The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 16 Issue 2

Management development and the supply chain manager of the future

John Mangan, Martin Christopher

With the growing acceptance of logistics and supply chain management (SCM) as critical business concerns, there is an emerging realisation that more investment is needed to…

Impact of postponement on transport: an environmental perspective

Biao Yang, Ying Yang, Jacob Wijngaard

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the effects of postponement in the context of environmentally sound management.

A cross country comparison of careers in logistics management in Australia and Britain

Peter G. Burcher, Gloria L. Lee, Amrik S. Sohal

The aim of this research was to ascertain the current roles and responsibilities of logistics managers in two countries, how they compare their situation with other managers and…

Are supply (driven) chains forgotten?

Bradley Z. Hull

The supply chain literature highlights chains that are activated by actual or forecasted demand, and has largely overlooked those that are activated by the supply source. This…

Supply chain collaboration: what's happening?

Soonhong Min, Anthony S. Roath, Patricia J. Daugherty, Stefan E. Genchev, Haozhe Chen, Aaron D. Arndt, R. Glenn Richey

Collaboration has been referred to as the driving force behind effective supply chain management and may be the ultimate core capability. However, there is a fairly widespread…

An integrative framework for supply chain collaboration

Togar M. Simatupang, Ramaswami Sridharan

This paper proposes an integrative framework for supply chain collaboration which is based on the reciprocal approach.

Supply chain integration: a European survey

Prabir K. Bagchi, Byoung Chun Ha, Tage Skjoett‐Larsen, Lars Boege Soerensen

The major goal of this study was to identify the underlying factors of supply chain integration in European firms with particular emphasis on the role of information sharing and…