Journal of Operations Management 

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of three contextual factors, plant size, plant age and unionization status, on the likelihood of implementing 22 manufacturing practices that are key facets of lean production systems are examined.

TL;DR: The findings of both the contingency and configuration approach indicated that SCI was related to both operational and business performance, and indicated that internal and customer integration were more strongly related to improving performance than supplier integration.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated supplier and customer integration strategies in a global sample of 322 manufacturers and found that the widest degree of arc of integration with both suppliers and customers had the strongest association with performance improvement.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship between green supply chain management (GSCM) practices and environmental and economic performance in Chinese manufacturing enterprises, and investigated how two primary types of management operations philosophies, quality management and just-in-time (or lean) manufacturing principles, influence the relationships between GSCM practices and performance.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify and consolidate various supply chain initiatives and factors to develop key SCM constructs conducive to advancing the field and synthesize the large, fragmented body of work dispersed across many disciplines.