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Supply chain management
About: Supply chain management is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 39055 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1082949 citations. The topic is also known as: SCM.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors chart the advance in strategic purchasing, characterized by the strategic focus, strategic involvement of the purchasing function and the status and visibility of the professionals, into three stages, and show that firms at the nascent stage of strategic purchasing can achieve better supply integration, a second-order construct composed of four facets of relational, process, information and cross-organizational team integration.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a model of learning in supply management processes is examined using samples representing three nodes of one Fortune 500 organization's supply chains (internal SBU customers, n = 141; corporate buyers, n= 115, and external suppliers,n = 58).
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TL;DR: In this paper, the chain liability effect increases if an environmental degradation incident results from supplier behavior rather than force majeure, results from a company decision rather than the decision of an individual employee, and is more severe.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors review the fundamental concept of collaborative supply chain (CSC) and discuss the facts that a road to success in the process of design, implementation and operations of a supply chain is the identification of superior strategies and clear objectives.
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the fundamental concept of collaborative supply chain (CSC) and discuss the facts that a road to success in the process of design, implementation and operations of a supply chain is the identification of superior strategies and clear objectives. One of these strategies is known as CSC, that needs to be studied, evaluated and implemented.Design/methodology/approach – Discusses key elements of CSC and the fact that the vision for the CSC can be built upon principles as such as automation, information, trust and commitment, quality leadership, customer focused, collaborative and e‐collaborative partnerships, and integrated information system.Findings – The paper finds that to make supply chain management successful, management must be committed to high standard of performance, trust including long‐term collaborative relationships that can deliver results independent of industry and sector type.Originality/value – Owing to the fact that a better management of p...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed a framework that includes qualitative factors concerning plant location decisions, supply chain uncertainty, and manufacturing practices, arguing that a joint consideration of such factors helps explain supply chain competitiveness.
263 citations