... further theoretical insights to SC strategy development, especially those that have been characterised as highly complex. The study identifies four key areas of intervention needed within this SC (in both countries) to promote higher level efficiencies and effectiveness. Marina Papalexi can be contacted...

.... Digital product fitting is an operational practice to potentially reduce the problematic tradeoff between product variety and efficiency in retail supply chains (Wan et al., 2012), enabling simultaneous sales increase and operational and supply chain efficiency. Combining research streams...

... analysis. Findings Local fresh produce has characteristics of both functional and innovative products. Retailers with strong upstream and downstream collaborations adopt hybrid strategies for increased time efficiency and product variety. The dominance of strategies for time efficiency in downstream...

...Kwok Hung Lau Purpose This case study aims to examine the role of demand management in balancing distribution efficiency and responsiveness to customer needs in the downstream of a retail supply chain. Design/methodology/approach A major machine part supplier in Australia is used as a case...

... = the number of outputs; 6. m = the number of inputs; 7. n = the number of DMUs; and 8. ε = a small positive number. The objective function of the above problem (P1) seeks to maximize the efficiency score of a DMU j₀ by choosing a set of weights...