Supply Chain Management: Volume 7 Issue 4

How international firms are coping with supply chain issues in China

Bin Jiang

Foreign firms face many supply chain‐related difficulties in China. These include China’s overburdened, underdeveloped physical infrastructure; inexpert, underfunded state‐owned…

A product driven approach to manufacturing supply chain selection

Samuel H. Huang, Mohit Uppal, J. Shi

A supply chain consists of suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and customers, all linked together with a forward flow of material and backward flow of information. It…

Evaluating the impact of electronic data interchange on the ingredient supply chain of a food processing company

Stephen F. Owens, Reuven R. Levary

A model of an electronic data interchange (EDI) enabled ingredient supply chain for a food processing company was developed, the model was simulated and its performance was…

The impact of QM maturity upon the extent and effectiveness of customer relationship management systems

Jing Li, Wing Fok, Lillian Fok, Sandra Hartman

Investigates the relationships between organizational adoption and extent of use of two kinds of programs. Specifically, contends that organizations may vary considerably in QM…

Strategic operations planning process for manufacturers with a supply chain focus: concepts and a meat processing application

Ian Sadler, Peter Hines

Planning processes for the operations of entire supply chains require examination because business competition demands coherent strategies from them. Research into processes for…

Wireless product identification: enabler for handling efficiency, customisation and information sharing

Mikko Kärkkäinen, Jan Holmström

More sophisticated customer demand chains and electronic business pose new challenges to supply chain management. Delivery sizes decrease as a result of more deliveries directly…

Improving supply chain relations: an empirical case study

Beverly A. Wagner, Douglas K. Macbeth, David Boddy

This paper reflects on a three‐year EPSRC research project (1994‐1997), called "Implementing Partnering in the Supply Chain", that studied the development of collaboration between…