Purpose – The aim of the current study is to develop an understanding of the decisional process that leads a company, at a given point in time, to choose the subsequent supply chain management (SCM) initiative to be implemented. Design/methodology/approach – This research adopts the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate routes towards supplier and production network internationalisation. Design/methodology/approach – Multiple case‐study analysis has been applied to a sample of 11 Italian footwear and apparel companies with headquarters located in the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study whether a fast supply network structure interacts with customer integration (CI) by positively moderating the relationship between CI and efficiency performance. Design/methodology/approach – The authors developed two hypotheses, incorporating...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study whether just in time (JIT) supply practices interact with JIT production practices by positively moderating the relationship between JIT production and efficiency/delivery performance. Design/methodology/approach – In total, six hypotheses are...

Purpose – This research intends to investigate whether there are synergies that a firm could or should exploit by simultaneously implementing customer and supplier integration. In particular, the aim is to analyze the impact of customer integration on efficiency, and the moderating role of...

This e-book includes a selection of papers from the first EUROMA-POMS Joint International Conference organized by Politecnico di Milano and Università di Padova, on June 16th - 18th 2003. The conference was held in Como, Italy and hosted 447 participants.