Supply Chain Management: Volume 21 Issue 1

Environmental management: the role of supply chain capabilities in the auto sector

Yang Liu, Jagjit Singh Srai, Steve Evans

The purpose of this paper is to explore the specific role of supply chain capabilities (SCCs) in the implementation of particular green strategies and the extent to which this…

Finding supply chain talent: an outreach strategy

Steven Leon, Nizam Uddin

The purpose of this paper is to identify when students choose their major and when students become interested in a career field, to devise a supply chain management (SCM) talent…

Adaptation of supply management towards a hybrid culture: the case of a Japanese automaker

Fu Jia, Ruihong Gao, Richard Lamming, Richard Wilding

This paper aims to identify problems caused by cultural differences between Japan and China that face supply chain managers by applying Japanese-style supply management practices…

An empirical study of Chinese SME grocery retailers’ distribution capabilities

Teck-Yong Eng

This study aims to examine theoretical insights from market orientation and resource-based view for enhancing grocery retailers ' distribution capabilities. The…

The social supply chain and the future high street

Gordon Fletcher, Anita Greenhill, Marie Griffiths, Rachel McLean

The purpose of this paper is to examine how independent social and commercial activities have developed in response to the perceived decline in the UK High Street and in response…

Comprehensive insight into supplier quality and the impact of quality strategies of suppliers on outsourcing decisions

Meryem Uluskan, Jeffrey A. Joines, A. Blanton Godfrey

This study aims to provide a comprehensive insight into the role of the quality management (QM) systems in international suppliers (e.g. ISO, Total Quality Management, Lean and…

3PL selection criteria in integrated circuit manufacturing industry in Taiwan

Bang-Ning Hwang, Tsai-Ti Chen, James T. Lin

The purpose of this study was to identify the key third-party logistics (3PL) selection criteria for the integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing industry in Taiwan. The IC…

Visibility, resource sharing and performance in supply chain relationships: insights from humanitarian practitioners

Amin Maghsoudi, Ala Pazirandeh

This paper aims to, by connecting to the ongoing conversation on the importance of supply chain visibility, empirically examine the impact of visibility in supply chain…

Embracing supply chain agility: an investigation in the electronics industry

Ying Kei Tse, Minhao Zhang, Pervaiz Akhtar, Jill MacBryde

– This paper aims to identify the antecedents of firm’s supply chain agility (SC agility) and how SC agility impacts on firm’s performance.