The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 20 Issue 1

Engineering cellular organisation and operation for effective healthcare delivery supply chains

J. Parnaby, D.R. Towill

The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive description, justification and modus operandi for implementation of cellular operations within healthcare delivery supply…

Assessing interfirm collaboration/technology investment tradeoffs: The effects of technological readiness and organizational learning

R. Glenn Richey, Chad W. Autry

The current research considers the possibility that when firms are faced with a challenging supply chain task or opportunity for supply chain operational improvement, they choose…

The impact of integrating return components planning with purchasing decisions on purchasing performance: A contingency perspective

Sarah Jinhui Wu, David J. Closs

The purpose of this research is to apply a simulation experiment to investigate the impact of new components purchasing and used components recovery strategies on multiple…

Sourcing from low‐cost countries: Identifying sourcing issues and prioritizing impacts on logistics performance

Kusumal Ruamsook, Dawn M. Russell, Evelyn A. Thomchick

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the issues pertinent to sourcing internationally from low‐cost countries (LCCs) and to understand which issues are associated most…

Supply chain risks: a review and typology

Shashank Rao, Thomas J. Goldsby

The purpose of this paper is to review the growing literature examining supply chain risk management (SCRM) and to develop a typology of risks in the supply chain.

Understanding the concept of supply chain resilience

Serhiy Y. Ponomarov, Mary C. Holcomb

In the emerging disciplines of risk management and supply chain management, resilience is a relatively undefined concept. The purpose of this paper is to present an integrated…

Coordinating material and information flows with supply chain planning

Riikka Kaipia

The purpose of this paper is to study how companies can select a supply chain planning (SCP) mechanism to improve the balance between material flow and information flow.