...Joseph R. Carter; Arnold Maltz; Elliot Maltz; Mark Goh; Tingting Yan Purpose Source location decision making is a contemporary problem facing many businesses as they globalize their supply chains. This paper seeks to empirically determine the influence of culture on the industrial procurement...

... in a complex global environment. Design/methodology/approach A case study approach was adopted examining the whole of the global retail fashion supply chain, from typical UK‐based retailers through to their main production and logistics suppliers based in two low‐cost locations, China and Romania...

...Seung‐Kuk Paik; Prabir K. Bagchi In the age of globalization, seaports play a vital role in connecting national supply chains to the global marketplace. Improving port operations has become a priority for many countries. One of the ways to achieve this objective is process reengineering. This paper...

...Bernard J. La Londe; Richard F. Powers The traditional hierarchical model of command and control that served through the U.S. Industrial Revolution has undergone significant change in the past decade. Part of the changes have been prompted by global alliances of business partners. Other changes...

... or international in their orientation. For many companies, these events are coincidental with the process of evolving into global businesses, which adds another degree of complexity to the logistics management challenge in Europe. In recognition of these major developments, the Council of Logistics Management (CLM...

...Alan Braithwaite; Martin Christopher ‘Time has ceased, “space” has vanished. We now live in a global village…a simultaneous happening’.Marshall McLuhan, The Medium is the Massage, Bantam Books, USA, 1967 © Company 1991 Globalization Distribution management Supply chain management...

...Stanley E. Fawcett Co‐production through maquiladora operations has become an increasingly popular approach to meeting the competitive challenges presented by economic globalization. To take full advantage of the benefits available through co‐production, a comprehensive logistics system must be put...

...William C. Capacino; Frank F. Britt The global dimension of logistics management will become increasingly prominent through the 1990s. As such, logistics managers will face new challenges and they must begin preparing for these challenges now. This article outlines six imperatives or principles...

... that marred the 1970s ‐ double digit inflation, double digit prime interest rates, the energy crisis. Nevertheless, the last nine years have brought with them profound changes in the national economy and in the global marketplace which will radically alter the way a modern enterprise does business. Some...

...Walter Zinn; Robert E. Grosse Scholars and managers in international distribution have advocated a global approach to distribution as the best strategy to cope with the globalization of markets. This research provides empirical evidence from US multinational firms that globalized distribution...