... Supply‐chain management Internet Electronic commerce Resource management Henry Ford’s assembly line concept, IBM and its integrated mainframe solutions, Microsoft Windows and MS DOS, and AT&T’s achievements at Bell Laboratories represent just a few of the organizations that leveraged one...

... regarded as: “runners” (ex. manufactured daily); “repeaters” (ex. manufactured weekly); “strangers” (ex. manufactured monthly); and “aliens” (ex. manufactured very occasionally). © MCB UP Limited 2003 Supply‐chain management Audit Information exchange Uncertainty Supplier...

...B.S. Sahay; A.K. Gupta The thrust of this paper is to develop a comprehensive software selection criterion and view information technology related issues in supply chain management. This paper furnishes implicit details of decision support systems, software solutions and factors associated...

...Gene Fliedner This paper examines collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment (CPFR), a Web‐based tool to coordinate the various supply chain management activities including production and purchase planning, demand forecasting, and inventory replenishment between supply chain trading...

...J. Michael Tarn; David C. Yen; Marcus Beaumont Enterprise resource planning (ERP) and supply‐chain management (SCM) have been growing in popularity across various industries. New initiatives in resources planning, electronic commerce and extended supply chain drive the trend among corporations...

...Rhonda R. Lummus; Dennis W. Krumwiede; Robert J. Vokurka Over the past few years there has been confusion and disagreement among general business practitioners and operations professionals concerning the terms “logistics” and “supply chain management”. Various formal definitions have been offered...

... is illustrated utilizing the example of the textile industry. The underlying philosophy of managing supply chains has evolved to respond to these changing business trends. Supply‐chain management phenomenon has received the attention of researchers and practitioners in various topics. In the earlier years...

.... Requirements of an environmental policy include a commitment to compliance, prevention of pollution, continual improvement, that is to be documented and communicated to stakeholders. Manufacturing Environment Total quality management ISO 14000 Supply‐chain management Environmentally conscious...

...Archie Lockamy, III; Wilbur I. Smith This article examines the use of target costing as a means to improve the management of supply chains. A discussion of the shortcomings of traditional and activity‐based cost management approaches to supply chain management provides the basis for exploring...

...Charu Chandra; Sameer Kumar Supply chain management is a major issue in many industries as firms realize the importance of creating an integrated relationship with their suppliers and customers. Managing the supply chain has become a way of improving competitiveness by reducing uncertainty...

... for the distribution centers in this study occurs via roller conveyors and associated sortation systems and forklift trucks. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Distribution centres Performance measurement Supply‐chain management Managing supply‐chain and logistics activities is critical for a company...

...Rhonda R. Lummus; Robert J. Vokurka Interest in supply chain management has steadily increased since the 1980s when firms saw the benefits of collaborative relationships within and beyond their own organization. Firms are finding that they can no longer compete effectively in isolation...

...George A. Zsidisin; Thomas E. Hendrick Purchasing and supply chain management have a critical role, and significant influence, in a firm’s environmental performance. This study explores the extent of involvement that purchasing managers in Germany, the UK, and the USA have in environmental issues...

... Cycle time reduction Logistics Manufacturing lead times Process efficiency Supply‐chain management The Institute of Logistics’ definition of logistics extols the virtues of the value of time from a general perspective ‐ “the time‐related positioning of resources”. Time immemorial has long been...