Supply Chain Management: Volume 16 Issue 2

Approaches to managing global sourcing risk

Martin Christopher, Carlos Mena, Omera Khan, Oznur Yurt

Global sourcing can bring many benefits to organisations, but it can also expose them to a number of risks. The purpose of this study is to understand how managers assess global…

A method to compare supply chains of an industry

F. Jalalvand, E. Teimoury, A. Makui, M.B. Aryanezhad, F. Jolai

The purpose of this paper is to develop a method to compare supply chains (SCs) of an industry in the scope of supplier's supplier to customer's customer.

How standards compete: comparative impact of coffee certification schemes in Northern Nicaragua

Ruerd Ruben, Guillermo Zuniga

Smallholder farmers are increasingly subject to different types of standards that offer specific conditions for their market incorporation. The proliferation of private and…

Ethical procurement strategies for International Aid Non‐Government Organisations

Nigel Wild, Li Zhou

The objective this paper is to develop and describe a conceptual framework for collaborative Ethical Procurement Due Diligence (EPDD) between International Aid Non‐Government…

Natural hedging as a risk prophylaxis and supplier financing instrument in automotive supply chains

Erik Hofmann

Supply chain risks significantly endanger small and medium‐sized enterprise (SME‐) suppliers in different currency areas in purchasing and sales. The purpose of this paper is…

Embedding “insights from industry” in supply chain programmes: the role of guest lecturers

Remko van Hoek, Janet Godsell, Alan Harrison

Guest lecturers (GLs) are a popular mechanism for transferring insights from industry into supply chain programmes. With a scarcity of capable supply chain (SC) talent in today's…

Notions for the successful management of the supply chain: learning with Carrefour in Spain and Carrefour in China

Jesús Cambra‐Fierro, Rocío Ruiz‐Benítez

This paper proposes a framework that considers some key concepts to design and manage supply chains in both national and international contexts. For a better understanding, it is…