Supply Chain Management: Volume 20 Issue 5

Modern slavery challenges to supply chain management

Stefan Gold, Alexander Trautrims, Zoe Trodd

This paper aims to draw attention to the challenges modern slavery poses to supply chain management. Although many international supply chains are (most often unknowingly…

Mitigating reputational risks in supply chains

Henry L. Petersen, Fred Lemke

– The purpose of this paper is to explore reputational risk that are borne in the supply chain and contribute to this contemporary but growing research stream.

Supply chain alignment for improved business performance: an empirical study

Heather Skipworth, Janet Godsell, Chee Yew Wong, Soroosh Saghiri, Denyse Julien

This study aims to explain how supply chain alignment, which remains a major challenge for supply chains, can be achieved and its implications for business performance (BP) by…

Using a “virtual joint venture” to facilitate the adoption of intermodal transport

Jason Monios, Rickard Bergqvist

This paper aims to examine a strategic alliance between a large shipper and a freight forwarder to provide an intermodal service to and from the port of Gothenburg. The supply…

Examining supply market scanning and internal communication climate as facilitators of supply chain integration

George A. Zsidisin, Janet L. Hartley, Ednilson S. Bernardes, Lance W. Saunders

This paper aims to examine if supply market scanning and an organization’s internal communication climate are related to greater internal integration of supply management within…

Elements affecting social responsibility in supply chains

David Eriksson, Göran Svensson

The purpose of this paper is to assess elements that affect social responsibility in supply chains and beyond. The elements are classified into drivers, facilitators and…