Supply Chain Management: Volume 5 Issue 5

Communication – the route to successful change management: lessons from the Guinness Integrated Business Programme

Mark Collyer

Asserts that over 75 per cent of business transformations fail. Suggests that two of the main problems are lack of communication with employees, and the failure to recognise the…

The benefits of reverse logistics: the case of the Manchester Royal Infirmary Pharmacy

Liz Ritchie, Bernard Burnes, Paul Whittle, Richard Hey

Describes a research project carried out within the Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) to evaluate and improve the recycling and disposal of pharmaceutical products. Discusses…

An application of a system analysis methodology to manage logistics in a textile supply chain

Charu Chandra, Sameer Kumar

One of the common problems encountered in managing a supply chain is that of synchronisation of activities throughout the life cycle of its products. Among several initiatives in…

Environmental change and supply chain management: a multi‐case study exploration of the impact of Y2000

Frank Dewhurst, Martin Spring, Nigel Arkle

As businesses worked towards Y2000 compliancy and checked their sources of supply, the mechanisms and nature of relationships in the supply chain were exposed. A multi‐case study…

The Knowing‐Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action

Remko I. van Hoek