International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: Volume 35 Issue 10

Is the glass half full or half empty?: An examination of user and provider perspectives towards third‐party logistics relationships

A. Michael Knemeyer, Paul R. Murphy

This paper provides a comparison of users and providers of third‐party logistics (3PL) services with respect to relationship marketing elements, such as trust and communication…

An organisation‐level framework for the NZ food industry – its development and application

Kim Dorling, John Scott, Eric Deakins

To identify the key determinants of successful vendor managed inventory (VMI) and strategic supply chain relationships in the New Zealand (NZ) food industry.

Value chain analysis: an approach to supply chain improvement in agri‐food chains

David H. Taylor

To develop an innovative methodology to apply lean value chain improvement techniques to a complete supply chain for a food product from farm to consumer.

The multiple facets of the bullwhip effect: refined and re‐defined

Göran Svensson

This paper seeks to describe a conceptualisation of the multiple facets of the bullwhip effect between stocking levels within and between value chains and value systems.