International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: Volume 32 Issue 10

The theory of constraints’ thinking process approach to developing strategies in supply chains

Shams‐ur Rahman

Many attempts have been made to study factors influencing the performance of supply chains. These studies are generally quantitative and involve rigorous statistical analyses…

Logistics in the “three‐day car” age: Assessing the responsiveness of vehicle distribution logistics in the UK

Matthias Holweg, Joe Miemczyk

It is now becoming apparent that the prevalent “stock‐push” approach in the automotive industry of building vehicles against a long‐term forecast and fulfilling the large majority…

The impact of e‐commerce on supply chain relationships

Susan L. Golicic, Donna F. Davis, Teresa M. McCarthy, John T. Mentzer

E‐commerce is such a new phenomenon that little research has addressed the effects it has on relationships in supply chains. A qualitative study was conducted with eight…

I don’t know much about art but I know what I like: Measuring and managing supply quality in a publishing company

Amanda Donaldson‐Briggs, John Peters, Richard Whitfield

This is a case study discussion drawn from scholarly publishers Emerald, formerly MCB University Press. It discusses the unusual “supply circle” phenomenon in scholarly…