Supply Chain Management: Volume 10 Issue 3

Collaborative commerce or just common sense? Insights from vegetable supply chains in Ho Chi Minh City

Jean‐Joseph Cadilhon, Andrew P. Fearne, Phan Thi Giac Tam, Paule Moustier, Nigel D. Poole

To demonstrate that collaborative commerce is not restricted to trade in branded products between large, multi‐national organisations.

Unintended responses to a traditional purchasing performance metric

M.L. Emiliani, D.J. Stec, L.P. Grasso

To describe the tactics that buyers often use to avoid unfavorable purchase price variance (PPV) and identify alternate approaches that will improve purchasing performance and…

Supply chain management and business cycles

Michael S.H. Heng, Yu Chung William Wang, Xianghua He

The purpose of this research note is to investigate the implications of supply chain management of e‐business for the macroeconomic phenomenon of business cycles.

Emerging internet‐enabled auction mechanisms in supply chain

Anand Nair

The purpose of this paper is to present the prevailing auction and bidding mechanisms in supply chain management. The paper aims to critically examine the implications of these…

Network as a business environment: experiences from software industry

Harri I. Kulmala, Erkki Uusi‐Rauva

The aim of the paper is to describe the differences between networked and non‐networked firms' methods intended to increase profitability, methods for intended growth, implemented…

The impact of supply‐chain management capabilities on business performance

Michael Tracey, Jeen‐Su Lim, Mark A. Vonderembse

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…

Stronger supply chain relationships: learning from research on strong families

Kimball E. Bullington, Stanley F. Bullington

The need for long‐term relationships between customer and supplier has been suggested for some time. The literature of supply chain management often compares customer‐supplier…

Electronic shipping documentation in China's international supply chains

Zhiliang Mei, John Dinwoodie

Before China's opening and reform policy transformed foreign trade, personal relationships characterised mainly domestic trade. Burgeoning international supply chains (ISC…

Improving chemical industry performance through enhanced railcar utilization

David J. Closs, Diane A. Mollenkopf, Scott B. Keller

The chemical industry is struggling to improve its supply chain performance, and improved asset utilization may help get the industry headed in the right direction. Since most…

Looking beyond value‐based pricing of beef in North America

Russell Tronstad, James Unterschultz

Quality traits desired by consumers may not be adequately captured by beef industry standards associated with grid or value‐based pricing alone. Aims to demonstrate this…

The impact of decision‐making sharing between supplier and manufacturer on their collaboration performance

Bowon Kim, Heungshik Oh

IThe purpose of this paper is to focus on manufacturers and suppliers who engage in strategic relationships for quality improvement and new product development. Depending on the…