an online logistics service system

Rae‐Smith, J.B.; Ellinger, Alexander E. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 7 (2002) 1, pp. 5-11

Providing customers with online logistics service systems that enable instantaneous and continuous communication within … and initial implementation of an online logistics service system by United States Cold Storage (USCS) and on insights …

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POS and EDI in retailing: an examination of underlying benefits and barriers

Margaret Weber, Mary; Prasad Kantamneni, S. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 7 (2002) 5, pp. 311-317

During the past 20 years, US retailing has gone through a period of unprecedented change as consumer demands and competition have intensified. This change is being further stimulated by the development of e‐commerce. Study of successful retailers indicates that a retailer’s ability to...

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Green perspectives and practices: a “comparative logistics” study

Murphy, Paul R.; Poist, Richard F. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 8 (2003) 2, pp. 122-131

The present paper adds to the relatively limited empirical literature involving green logistics by comparing US and non … regarding the management of environmental logistics. The study results also tend to confirm literature suggestions that green … concerns will broaden the scope of logistics as well as influence the way logistics managers do their jobs. …

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