...Thomas Johnsen; Mickey Howard; Joe Miemczyk Purpose The paper's aim is to evaluate the changing patterns of defence requirements and their implications on supply chains and relationships within the UK defence industry. Design/methodology/approach The paper builds a case study on the UK defence...

...Chris Ellegaard Purpose The purpose of the paper is to determine if owners of small manufacturing companies manage supply risk in similar ways and identify the practices constituting this potential joint approach. Design/methodology/approach An interpretive case based methodology was applied...

...Archie Lockamy, III Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the use of V‐A‐T analysis in the management of supply chain networks. Design/methodology/approach The paper provides a conceptual overview of V‐A‐T analysis as a procedure for categorizing manufacturing facilities...

...Joe Sanderson; Andrew Cox Purpose There is a view that firms should decide between a lean or agile approach to supply management primarily on the basis of whether their product offering is “functional” (predictable demand, low variety and a long life cycle) or “innovative” (unpredictable demand...

...Joe Miemczyk; Mickey Howard Purpose Vehicle manufacturer “CarCo” has spent decades developing its supply strategy based on customer ordered production. Yet the combination of an over‐crowded European market and the need to grow sales poses a dilemma: what strategy does it adopt to manage its...