Purpose – Because of the competitive economy, organizations today seek to rationalize, innovate and adapt to changing environments and circumstances as part of business process reengineering (BPR) efforts. Irrespective of the process reengineering program selected and the technique used to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework conceptualizing the relative openness of a supply chain and its impact on organizational performance. Design/methodology/approach – The literature on system theory and the attributes of supply chain management are used to develop...

Purpose – Because of the competitive economy, organizations today seek to rationalize, innovate and adapt to changing environments and circumstances as part of business process reengineering (BPR) efforts. Irrespective of the process reengineering program selected and the technique used to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the nature of research topics and methodologies employed in existing studies of quality management (QM) in research and development (R&D). Design/methodology/approach – Using a systematic review methodology (SRM), this paper analyzes the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for assessing the comprehensive performance of supply chain partnership (SCP). Design/methodology/approach – Using the literature review approach, the paper proposes a framework to assess the performance of SCP. The framework is...