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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: An RFID tutorial that answers the following questions: what is RFID, and how does it work, and what are some applications of RFID?
Abstract: Radio frequency identification (RFID) offers tantalizing benefits for supply chain management, inventory control, and many other applications. Only recently, however, has the convergence of lower cost and increased capabilities made businesses take a hard look at what RFID can do for them. This article offers an RFID tutorial that answers the following questions: i) what is RFID, and how does it work? ii) What are some applications of RFID? iii) What are some challenges and problems in RFID technology and implementation? iv) How have some organizations implemented RFID?.
700 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors extract the essence of SCM and advanced planning in the form of two conceptual frameworks: the house of supply chain management and the supply chain planning matrix.
697 citations
TL;DR: The paper outlines the general structure of the risk management process and presents methods for risk management in a complex network environment and indicates that risk management is an important development target in the studied supplier networks.
695 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, a more analytically robust way of understanding supply chains is laid out, based on the concepts of power and value appropriation, and a case is made for an analytical approach to supply chain thinking.
Abstract: Explains some of the thinking that informs both the case study articles that appear in the same issue of Supply Chain Management: An International Journal and the EPSRC funded research project currently being undertaken at the Centre for Business Strategy and Procurement. A review is provided of the dominant ideas that currently inform “supply chain management thinking”. This paradigm is characterised as operational effectiveness and efficiency. A case is made for understanding supply chains from a strategic as well as from an operational perspective. Current supply chain management thinking is criticised for being atheoretical and descriptive, and a case is made for an analytical approach to supply chain thinking based around the concepts of power and value appropriation. A more analytically robust way of understanding supply chains is laid out.
685 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the characteristics of the textiles and apparel industry and identify the perspectives of lean, agile and leagility within existing supply chain literature, which have been proffered as solutions to achieving quick response and reduced lead times.
Abstract: The textiles and apparel industry has been neglected in terms of supply chain management research. Recently, the industry has undergone a great deal of change, particularly with global sourcing and high levels of price competition. In addition, textiles and clothing has market characteristics, such as short product lifecycle, high volatility, low predictability, and a high level of impulse purchase, making such issues as quick response of paramount importance. This article discusses characteristics of the textiles and apparel industry and identifies the perspectives of lean, agile and leagility (a combination of these) within existing supply chain literature, which have been proffered as solutions to achieving quick response and reduced lead times. Through case studies of textile and apparel companies, different approaches to supply chain management are illustrated.
684 citations