International Journal of Operations & Production Management: Volume 40 Issue 7/8

Mitigating sustainability risk in supplier populations: an agent-based simulation study

Sara Hajmohammad, Anton Shevchenko

Many modern firms strive to become sustainable. To this end, they are required to improve not only their own environmental and social performance but also the performance of their…

Rethinking lean supplier development as a learning system

Daryl John Powell, Paul Coughlan

This paper investigates developing a learning-to-learn capability as a critical success factor for sustainable lean transformation.

Key factors of carbon footprint in the UK food supply chains: a new perspective of life cycle assessment

Emmanuel Ferguson Aikins, Usha Ramanathan

The purpose of this paper is to empirically identify key factors of UK food supply chains (SCs) that significantly contribute to CO₂ emissions (CO2e) taking into account the life…

Supplier-initiating risk management behaviour and supply-side resilience: the effects of interpersonal relationships and dependence asymmetry in buyer-supplier relationships

Yiyi Fan, Mark Stevenson, Fang Li

The aim of the study is to explore how two dimensions of interpersonal relationships (i.e. size and range of relationships) affect supplier-initiating risk management behaviours…

Inventory and ordering decisions: a systematic review on research driven through behavioral experiments

H. Niles Perera, Behnam Fahimnia, Travis Tokar

The success of a supply chain is highly reliant on effective inventory and ordering decisions. This paper systematically reviews and analyzes the literature on inventory ordering…

Supplier–supplier coopetition and supply chain disruption: first-tier supplier resilience in the tetradic context

Christian F. Durach, Frank Wiengarten, Thomas Y. Choi

The present study considers disruption in the buyer–supplier–supplier triad. This triad has a common second-tier supplier as the disruption source, which gives us the tetradic…

Achieving loyalty for sharing economy platforms: an expectation–confirmation perspective

Fu Jia, Dun Li, Guoquan Liu, Hui Sun, Jorge E. Hernandez

This study explores how sharing platforms achieve platform loyalty through various operation management strategies.

Digital transforming capability and performance: a microfoundational perspective

Thayla Tavares Sousa-Zomer, Andy Neely, Veronica Martinez

Drawing on the literature on dynamic capabilities and digital transformation, this paper conceptualises and investigates the relevant antecedents of an essential capability for…

Digitization of manufacturing: the role of external search

Rafael Lorenz, Christoph Benninghaus, Thomas Friedli, Torbjørn H. Netland

Manufacturers seek to innovate and improve processes using new digital technologies. However, knowledge about these new technologies often resides outside a firm's boundaries. The…

Social network analysis in operations and supply chain management: a review and revised research agenda

Yujia Han, Nigel David Caldwell, Abhijeet Ghadge

Social network analysis (SNA) seeks to manage the connections between entities through investigating and understanding behaviours and relationships. This study demonstrates the…

Implementing standardised flow: navigating operational and professional dependencies

Marianna Frangeskou, Michael A. Lewis, Christos Vasilakis

The purpose of this study had two aims: (1) to extend insight regarding the challenges of implementing standardised work, via care pathways, in a healthcare setting by considering…

Ambiguity and its coping mechanisms in supply chains lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic and natural disasters

Saileshsingh Gunessee, Nachiappan Subramanian

The first purpose of this paper is to situate and conceptualise ambiguity in the operations management (OM) literature, as connected to supply chain decision-making (SCDM). The…

Towards a framework on the factors conditioning the role of logistics service providers in the provision of inventory financing

Sumeer Chakuu, Donato Masi, Janet Godsell

This paper explores the conditions in which logistics service providers (LSPs) can compete or collaborate with banks in offering inventory financing as a supply chain finance…

Digitally enabled advanced services: a socio-technical perspective on the role of the internet of things (IoT)

Andreas Schroeder, Parikshit Naik, Ali Ziaee Bigdeli, Tim Baines

The purpose of this study is to investigate how the internet of things (IoT) contributes to manufacturers' advanced services development and delivery. To better understand the…

Capturing the psychological well-being of Chinese factory workers

Minette Bellingan, Catherine Tilley, Luciano Batista, Mukesh Kumar, Steve Evans

Businesses are under pressure to ensure social responsibility in their globalised supply chains. However, conventional factory audits are not providing adequate data about…