...Djonathan Luiz de Oliveira Quadras; Romeo Bandinelli; Virginia Fani Purpose This study investigates how fashion companies adopt Artificial Intelligence (AI) across their forward supply chain processes, and which factors influence this adoption. Design/methodology/approach A Grounded Theory...

...Gonçalo Cardeal; Inês Ribeiro; Marco Leite Purpose This paper studies the potential of additive manufacturing (AM) as a strategy for optimizing spare parts supply chains in continuous process industries. It explores how AM impacts traditional supply chain practices, particularly in relation...

... studies in the context of a digitalised supply chain. Research limitations/implications Unlike previous studies, this study contributes to the knowledge base by offering a better understanding of the multidimensionality and multifaceted structure of underlying barriers to digitalisation...

...Jaeseog Na; Jeongeun Sim; Young Soo Park Purpose Despite substantial efforts to understand the determinants of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance in manufacturing firms, the role of supply chain-related factors, such as customer concentration, remains underexplored. Drawing...

..., the application of PdM in spare parts inventory management across the supply chain (SC) has not been sufficiently investigated and its digital transformation (DT) requirements have not been adequately researched. Therefore, this study aims to analyse the organisational readiness for the use of integrated spare...

...Michel Leseure; Chukwunonyelum Emmanuel Onyeocha; Dawn Robins Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of a policy, the 2014 UK Supply Chain Plan, which aimed to create a local supply chain in a sector (offshore wind) where the central manufacturing node capabilities...

...Inês A. Ferreira; J.P. Oliveira; Joachim Antonissen; Helena Carvalho Purpose This paper aims to identify the impacts of wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) technology on the green supply chain management (GSCM) performance. Also, it intends to identify the most essential WAAM capabilities...

...Dong-Young Kim; Bruce Fortado Purpose The importance of supply chain network centrality has been widely recognized in the manufacturing literature. This study extends this literature by investigating the relationship between network centrality and innovation value. “Innovation value” refers...

.... Additionally, frequency-based text mining and various descriptive analyses were applied. 3D-printing Additive manufacturing COVID-19 Coronavirus Medical goods Supply chain At the beginning of the year 2020, the world population faced one of its biggest challenges in recent history...

..., their inventories were sensitive to information inputs – their inventories were leaner in response to improved sales-efficiency and/or shortage in cash. Industry IT usage Inventory leanness Inventory management strategy Strategic positioning Information processing Operations Supply chain Shareholders...

...Dnyaneshwar Jivanrao Ghode; Vinod Yadav; Rakesh Jain; Gunjan Soni Purpose Adoption of blockchain technology (BT) leads to shrinking supply chains, produces a better quality product, saves product development time and increases the customized offering to the customer. Since it is a new and growing...

... (NAICS) data on geographical data, demand, fixed and transportation costs. A case study is also implemented to explore its implications on remanufacturing of high-value parts on the reverse logistics supply chain using an aerospace part and NAICS data on aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul...

...Abdulghadar Awheda; Mohd Nizam Ab Rahman; Rizauddin Ramli; Haslina Arshad Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to give a clear picture of the evidence for small and medium enterprises of what the key factors are affecting the performance of supply chain members (SCMs) and their impact...

... efficiency and cost reductions in information transfer, particularly as a result of supply chain disintermediation. Instead, this paper reinforces current e-commerce research suggesting that e-commerce channels can lead to both disintermediation but also re-intermediation of the supply chain; cost reductions...

...Fazleena Badurdeen; Mohannad Shuaib; Ken Wijekoon; Adam Brown; William Faulkner; Joseph Amundson; I.S. Jawahir; Thomas J. Goldsby; Deepak Iyengar; Brench Boden Purpose – Globally expanding supply chains (SCs) have grown in complexity increasing the nature and magnitude of risks companies...

.... Originality/value – This special issue focuses on a less-researched topical area and attempts to bridge the disciplines of operations and innovation management. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Innovation Supply chain Manufacturing Interface Manufacturing technology management R&D...

...Sabry Shaaban; Sarah Hudson; Pedro L. González‐R; Jose M. Framinan; Rafael Ruiz‐Usano Purpose The aim of this article is to propose a methodology for the design and operation of a just‐in‐time coordination mechanism to control the flow of materials in the supply chain. Design/methodology...

..., thereby fulfilling the need for flexibility and reconfigurability. Such a mediator as described can actually be considered a static mediator, and will exist primarily at the boundary of a homogeneous holon (such as an ordering holon in a supply chain example), as illustrated in Figure 2...

...Juha‐Miikka Nurmilaakso; Jari Kettunen; Ilkka Seilonen This paper describes experiences gained from the implementation and evaluation of an XML‐based integration system in a real case. The prototype was designed to support electronic data exchange in a supply chain. The purpose of the prototype...

...Zhengping Li; Arun Kumar; Yan Guan Lim One of the typical issues in supply chain management (SCM) implementation is how to capture the complexities of supply chains. This paper reviews the existing supply chain modelling methods, and identifies the limitations of current methods. Based...