Carlos Mena

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on how the field of operations management can provide fresh perspectives and insights in addressing the challenges of product safety and security in the global supply chain and examine the product safety issues and challenges that arise in five industries that are increasingly globalizing their supply chains.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the main root causes of food waste in the supplier-retailer interface by identifying the main trends in the marketplace, natural causes related to the products and processes, and management root causes on which practitioners have a direct impact.

TL;DR: In this article, a multiple case study approach was used, involving 15 cases in seven different industries, each case consisted of interviews with managers directly involved in the global sourcing decision, supported by documentary evidence.

TL;DR: In this paper, a theoretical development of multi-tier supply chain management by adopting an inductive case study research design is proposed, which is based on the case studies, propositions are built concerning how MSCs operate, and the results show the impact that the dynamics of the MSC have on power balance, structure, interdependence and relationship stability.

TL;DR: A conceptual framework for omni-channel systems, configured by three dimensions of channel stage, channel type and channel agent is developed, which can be applied to a wide range of retail supply chains.