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Benchmarking supply chain management: finding best practices

Andersen, Bjørn; Fagerhaug, Tom; Randmæl, Stine; … - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 14 (1999) 5/6, pp. 378-389

Represents a more popularized adaptation of the complete report written as documentation of the benchmarking activity in the project SMArTMAN SME. Uses benchmarking in the SMArTMAN SME project to increase the knowledge about the supply chain management process and to enable the industrial...

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The role of supply‐chain management in world‐class manufacturing

Al Falah, Khaled; Zairi, Mohamed; Moneim Ahmed, Abdel - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 33 (2003) 5, pp. 396-407

Manufacturers are facing intensifying challenges from both local and international competitors in the marketplace. In order to survive, manufacturers must be able to manage the dynamic market variables and satisfy their customers better than their competitors. Recent investigations have started...

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Simulations and supply chains: strategies for teaching supply chain management

Sparling, David - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 7 (2002) 5, pp. 334-342

The Beer Game is one of the most popular simulations used to introduce students to the challenges of managing supply chains. While the basic simulation serves as a useful introduction to the problems, it does not take the next step of helping students or managers plan to surmount those problems...

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The new Croatian commercial diplomacy

JoÅ¡ko KlisoviÄ‡ - In: International Journal of Diplomacy and Economy 2 (2014) 3, pp. 228-230

This article provides a summary of the concept chosen and the efforts undertaken so far in order to establish a viable and reliable system of Croatian commercial diplomacy serving well and going hand in hand with the needs of Croatian exporters and foreign investors in Croatia. In the...

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A best practice approach to learning compliance management in regulated industries

Ambrose, Jordan - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 40 (2008) 3, pp. 142-145

Purpose – The paper seeks to outline the increasing requirements for demonstrating that training has taken place within … training. The data and reports showing compliance with regulatory needs must be robust and come from an unimpeachable source … growing requirements placed upon and the responsibilities of HR/training directors in regulated industries, and suggests a …

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Partnering with your leadership development provider: 12 best practices

Haskins, Mark E.; Shaffer, George R. - In: Strategic HR Review 8 (2009) 6, pp. 28-32

Purpose – This paper presents a dozen ways for HR leaders to partner with their executive education leadership development providers in order to promote the tailored design, and most impactful delivery, of a custom leadership development program. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is...

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Supply Chain Management as a Competitive Advantage in the Spanish Grocery Sector

Giménez, Cristina; Ventura, Eva - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 14 (2003) 1, pp. 77-88

Adversarial relationships have been traditional in business, but Supply Chain Management (SCM) entails a new perspective. SCM requires a movement away from arms‐length relationships toward partnership style relations. In this paper, we studied the Spanish grocery sector to analyze the...

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Transportation Effectiveness and Manufacturing Firm Performance

Tracey, Michael - In: The International Journal of Logistics Management 15 (2004) 2, pp. 31-50

Transportation is considered an important element of logistics and supply chain success. Yet it is often ignored as a source of competitive advantage. In this study, structural equation modeling is used to examine the impact of inbound and outbound transportation performance in terms of meeting...

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The impact of supply‐chain management capabilities on business performance

Tracey, Michael; Lim, Jeen‐Su; Vonderembse, Mark A. - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 10 (2005) 3, pp. 179-191

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to empirically test the impact of supply‐chain management (SCM) capabilities on business performance so as to determine to what degree customer‐oriented SCM issues influence competitive position and organizational performance....

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An empirical investigation into supply chain management: a perspective on partnerships

Spekman, Robert E.; Kamauff, John W.; Myhr, Niklas - In: Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 3 (1998) 2, pp. 53-67

States that we have witnessed, over the last several years, a profound change in understanding the dynamics of competitive advantage. Managers now acknowledge that a firm’s success is tied, in part, to the strength of its weakest supply chain partner. This paper develops the concept of supply...

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