Supply Chain Management: Volume 18 Issue 6

Lean and agile supply chain strategies and supply chain responsiveness: the role of strategic supplier partnership and postponement

Sufian Qrunfleh, Monideepa Tarafdar

The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of strategic supplier partnership and postponement respectively, on the relation between lean and agile supply chain strategy and…

The logistics service providers in eco-efficiency innovation: an empirical study

Silvia Rossi, Claudia Colicchia, Alessandra Cozzolino, Martin Christopher

Sustainability and the search for solutions that are both efficient and ecologically sound (eco-efficient) have become topics of great interest. However, companies seeking to…

Does firm innovativeness enable effective responses to supply chain disruptions? An empirical study

Ismail Golgeci, Serhiy Y. Ponomarov

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the nexus of relationships linking firm innovativeness, innovation magnitude, disruption severity, and supply chain resilience. These…

Supply and demand chain management: the effect of adding services to product offerings

Oscar F. Bustinza, Glenn C. Parry, Ferran Vendrell-Herrero

The purpose of this paper is to understand how firms manage their product and service offerings, integrating supply chain management (SCM) and demand chain management (DCM…

The importance of contextual factors in the success of outsourcing contracts in the supply chain environment: the role of risk and complementary practices

Frank Wiengarten, Mark Pagell, Brian Fynes

Although outsourcing has emerged as a key business practice in global supply chain management it has not always been successfully adopted. Since the reasons for outsourcing…

Supply chains and supply networks: distinctions and overlaps

Christos Braziotis, Michael Bourlakis, Helen Rogers, James Tannock

Although supply chain management is now an established field, the distinction between supply chains and supply networks is relatively immature and requires further investigation…