Supply Chain Management: Volume 15 Issue 1

Using Six Sigma to improve replenishment process in a direct selling company

Chun‐Chin Wei, Gwo‐Ji Sheen, Cheng‐Ting Tai, Kuo‐Liang Lee

The purpose of this study is to propose a Six Sigma project to improve the replenishment process in the logistic center of Amway Taiwan Company.

Building the supply chain to enable business alignment: lessons from British American Tobacco (BAT)

Janet Godsell, Andy Birtwistle, Remko van Hoek

The purpose of this paper is to report on experiences from BAT's major supply chain reconfiguration program; it details practices, lessons learnt and do's and do nots. There is…

Teleological approaches in supply chain management: illustrations

Göran Svensson

The purpose of this paper is to provide insights and describe teleological approaches in the context of Supply Chain Management (SCM).

Enhancing reverse auction use theory: an exploratory study

Timothy G. Hawkins, Michael J. Gravier, C. Michael Wittmann

The purpose of this paper is to explore how a sourcing professional arrives at a decision to use an electronic reverse auction (eRA) to source a particular requirement by…

Exploring reverse supply chain management practices in Turkey

İsmail Erol, Meltem Nurtaniş Velioğlu, Funda Sivrikaya Şerifoğlu, Gülçin Büyüközkan, Necati Aras, Nigar Demircan Çakar, Aybek Korugan

This paper aims to examine the current state of reverse supply chain management (RSCM) initiatives in several Turkish industries.

Development of lean supply chains: a case study of the Catalan pork sector

Catalina Perez, Rodolfo de Castro, David Simons, Gerusa Gimenez

The purpose of this paper is to analyse the characteristics and the performance of the Catalan pork supply chain, with the objective to assess whether this operates according to…

The complexities of e‐reverse‐auction‐facilitated aggregated procurement in digitally clustered organisations

Dotun Adebanjo

The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of a study into aggregated procurement in digitally clustered organisations. It brings together key principles including…

Supply chain leagility in professional services: how to apply decoupling point concept in healthcare delivery system

Fariborz Rahimnia, Mahdi Moghadasian

This paper aims to show how leagility can be applied in professional services, especially hospitals.

Measuring the impact of research

Rebecca Marsh