..., is unclear. The research question the authors addressed is: How do logistics firms improve the supply chain performance in COVID-19 through big data and supply chain integration (SCI)? Design/methodology/approach The authors used a mixed-method approach with four rounds of data collection. A three-round...

...Edward Sweeney; David B. Grant; D. John Mangan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a thorough understanding of the adoption of logistics and supply chain management (SCM) in practice, particularly at a strategic level, through an investigation of the four perspectives taxonomy...

... of this paper is to examine the environmental sustainability practices of third-party logistics providers (TPLs) in a developing country and analyze the efforts made by TPLs to implement green practices through a case study of Moroccan TPLs. This qualitative case study of Moroccan TPLs was conducted...

...Aurélien Rouquet; Kiane Goudarzi; Tatiana Henriquez Purpose The starting point of the paper is the fact that customers participate in the logistics activities of the supply chain (SC) (Johnston, 1989; Granzin and Bahn, 1989). Having established that customers can and do participate in logistics...

.... The purpose of this paper is to investigate the implementation of Lean and Six Sigma for improving logistics operations. Design/methodology/approach A survey was conducted among 410 companies registered under the Singapore Logistics Association and returned 32 usable responses. χ²...

... Publishing Limited 2016 Logistics E-business Empirical Case study One of the key logistical challenges for online apparel retailers is the high volume of products returned by consumers (Wood, 2001). This requires a major reverse logistics operation (Aitken and Harrison, 2013). According...

... collection approaches and the measures of the constructs. Section 5 describes the results of the data analysis and hypotheses testing. Section 6 concludes the paper. Logistics Survey Conceptual framework Empirical Information management Operations planning The warehouse is today...

...., 2010 ; Kannan and Tan, 2010). Pietro Romano can be contacted at: pietro.romano@uniud.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Supply chain management Collaboration Logistics Customer relationship management To improve supply network performance, is it better to focus...

...Laura Birou; Richard N. Germain; William J. Christensen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between internal process improvement investments, applied channel logistics knowledge, and financial performance for make‐to‐order (MTO) and make‐to‐stock (MTS) manufacturers...

... Performance measurement (quality) Logistics A growing number of scholars have integrated economic principles into the strategic management literature (Rumelt et al., 1991). Williamson (1991) underscored the importance of efficiency to the strategic management literature, noting...

...Jayaram K. Sankaran; Patrick Luxton The earliest known instance of scholarly writing on logistics (in 1901) is actually located in agribusiness. While case illustrations of productivity improvements in logistics in agribusiness have routinely featured in the academic literature since...

... the same day. A St. John unit clerk shelves all the products. It bears noting that contrary to US practice, the distributor did not charge a mark‐up on the products managed under the stockless method in this pilot project. Supply‐chain management Materials management Logistics Health care...

...Chee‐Chuong Sum; Chew‐Been Teo; Kwan‐Kee Ng In today’s highly competitive environment, many companies are going global to acquire market share and take advantage of higher production and sourcing efficiencies. A key determinant of business performance is the role of the logistics function...

... relations. Performance measurement Logistics Supply chain Operations management There is a growing body of literature on the offering of supplementary services in the supply chain (Anderson and Narus, 1995; Eppen et al., 1991) in general, and the service offerings of third party logistics...

...R. Van Landeghem; K. Persoons Benchmarking Logistics Performance Audit Best practice In Figure 2 we focus on the best practices that influence the performances linked with top objective “flexibility”. We can distinguish three levels of best practices and two levels of performance...

... between strategic goals and internal integration programs than between strategic goals and external integration programs; forward and backward external integration programs are of similar importance; and logistical integration programs do provide a competitive and economic advantage although still...

...Hans Voordijk This study analyses how policy measures and technological developments affect the trade‐offs between elements of the logistical system of a supply chain. It is assumed that this logistical system consists of the following elements: sourcing, production, inventory, transportation...

... management Engineering Logistics To research the integration of human resource management and manufacturing it is necessary to consider the competitive priorities of manufacturing strategy which are directly related to the competitive potential of this functional area. Two evolutionary stages...

... in a logarithmic co‐ordinate system. From the Figure 2a we see that the demand time series is stable around the period average and that surges and dips are both relatively small. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Supply‐chain management Logistics Systems analysis In nature, simple deterministic...

...Leonard Fortuin; Harry Martin Service parts are needed for maintenance of industrial systems as well as for consumer products. Their logistics has an inherent difficulty: common models for inventory management are invalid, as the demand process is different and demand data scarce. The paper...