The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 32 Issue 1

Guest editorial

Marek Michalski, Nubia Velasco, Pedro Palominos

Postponement practices in the Brazilian Southeast wine sector

Karine Araujo Ferreira, Mylena Letícia Toledo, Lásara Fabrícia Rodrigues

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the application of the postponement strategy by wineries in the state of Minas Gerais (Southeastern Brazil), in order to identify the…

Structure and complexity in six supply chains of the Brazilian wind turbine industry

Vivian Sebben Adami, Jorge Renato Verschoore, Miguel Afonso Sellitto

The purpose of this article is to compare design choices and assess the structural complexity of six manufacturing supply chains (SCs) of the Brazilian wind turbine industry.

Spare parts inventory management: a new hybrid approach

Leandro Reis Muniz, Samuel Vieira Conceição, Lásara Fabrícia Rodrigues, João Flávio de Freitas Almeida, Tãssia Bolotari Affonso

The purpose of this paper is to present a new hybrid approach based on criticality analysis and optimisation to deal with spare parts inventory management in the initial…

A network flow-based model for operations planning in home health care delivery

Fabián Castaño, Nubia Velasco

To solve the problem, a mathematical model is proposed; it relies on a directed acyclic graph (DAG), in which arcs are used to indicate whether a pair of appointments can be…

The strategic design of port services based on a total landed cost approach

Rosa G. González-Ramírez, J. Rene Villalobos, Cesar Meneses

This paper explores the effect of port's service time, particularly the mean and variability, on shippers' total landed costs to determine the competitive position of the port and…

Supply chain collaboration: differing perspectives of Brazilian companies

Nayara Louise Carvalho, Juliana Veiga Mendes, Erica Kushihara Akim, Ricardo Coser Mergulhão, José Geraldo Vidal Vieira

This article examines the extent of collaboration experienced by 191 Brazilian shippers, logistics service providers (LSPs) and carriers in their logistics operations in urban…

The impact of supply chain fit on business and innovation performance in Brazilian companies

Ricardo Zimmermann, Luis Miguel D.F. Ferreira, Antonio Carrizo Moreira, Ana Cristina Barros, Henrique Luiz Correa

This paper investigates the effect of the fit between supply and demand uncertainty (SDU) and supply chain responsiveness (SCR) (SC fit) on business and innovation performance in…

Sustainable value chain management based on dynamic capabilities in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Graziela Breitenbauch de Moura, Letícia Godoy Saroli

The aim of this research is to analyze sustainable value chain management based on dynamic capabilities in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Brazilian logistics practitioners' perceptions on sustainability: an exploratory study

Vitor William Batista Martins, Rosley Anholon, Vasco Sanchez-Rodrigues, Walter Leal Filho, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas

Confronting globalization, logistics systems need to achieve greater efficiency in processes to be competitive. Competitiveness is not related only to economic aspects; companies…

Food loss and waste in the Brazilian beef supply chain: an empirical analysis

Vanessa S.M. Magalhães, Luís Miguel D.F. Ferreira, Aldara da Silva César, Renato Manzini Bonfim, Cristóvão Silva

The livestock sector contributes significantly to the Brazilian economy, but also creates many environmental and social issues. To mitigate these problems and help counteract the…

Assessing the objectives of dry ports: main issues, challenges and opportunities in Brazil

Thiago de Almeida Rodrigues, Caroline Maria de Miranda Mota, Udechukwu Ojiako, Fikri Dweiri

The purpose is to identify the main characteristics of dry ports (DPs) in Brazil, discussing the role of this logistic player, challenges and opportunities. Furthermore, this…

Metamodeling the e-waste domain to support decision-making

Andrea Herrera, Paola Lara, Mario Sánchez, Jorge Villalobos

This paper proposes a conceptualization of the e-waste domain, formalized through a metamodel, to express complex e-waste realities in a simple manner. This also enables the…

The value of supply chain integration in the Latin American agri-food industry: trust, commitment and performance outcomes

Manuel Jesus Ramirez, Ivonne Eliany Roman, Edgar Ramos, Andrea Stefano Patrucco

This paper aims to explore the antecedents and performance outcomes of supply chain integration in the agri-food industry in Latin America, a context that the literature on supply…