Supply Chain Management: Volume 27 Issue 6

Cognitive frames held by supply chain managers: implications for the management of sustainability in supply chains

Lutz Preuss, Andrew Fearne

Despite the growing importance and complexity of modern supply chains, little scholarly attention has been devoted to cognitive processes in supply chain management (SCM). In…

Analyzing the mediating role of organizational ambidexterity and digital business transformation on industry 4.0 capabilities and sustainable supply chain performance

Amine Belhadi, Sachin Kamble, Angappa Gunasekaran, Venkatesh Mani

Despite the growing awareness of supply chains on industry 4.0 (I4.0) capabilities as the enabler of sustainable performance, little is known about what accelerates this…

Supply chain management talent: the role of executives in engagement, recruitment, development and retention

Laura Birou, Remko Van Hoek

This paper aims to fill a void in existing research by focusing on in-company efforts to develop supply chain (SC) talent, with a specific focus on the role that executives can…

Broken chocolate: biomarkers as a method for delivering cocoa supply chain visibility

Pedro Lafargue, Michael Rogerson, Glenn C. Parry, Joel Allainguillaume

This paper examines the potential of “biomarkers” to provide immutable identification for food products (chocolate), providing traceability and visibility in the supply chain from…

Empirical research on the relationships between demand- and supply-side risk management practices and their impact on business performance

Sebastian Sturm, Nils-Ole Hohenstein, Hendrik Birkel, Gernot Kaiser, Evi Hartmann

This paper integrates research on demand- and supply-side risk management practices to better explain how to achieve competitive advantage in dynamic business conditions. The…

The future of sustainable supply chains: a novel tertiary-systematic methodology

Piera Centobelli, Roberto Cerchione, Livio Cricelli, Emilio Esposito, Serena Strazzullo

In recent years, economic, environmental and social sustainability has become one of the fastest-growing research fields. The number of primary and secondary papers addressing the…

An empirical investigation into intelligent cost analysis in purchasing

Frank Bodendorf, Manuel Lutz, Stefan Michelberger, Joerg Franke

Cost transparency is of central importance to reach a consensus between supply chain partners. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the instrument of cost analysis which…