Janne Huiskonen

TL;DR: Four control characteristics of maintenance spare parts – criticality, specificity, demand pattern, and value of parts – are discussed in terms of their effects on logistics system elements – network structure, positioning of materials, responsibility of control, and control principles.

TL;DR: This paper presents how logistics customer service requirements can be analysed by using Kano's model of quality element classification, and discusses the potential benefits that can be achieved by applying this approach to a logisticsCustomer service planning process.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the effects of contract governance on collaboration, incorporating the moderating influence of cultural intelligence, and suggested that contract governance might be more effective under conditions of a greater level of firm cultural intelligence capabilities.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the coordination of activities between two different organizations in a logistics outsourcing relationship and its inter-organizational coordination requirements and concluded that developing of lateral organizational capability through practicing the presented lateral coordination mechanisms, and actively promoting it to customers, can become a potential source of competitive advantage for logistics service providers.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between stakeholder pressure and adoption of sustainable supply chain practices and impact on sustainability performance and concluded that SSCP can play an important role in achieving the social and environmental performance of the manufacturing firms.