Supply Chain Management: Volume 18 Issue 3

An assessment of the integration of seaports into supply chains using a structural equation model

Su‐Han Woo, Stephen J. Pettit, Anthony K.C. Beresford

The changing role of seaports in supply chains has been the subject of extensive research in the recent literature. The strategic development of seaport terminals, responding to…

Optimization, risk assessment and resilience in LNG transportation systems

Øyvind Berle, Inge Norstad, Bjorn E. Asbjørnslett

This paper aims to address how to systematically address vulnerability in a maritime transportation system using a formal vulnerability assessment approach, create quantitative…

Innovative supply chain practices: the state of French companies

Blandine Ageron, Olivier Lavastre, Alain Spalanzani

This research aims to explore innovation in supply chain management. Innovation has often been studied in supply chain relationships and specifically from a product point of view…

Socially responsible supply chains: power asymmetries and joint dependence

Stefan Ulstrup Hoejmose, Johanne Grosvold, Andrew Millington

The purpose of this study is to analyse the role of relational power/dependent asymmetries and symmetries in shaping socially responsible supply chain management, whilst also…

Exploring the performance effect of HPWS on professional service supply chain management

Na Fu, Patrick C. Flood, Janine Bosak, Tim Morris, Philip O'Regan

The aim of this study is to better understand service supply chain management by analysing the professional service supply chain in professional service firms (PSFs) and exploring…

Integration: attitudes, patterns and practices

Teresa Vallet‐Bellmunt, Pilar Rivera‐Torres

This work has two main objectives: to obtain a set of scales for measuring the patterns, attitudes and practices of integration that can be extrapolated to different scopes (both…

Exploring the role of social capital in facilitating supply chain resilience

Noel Johnson, Dominic Elliott, Paul Drake

There has been limited research examining the influence of inter‐organisational relationships and the social capital they may nurture in building SCRES. The authors aim to explore…

Centralised supply chain planning at IKEA

Patrik Jonsson, Martin Rudberg, Stefan Holmberg

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the prerequisites and effects of centralised supply chain planning at IKEA, and to explore how the planning process, planning system, and…