This epilogue offers a status quo report on progress that firms have made in moving closer towards achieving agility in their supply chains. Data was collected through a large scale audit including data from over 200 firms. Second, entry level and move forward reaching practices that can support...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe how demand planning can increase agility in supply chains. The paper builds on a case study from mobile infrastructure industry with explicit focus on project business environment. Design/methodology/approach – The paper contains a short...

Purpose – Parallel developments in the areas of agile systems and manufacturing, and supply chain management led to the introduction of the agile supply chains (ASC) concept. How to achieve agility in supply chain is, however, a subject of question and research. This paper proposes a framework...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to deal with the application of the stochastic inventory model to the three‐tier supply chain and verify the values obtained by mathematical model in physical simulation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper investigates three‐stage serial supply...

Purpose – To investigate the integration of supply chain management (SCM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for competing in the twenty‐first century supply chain. Design/methodology/approach – A case study with a paper manufacturing company in China is conducted. Primary data...

This paper uses empirical findings, from a survey and a case study, about the three (logistics) elements that constitute a virtually integrated supply chain: chain‐wide application of postponement, extensive involvement of suppliers and distributors, and the integration of the flow of...

This epilogue presents the experiences of UPS Worldwide Logistics, a company known to be leading in the development and implementation of a fourth‐party logistics business model. This model applies information integration initially in logistics and transport operations. But UPS WWL has...

Rapid changes in practice and further developments of research in logistics challenge educators to further upgrade their courses. This paper makes a case for a stronger focus on integrating hot topics and research skill development in logistics courses. Methods for improving market and...