Supply Chain Management: Volume 20 Issue 4

Emergent supply chains in the agrifood sector: insights from a whole chain approach

Foivos Anastasiadis, Nigel Poole

This paper aims to report research into emergent supply chain management (SCM) practices in a context in which the imperative for business development requires efficient…

Advanced predictive-analysis-based decision support for collaborative logistics networks

Elisabeth Ilie-Zudor, Anikó Ekárt, Zsolt Kemeny, Christopher Buckingham, Philip Welch, Laszlo Monostori

– The purpose of this paper is to examine challenges and potential of big data in heterogeneous business networks and relate these to an implemented logistics solution.

Does implementing social supplier development practices pay off?

Cristina Sancha, Cristina Gimenez, Vicenta Sierra, Ali Kazeminia

The purpose of this paper is twofold. First is to investigate the impact of social supplier development practices on the suppliers’ social performance. Second is to analyze if the…

Is the construction industry aware of supply chain management? The Portuguese contractors’ perspective

Amílcar Arantes, Luís Miguel D. F. Ferreira, António Aguiar Costa

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the understanding and behaviour of construction companies in relation to supply chain management (SCM) and how those relationships can…

Impacts of adaptive collaboration on demand forecasting accuracy of different product categories throughout the product life cycle

Masayasu Nagashima, Frederick T. Wehrle, Laoucine Kerbache, Marc Lassagne

This paper aims to empirically analyze how adaptive collaboration in supply chain management impacts demand forecast accuracy in short life-cycle products, depending on…

Going above and beyond: how sustainability culture and entrepreneurial orientation drive social sustainability supply chain practice adoption

Donna Marshall, Lucy McCarthy, Paul McGrath, Marius Claudy

This paper aims to examine what drives the adoption of different social sustainability supply chain practices. Research has shown that certain factors drive the adoption of…

Exploring information sharing in the extended supply chain: an interdependence perspective

Joakim Kembro, Kostas Selviaridis

– This paper aims to empirically explore demand-related information sharing in the extended supply chain.

The role of collaboration in supply chain resilience

Kirstin Scholten, Sanne Schilder

This paper aims to explore how collaboration influences supply chain resilience. Collaborative activities and their underlying mechanisms in relation to visibility, velocity and…