... corporate strategy (CS) making and supply chain management (SCM). Design/methodology/approach The paper explored the theory and literature related to strategic management and SCM. Four generic levels of strategy were linked to SCM, and synthesized into an explanatory SCS‐framework. Propositions...

... that specific functionality is not set until the customer or end‐user receives it (Brown et al., 2000). Under this concept of postponement, customers themselves provide the final customization of the product. Supply chain management Uncertainty management Corporate strategy Supply chain...

... on. Freight forwarding Distribution management Corporate strategy Diversification International trade © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Matthias Holweg can be contacted at: m.holweg@jbs.cam.ac.uk Diversification as strategy has been widely discussed in the strategy field, where...

... friction, and thus waste of valuable resources, results when supply chains are not integrated, appropriately streamlined, and managed.” Stanley E. Fawcett can be contacted at: stan_fawcett@byu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Supply chain management Corporate strategy...

... Limited 2005 Supply chain management Risk assessment Corporate strategy “Bullwhip” is an expression coined by Lee et al. (1997) to describe the phenomenon generated amongst the various “players” as shown in Figure 1 . This illustrates a basic model of a clothing supply chain...

... vulnerability in the upstream and downstream supply chains. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Corporate strategy Risk management Supply chain management Contingency planning Supply chains in many industries suffer from high levels of dependencies between companies' business...

... Publishing Limited 2004 Suppliers Vendors Selection Sourcing Channel relations Corporate strategy The competitive marketplace in many industries has forced companies to improve current business activities and existing resource allocations to sustain their turnover, to defend...

...Daniel Knudsen This paper presents a framework for assessing alignment between corporate strategy, procurement strategy and purchasing tools. The framework is built on generation of rents as its common denominator for assessing alignment between the levels. Three types of rents are identified...

... of the firm’s logistical task. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Corporate strategy Logistics Strategic planning A task of organizational design is to adapt the organizational structure to changing environmental conditions. This includes aggregating tasks to form departments. A traditional way of doing...

... and their attitudes and considers their policies and results. Shows supply chain management and cycle time compression to be complementing logistics strategies for progressive US firms. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Corporate strategy Channel management Logistics Marketing planning Physical distribution...

...Willem W. Cilliers; Pieter J.A. Nagel Corporate strategy in South Africa traditionally focused on turnover management because of a tough economy. However, the focus has shifted to the cost side. Because of this emphasis on higher cost efficiency,logistics became a vital part of corporate strategy...

... Organisation, Doubleday, New York, 1990. Norman H. Chorn is Director, Gattorna Chorn Business Strategists Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia. Corporate strategy Organizational change Organizational learning TQM © MCB UP Limited 1991 ...