The practice of electronic procurement has gained popularity over the last ten years, and so has the research on this emerging area. While first reports in the 1990s focused on general descriptions and best practices, more recent studies have dealt with specific and refined applications of this...

Effective supply chain management (SCM) can be achieved via a variety of initiatives. However, which initiative is chosen is a crucial decision because not every approach is suitable for all companies. This paper aims to facilitate this task by developing an implementation-decision framework for...

Purpose: This paper proposes a comprehensive and coherent approach for managing risks in supply chains. Methodology/Approach: Building on Tummala et al.’s (1994) Risk Management Process (RMP) this paper develops a structured and ready-to-use approach for managers to assess and manage risks in...

Vendor selection of a telecommunications system is an important problem to a telecommunications company as the telecommunications system is a long-term investment for the company and the success of telecommunications services is directly affected by the vendor selection decision. Furthermore,...