... information used to manage SC risk and create economic value; an area not well researched. As companies are turning to big-data programs to help mitigate supply chain (SC) disruptions and risks that are increasing in frequency and severity, having the capability to internally integrate SC information is cited...

...David Eriksson; Annika Engström Purpose Operations and supply chain management (OSCM) is a theoretically and philosophically fragmented field. Researchers must consider how they use theory and explain empirical phenomena. This paper aims to use critical realism to introduce more coherence...

... structural changes in the long run? The authors claim that even firms in slow clockspeed industries should be ambidextrous, that is, they should develop both exploration and exploitation capabilities. Supply chain (SC) managers are key players in enabling organizational ambidexterity. This paper aims...

... disruptions. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a systematic literature review to examine the studies published over the last 10 years in six of the top supply chain management journals (411 articles) and six of the top marketing and management journals (1,214 articles). Findings First...

...Sebastian H.W. Stanger; Richard Wilding; Nicky Yates; Sue Cotton Purpose Managing perishable inventories is a trade‐off of shortages and lost sales against wastage. This paper aims to identify what drives good management of perishables within the supply chain using the example of blood inventory...

... activities; their fusion of information technology to speed up business transactions; their approach to supply chain strategy to improve bottom line results – that has restricted them from achieving global standards? The article, based on a recently concluded nationwide study titled “Supply chain management...

...Michael O’Keeffe; Andrew Fearne Looks at how Waitrose deals with commodity marketing and category management by examining its category leadership strategy, which aims to reduce costs and align its network to the needs of the consumer. Seeks to shed light on how this was achieved and the key lessons...

.... In this paper a solution that would allow collaboration on a wide scale is presented. The forecasting approach is called “rank and share” and uses input from the retailer’s existing planning process – the category management process. The benefit of using category management as the basis is that the retailer can...

... of their supply chain analysis illustrate the significant benefits of centralized distribution and the implementation highlights the importance of project management and the incentives for change amongst supply partners. By mid‐1998, HP’s Colorado personal storage solutions division (CPSS) was in trouble...

... companies reduce costs and improve customer service levels in the supply chain. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Supply‐chain management Information Management Ordering systems Simulation Supply chain management (SCM) is related to the co‐ordination of products and information flows among...

... among US firms and provides support for a relationship between integration and logistical performance improvements. Reveals that the results have significant managerial implications as more organizations place emphasis on supply chain management, and that internal and external integration are necessary...