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Logistics and supply chain management
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In this article, the authors discuss the role of logistics in achieving service and financial goals and provide a clear examination of the impact of logistics on competitive advantage, concluding that training and motivating employees can significantly increase customer satisfaction.About:
This article is published in Research in Transportation Economics.The article was published on 2011-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2603 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Humanitarian Logistics & Integrated logistics support.read more
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Defining supply chain management
John T. Mentzer,William DeWitt,James S. Keebler,Soonhong Min,Nancy W. Nix,Carlo D. Smith,Zach G. Zacharia +6 more
TL;DR: A management construct cannot be used effectively by practitioners and researchers if a common agreement on its definition is lacking as discussed by the authors, which is the case with the term "supply chain management".
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Building the Resilient Supply Chain
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TL;DR: In today's uncertain and turbulent markets, supply chain vulnerability has become an issue of significance for many companies as discussed by the authors, and the challenge to business today is to manage and mitigate that risk through creating more resilient supply chains.
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Arcs of integration: an international study of supply chain strategies
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A framework for supply chain performance measurement
TL;DR: In this article, the authors developed a framework to promote a better understanding of the importance of SCM performance measurement and metrics, using the current literature and the results of an empirical study of selected British companies.
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Perspectives in supply chain risk management
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a review of various quantitative models for managing supply chain risks and relate various supply chain risk management strategies examined in the research literature with actual practices, highlighting the gap between theory and practice, and motivate researchers to develop new models for mitigating supply chain disruptions.