The International Journal of Logistics Management: Volume 33 Issue 1

Blockchain systems and ethical sourcing in the mineral and metal industry: a multiple case study

Nir Kshetri

The purpose of this paper is to examine blockchain's roles in promoting ethical sourcing in the mineral and metal industry.

Mitigating interorganizational conflicts in humanitarian logistics collaboration: the roles of contractual agreements, trust and post-disaster environmental uncertainty phases

Chandra Prakash, Vivek Roy, Parikshit Charan

Governance is the key to establishing effective collaboration among humanitarian logistics partners addressing an ongoing relief work. With a focus on humanitarian…

Can you grow your supply chain without skills? The role of human resource management for better supply chain management in Latin America

Andrea Stefano Patrucco, Liliana Rivera, Christopher Mejía-Argueta, Yossi Sheffi

In line with the knowledge-based view of organizations, this paper aims to analyze how supply chain (SC) employees contribute to the creation of competitive advantage through…

Logistics service quality in an emergent market in Latin America

Marek Michalski, José Luis Montes-Botella

This paper aims to determine how the level of logistics service quality facilitates logistics performance in emerging markets. The authors chose Ecuador because it is an emerging…

Trust, commitment, logistics outsourcing relationship quality, relationship satisfaction, strategy alignment and logistics performance – a case of selected manufacturing firms in Uganda

Matthew Kalubanga, Sheila Namagembe

This study examines the relationships among trust, commitment, logistics outsourcing relationship quality (LORQ), relationship satisfaction, strategy alignment and logistics…

Do organizational subcultures matter? A case study of logistics and supply chain management

John E. Mello, Hilary Schloemer

This interdisciplinary investigation examines the topics of organizational climate and subcultures, which have received scant attention in the supply chain literature…

Revisiting critical factors of logistics outsourcing relationship: a multiple-case study approach

Vinh Van Thai, Shams Rahman, Dong Mai Tran

This paper aims to examine critical factors of successful logistics outsourcing relationship from the perspectives of both LSPs and shippers employing case studies in Singapore…

Antecedents, mechanisms and effects of synchromodal freight transport: a conceptual framework from a systematic literature review

Sarah Pfoser, Herbert Kotzab, Ilja Bäumler

The aim of this paper is to offer an overview of the current state of research in a specific field of transport, namely synchromodality. This includes a conceptual discussion of…

Supply chain resilience to low-/high-impact disruptions: the influence of absorptive capacity

Joseph Roh, Travis Tokar, Morgan Swink, Brent Williams

The lean and global character of supply networks today opens supply chains to potential disruptions, especially in volatile environments. Most disruptions are of relatively low…

Antecedents of horizontal logistics collaboration in agri-food supply chains

Ismail Badraoui, Ivo van der Lans, Youssef Boulaksil, Jack G.A.J. van der Vorst

This study investigates the impact of agri-food supply chains (AFSCs) characteristics on the antecedents of horizontal logistics collaboration (HLC). Specifically, the study…

Supply chain integration for middle-market firms: a qualitative investigation

Matthew Schwieterman, Manus Rungtusanatham, Thomas J. Goldsby, W.C. Benton, Martha C. Cooper, Esen Andiç-Mortan

This research seeks to identify the motivations, means and outcomes of supply chain integration (SCI) among firms in the middle market (i.e. those with annual revenues between…

Operational coordination and mass customization capability: the double-edged sword effect of customer need diversity

Hongyan Sheng, Taiwen Feng, Lucheng Chen, Dianhui Chu

This study aims to explore how operational coordination affects mass customization capability (MCC) via organizational agility, the double-edged sword effect of customer need…

Classifying healthcare warehouses according to their performance. A Cluster Analysis-based approach

Anna Corinna Cagliano, Giulio Mangano, Carlo Rafele, Sabrina Grimaldi

The objective of this paper is to propose an approach to comparatively analyze the performance of drugs and consumable products warehouses belonging to different healthcare…

An integrated model of supply chain resilience and its impact on supply chain performance under disruption

Shih-Jung Juan, Eldon Y. Li, Wei-Hsi Hung

This study aims to explore the relationships among the five components of supply chain (SC) resilience (SCRES): visibility, velocity, flexibility, robustness and collaboration and…

Impact of metric-alignment on supply chain performance: a behavioral study

Arunachalam Narayanan, Rafay Ishfaq

Previous research has shown that firms are struggling to incorporate collaboration among supply chain partners. This paper presents a new approach to incorporate collaboration…