Supply Chain Management: Volume 14 Issue 1

Towards a “theoretical toolbox” for strategic sourcing

Christopher L. Shook, Garry L. Adams, David J. Ketchen, Christopher W. Craighead

The goal of this paper is to provide a broad foundation for future research in the area of strategic sourcing.

Collaboration intensity in the Brazilian supermarket retail chain

Jose Vieira, Hugo Yoshizaki, Linda Ho

This paper seeks to identify collaboration elements and evaluate their intensity in the Brazilian supermarket retail chain, especially the manufacturer‐retailer channel.

Application of Taguchi loss functions for supplier selection

Sharon Ordoobadi

This paper seeks to provide a tool for decision makers to make more informed decisions regarding their outsourcing decisions and selection of the appropriate supplier.

The human impact on supply chains: evaluating the importance of “soft” areas on integration and performance

Allen N. Shub, Peter W. Stonebraker

The purpose of this paper is to contrast traditional transaction‐based supply chain strategies with emerging relationship‐based strategies in human resource and organizational…

Impact of agile supply chains' delivery practices on firms' performance: cluster analysis and validation

Arif Khan K, B. Bakkappa, Bhimaraya A. Metri, B.S. Sahay

The purpose of this paper is to identify the critical distribution practices of agile supply chains and provide a comprehensive framework that can be used to improve the…

Mastery of operational competencies in the context of supply chain management

Alain Halley, Martin Beaulieu

According to the most recent theories, the competitiveness of organizations is based on the development of competencies. Core competencies result from greater mastery than…

Special issue on supply chain risk management in China

Special issue on the sustainable agenda and energy efficiency: logistics solutions and supply chains in times of climate change