...Rudrajeet Pal Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the major reverse logistics design aspects in used clothing value chains, and those enabling and challenging manifestation of value creation. Design/methodology/approach This research is based on an exploratory study of 12...

... Publishing Limited 2016 Customer requirements Supply chain management Value chain Although virtual supply chain has become one of the symbols of the new economic and social order, it still remains one of the least understood and most discussed concepts (Soni and Kodali, 2011). Virtual...

.... The current study fills this important gap in the literature. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Supply chain management SMEs Developing countries Strategy Value chain Performance Flexibility Developed countries It is imperative to improve our understanding of supply chain...

... to reach the “best value chain” status. Practical implications The results could be used as benchmark points to guide managers towards achieving highest scores in specific business operations. The paper demonstrates a logical methodological process for obtaining these results which can be used...

... on an operational level. Partnership Transportation Transport management Value chain Supply chain management Customers Supply chain collaboration is an encompassing term (Bowersox et al., 2003 ; Barratt, 2004), and no single definition of collaboration exists. As Table I suggests...

... with suitably set targets are fully integrated to ensure an effective system focussed on its tasks. D.R. Towill can be contacted at: adamse27@cardiff.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Hospitals United Kingdom Supply chain management Health services Value chain Systems...

...A. Keivan Zokaei; David W. Simons Purpose A key vision of tomorrow's industry is creating supply chains which collaboratively strive on enhancing the value to the end‐consumer. The purpose of this paper is to introduce the food value chain analysis (FVCA) methodology for improving consumer focus...

...Peter Hines The paper presents a new explanatory methodology designed to capture the role of Integrated Materials Management in the world's leading manufacturing companies. This methodology is explained via the Integrated Materials Value Pipeline drawing on the earlier Porter Value Chain/System...