Today's competitive and research realities are changing. That is, the easy questions have been answered and the easy research has been done. We therefore need to reevaluate our approach to research so that we can help decision makers resolve tomorrow's challenges. Specifically, to provide...

Emerging technologies such as 3D printing promise to transform supply chain design and management. As these new technologies enable inventor to become entrepreneurs, new product introduction cycle times are being reduced and the variety of new products that are introduced through short channels...

The bottom of the pyramid — that is, the world's four billion consumers who live on $5 or less per day — is one of the last untapped markets for MNCs to drive revenue and profit growth. However, most MNCs have found it difficult to make money “solving the pressing needs of low-income...

Publishing in top journals is difficult. Common challenges undermine authors' attempts to explain and influence their discipline's understanding and practice. We identify and describe these roadblocks to publishing success. We also benchmark best practice in management, marketing, and supply...

We illuminate the myriad of opportunities for research where supply chain management intersects with data science, predictive analytics, and big data, collectively referred to as DPB. We show that these terms are not only becoming popular but are also relevant to supply chain research and...

Predictive analytics is impacting many diverse areas, ranging from baseball and epidemiology to forecasting and customer relationship management. Manufacturers, retailers, software companies, and consultants are creatively discovering new applications of big data using predictive analytics in...

Strategic systems design is essential to structuring and governing a supply chain for competitive advantage. To effectively co-create value, decision makers must manage the three rights of supply chain design: right players, right roles, and right relationships. Doing this well requires managers...

Great companies — like great products and great nations — have always endured a four-stage life cycle: emergence, growth, maturity, and decline. Faster clockspeeds — enabled by compressed technology cycles and accelerated by new knowledge-sharing routines such as crowdsourcing — are...

In recent months, we have participated in various discussions on the future of logistics and supply chain management. As the newest business discipline, it is not surprising that SCM is going through growing pains and seeking to chart its future course and define a meaningful destiny....

The Logistics-Supply Chain Divide is an artificial divide. Research in these disciplines is interdependent and develops and tests theory that leads to cost reductions, service improvements and ultimately improves the quality of life for people around the world. We articulate the value...