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The Role of Just‐In‐Time in Supply Chain Management

Vokurka, Robert J.; Lummus, Rhonda R. - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 11 (2000) 1, pp. 89-98

In today's competitive environment, markets are becoming more international, dynamic, and customer‐driven. Customers are demanding more variety, better quality and service, including both reliability and faster delivery. Technological developments are occurring at a faster pace, resulting in...

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Demand Satisfaction Communities: New Operational Relationships in the Information Age

Hewitt, Fred - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 11 (2000) 2, pp. 9-20

The recent emergence of new organizational forms, for which the term demand satisfaction communities (DSC) is proposed, raises the question as to whether supply chain management practices are about to become obsolete. By tracking the history of practices and comparing them with those required to...

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The Scope and Span of Supply Chain Management

Mejza, Michael C.; Wisner, Joel D. - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 12 (2001) 2, pp. 37-55

Studies on supply chain management suggest that the scope of business processes being coordinated across supply chains is broad. However, little empirical evidence exists that corroborates such claims. In this study executives randomly selected from a diverse array of industries were surveyed to...

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Developing a Framework for Supply Chain Management

Spens, Karen M.; Bask, Anu H. - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 13 (2002) 1, pp. 73-88

integration do these supply chain processes require? This article is based on an extended conceptual framework developed by …

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Integrated Logistics Management in the Grocery Supply Chain

Mejías‐Sacaluga, Ana; Carlos Prado‐Prado, J. - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 13 (2002) 2, pp. 67-78

This work aims to highlight the importance of adequately defining relationships between firms in a supply chain management (SCM) framework as the basis for its integrated functioning. An empirical study is used to analyze the state of manufacturer‐retailer relationships and the implications of...

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Integration of Information Technology and Organizations in a Supply Chain

Bagchi, Prabhir K.; Skjoett‐Larsen, Tage - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 14 (2003) 1, pp. 89-108

Ever since the Council of Logistics Management (CLM) adopted the definition of logistics in 1986, the integration of … compete better. How successful have companies been in integrating their supply chains? How pervasive integration has been in … the supply chain? What were the challenges these firms faced in their journeys to achieve integration in their networks …

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Internal and External Logistics Information Technology Integration

Closs, David J.; Savitskie, Katrina - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 14 (2003) 1, pp. 63-76

logistics information integration and customer integration can influence customer service performance. These results begin to …

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Positioning the Role of Collaborative Planning in Grocery Supply Chains

Barratt, Mark - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 14 (2003) 2, pp. 53-66

Supply chain integration is to a large extent still only a promise, despite considerable efforts by organizations and … members are significant barriers to supply chain integration. Collaborative planning, originating from the consumer packaged … supply chain integration. To help position the concept of collaborative planning, various collaborative initiatives such as …

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Supply Chain Management: The Logic of Supply Chains and Networks

Håkansson, Håkan; Persson, Göran - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 15 (2004) 1, pp. 11-26

A major assumption in the supply chain management literature is that there is an economic rationale to the integration … logic of process integration in supply chain management to capture pooled and reciprocal interdependencies. It is argued …

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Unveiling Enablers and Inhibitors of Collaborative Planning

Barratt, Mark - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 15 (2004) 1, pp. 73-90

As part of organizations' drive towards supply chain integration. Collaborative Planning (CP) emerged in the late 1990s … integration. Collaborative planning, originating from the consumer packaged goods industry, is an approach that promises to … supply chain replenishment process to deliver some of the promised benefits of actual supply chain integration. A case study …

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