... these dimensions and organisational strategy would pave the way for effective implementation of SCI. The famous Miles et al. (1978) strategy typology classifies firms into four strategy types: defenders, prospectors, analysers and reactors. The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of the core...

... 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Strategy Supply chain integration Performance Uncertainty Moderating effects Internal integration The increasing global competence and the shortening product life-cycle are the two main factors that encourage...

...Syed Awais Ahmad Tipu; Kamel A. Fantazy Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the supply chain strategy, flexibility, and performance relationships in the context of SMEs in Canada and Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach – The research is based on a quantitative approach using...

... processes; and describe examples of successful implementation. © Douglas M. Lambert 2003 Customer service management Customer relations Strategy Supply‐chain management Copyright by Douglas M. Lambert. All rights reserved. ...

... suppliers in the United States to serve Japanese companies vs. those used to serve U.S. companies. This study, taking the supplier's perspective, investigates the strategies that today's automotive parts suppliers take to improve their logistics operations by associating their internal manufacturing...

...Yemisi A. Bolumole Outsourcing, the strategy in which organizations employ the services of external providers, has attracted growing interest. Academic and industrial attention has also focused on the role of seamless supply chain processes in achieving and sustaining competitive advantage...

...Jack G.A.J. van der Vorst; Stephan J. van Dijk; Adrie J.M. Beulens The concepts of hybrid supply chain strategies and the decoupling point are applied to a poultry supply chain experiencing high demand uncertainty in an inflexible production environment. Several solutions are proposed...

... to logistics management are profound. The analysis of relationships is clearly linked to competitive strategy in a network context, yet the exploration of the interface between relationships, strategy and supply chain management is far from complete. Therefore, this paper seeks to conceptualize...

...Magnus Berglund; Peter van Laarhoven; Graham Sharman; Sten Wandel In this article, the authors describe the results of a study on strategies of third‐party logistics (TPL) providers. The size of the TPL industry and the different requirements placed on logistics as opposed to basic services...

... partners. A methodology for defining supply chain management best practice is explained as well as the marriage between benchmarking and networking to provide an ongoing improvement focus. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Benchmarking Continuous improvement Strategy Competition Supply‐chain management ...