Lean strategy, aimed at optimizing resources, minimizing energy usage, and achieving zero waste in the production process, has been increasingly embraced to reduce systemwide costs in manufacturing. However, practitioners in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) often lack the necessary...

Purpose: To improve robustness of a dairy supply chain (SC) against corruption, the purpose of this paper is to propose a systemic model of a corruption impacted dairy SC, exposing relationships among SC operations, risks and the impact of corruption. Design/methodology/approach: Cases from the...

Purpose: This paper examines the establishment of supply chain robustness against corruption by utilizing risk interactions. Design/methodology/approach: Based on empirical results from the New Zealand dairy industry, a system dynamics model is established to explore the underlying...

Purpose: This study aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the supply chain (SC) operations of importing used vehicles into New Zealand and how such SCs affect business practices and performance. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses an exploratory qualitative semi-structured...