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Total cycle time compression and the agile supply chain
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Simulation results obtained on realistic models of fashion trade supply chains confirm the superior agility resulting from information enrichment in the concept of the "information enriched" supply chain.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Production Economics.The article was published on 1999-05-20. It has received 337 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Supply chain.read more
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Development and validation of a measurement instrument for studying supply chain management practices
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conceptualized, developed, and validated six dimensions of SCM practices (strategic supplier partnership, customer relationship, information sharing, information quality, internal lean practices, and postponement).
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Responsive supply chain : A competitive strategy in a networked economy
TL;DR: In this article, an attempt has been made to analyze both agile manufacturing and supply chain management with the objective of developing a framework for responsive supply chain (RSC), which can be employed as a competitive strategy in a networked economy in which customized products/services are produced with virtual organizations and exchanged using e-commerce.
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Modeling the metrics of lean, agile and leagile supply chain: An ANP-based approach
TL;DR: The paper explores the relationship among lead-time, cost, quality, and service level and the leanness and agility of a case supply chain in fast moving consumer goods business and the justification of the framework is presented, which encapsulates the market sensitiveness, process integration, information driver and flexibility measures of supply chain performance.
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Achieving supply chain agility through IT integration and flexibility
TL;DR: In this article, the authors find that IT integration enables a firm to tap its supply chain flexibility, which in turn results in higher supply chain agility and ultimately higher competitive business performance.
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Lean, agile or leagile? Matching your supply chain to the marketplace
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the effect of the marketplace environment on strategy selection to ensure optimal supply chain performance and propose the Leagile Paradigm to match supply chain design to the actua...
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Logistics and supply chain management: Strategies for reducing costs and improving services
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a strategy for just-in-time and quick-response logistics, as well as a global pipeline management strategy for a global supply chain, and benchmark the supply chain performance.
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Leagility: Integrating the lean and agile manufacturing paradigms in the total supply chain
TL;DR: The use of either lean thinking or agile manufacturing has to be combined with a total supply chain strategy particularly considering market knowledge and positioning of the decoupling point as agile manufacturing is best suited to satisfying a fluctuating demand and lean manufacturing requires a level schedule.
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Integrating the Supply Chain
TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the potential of integrating the supply chain as a single entity and ensure the appropriate use of tools and techniques in order to meet the needs of the market, will not get left behind in the fight for survival.
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Competing Against Time
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TL;DR: In this paper, Isabel Der Millionenseller is described as "the schnellste Frau des 19. Jahrhunderts" and "the most influential woman in the world in 72 days".