Benchmarking: An International Journal: Volume 24 Issue 1

Risk analysis and mitigation for perishable food supply chain: a case of dairy industry

Surya Prakash, Gunjan Soni, Ajay Pal Singh Rathore, Shubhender Singh

The purpose of this paper is to present a methodology to analyze the risks present in perishable food supply chain and to determine the most effective risk mitigation strategies…

International performance benchmarking in winemaking

Anatoliy G. Goncharuk, Natalia Lazareva

The purpose of this paper is to study winemaking efficiency with the help of international performance benchmarking and to finding ways for its improvement.

University-based incubators’ performance evaluation: a benchmarking approach

Jong-Wen Wann, Ta-Jung Lu, Ina Lozada, Guillermo Cangahuala

The purpose of this paper is to understand the existing incubation practices and to develop suggestions for other incubations programs’ practitioners, by developing a benchmark…

Trend analysis of Global Fortune 500 firms: a comparative study of Chinese and Japanese firms

Paul C. Hong, Kainan Wang, Xu Zhang, Youngwon Park

Over the decade the trend of Global Fortune 500 firms has shown significant changes – Japanese and Chinese firms in particular. The purpose of this paper is to present trend…

Advance manufacturing strategy and firm performance: An empirical study in a developing environment of small- and medium-sized firms

Balkrishna Eknath Narkhede

The purpose of this paper is to assess the implications of organizational knowledge, source of information and functional orientation, resource-based view of the manufacturing and…

Comparison of select financial parameters of Ethiopian consumer goods supply chains

Dagne Birhanu, Lanka Krishnanand, A. Neelakanteswara Rao

The purpose of this paper is to set the benchmark for finished goods consumer supply chain companies in terms of financial metrics driven from best performing supply chains in the…

Evaluation of performance index in resilient supply chain: a fuzzy-based approach

Anoop Kumar Sahu, Saurav Datta, S.S. Mahapatra

The purpose of this paper is to develop a multi-level hierarchical framework (evaluation index system) toward evaluating an “appraisement index” from the prospectus of measuring…

Applying structural equation model to study the critical risks in ERP implementation in Indian retail

Poonam Garg, Reema Khurana

In order to reduce the high failure rate of enterprise resource planning system (ERP) projects in Indian retail, project managers need to analyze and understand the impact of risk…

Modelling the quality enabled factors in initiation stage of production system life cycle

Rajesh Attri, Sandeep Grover

The purpose of this paper is to ascertain and understand the relationship dynamics among the quality-enabled factors (QEFs) affecting the initiation stage of production system…

Green supply chain management: theoretical framework and further research directions

Rameshwar Dubey, Angappa Gunasekaran, Thanos Papadopoulos

Green or sustainable supply chain management (GSCM/SSCM) has in recent years attracted much attention from academia and practitioners in all part of the world. In recent years…

Model for formulating competitive strategy: the supplementary health sector case

Raniere Rodrigues dos Santos, Fagner José Coutinho de melo Melo, Calline Neves de Queiroz Claudino, Denise Dumke de Medeiros

The implementation of quality in health services should go beyond legal, regulatory and purely technical obligations in relation to carrying out health insurance practices. The…

Evaluating managerial efficiency of petrochemical firms in Saudi Arabia

Mohammad Hanif Akhtar, Muhammad Asif

The purpose of this paper is to examine managerial efficiency of the whole population of petrochemical firms in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). It also identifies the root…

An investigation of the relationship between supply chain management practices (SCMP) on supply chain performance measurement (SCPM) of Indian retail chain using SEM

Shradha Ashok Gawankar, Sachin Kamble, Rakesh Raut

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between two major constructs (supply chain management practices (SCMP) and supply chain performance measures), which…