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Daugherty, Patricia J.; Pittman, Paul H. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 15 (1995) 2, pp. 54-60

emphasize the important role distribution/logistics plays in supporting manufacturing and marketing efforts. …

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Just‐in‐time manufacturing and logistical complexity: a contingency model

Funk, Jeffrey L. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 15 (1995) 5, pp. 60-71

Presents a model that hypothesizes relationships between logistical complexity and both the importance of JIT manufacturing and the most appropriate organization structure for implementing JIT manufacturing. Logistical complexity can be defined in terms of the number of manufacturing steps or...

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A framework for analysing supply chain improvement

New, Stephen J. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 16 (1996) 4, pp. 19-34

activities. Illustrates the use of the framework by the secondary analysis of some well‐known UK examples in logistics and supply …

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The role of purchasing/transportation in cycle time reduction

Ng, Billy; Ferrin, Bruce G.; Pearson, John N. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 17 (1997) 6, pp. 574-591

Reviews the literature of purchasing and transportation management to identify factors in the purchasing and transportation processes that influence a firm’s ability to reduce total cycle time. Presents a model of these factors to establish a framework for guiding research into comprehensive,...

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International purchasing, inventory management and logistics research

Babbar, Sunil; Prasad, Sameer - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 18 (1998) 1, pp. 6-36

international purchasing, inventory management and logistics in 22 leading academic and practitioner journals for the period 1986 …

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Logistics, strategy and structure

Stock, Gregory N.; Greis, Noel P.; Kasarda, John D. - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 18 (1998) 1, pp. 37-52

Presents a framework for explaining the relationship between strategy, structure, and logistics in the context of a … coordination of these dispersed manufacturing resources becomes a critical activity. Argues that logistics is well‐positioned to … strategy‐structure relationship that recognizes the integral role that logistics will play in creating the “fit” necessary to …

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Transportation, facility location and inventory issues in distribution network design

Jayaraman, Vaidyanathan - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 18 (1998) 5, pp. 471-494

Examines the interdependence between facility location, transportation and inventory issues in a distribution network design problem. Management of inventories, determination of transportation policy, and location of plants and distribution centers are normally carried out by different groups of...

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Obstacles and preconditions for logistics and manufacturing improvements in Africa – a case study

Voordijk, Hans - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 19 (1999) 3, pp. 293-307

skills. In order to solve their supply, production and distribution problems, firms have to improve their logistics locally …

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Virtuous and vicious cycles on the road towards international supply chain management

Akkermans, Henk; Bogerd, Paul; Vos, Bart - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 19 (1999) 5/6, pp. 565-582

An increasing number of companies claim to pursue international supply chain management (ISCM), but the empirical evidence of successful implementation programs is still scarce. This paper aims to contribute to theory‐building in this area by presenting an exploratory causal model of goals,...

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Design of a global car production‐logistics system for a future ASEAN‐China region

Katayama, Hiroshi - In: International Journal of Operations & Production Management 19 (1999) 5/6, pp. 582-603

construction for model analysis and execution of mathematical programming model to obtain a recommendable global production‐logistics …

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