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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"Supply Chain Relationships"”.
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Supply chain relationships in apparel retail product development.
The purpose of this study was to investigate supply chain relationships within the apparel retail product development process under a single site case study setting. Relationship determinants (i.e. drivers, facilitators and barriers) that facilitated or impeded the degree of collaborative efforts …
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Supply Chain Relationships and Refurbishing in the Healthcare Supply Chain
… 40% of HCO spending. The healthcare supply chain is distinctly different from traditional supply chains, and findings from extant supply chain research may therefore not apply to the healthcare supply chain. The relationship between the supply chain members is a key determinant of …
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Dynamics of supply chain relationships: A qualitative study of logistics triads
… in determining the outcome of contemporary supply chains. To account for greater interconnection between organizations, supply chain relationship is crucial for achieving successful logistics outsourcing. Because organizations need to continuously change their decision-making in outsourcing, …
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Management of language diversity in international supply chain relationships of UK SMEs
… with linguistic diversity in their international supply chain relationships. This doctoral research uses a case study methodology in order to explore language management practices at four British SMEs, aimed at understanding the practices used; the interplay between language practices and power; …
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Firm strategy and knowledge management in strategic supply chain relationships : a knowledge-based view
… knowledge management in strategic supply chain alliances of high technology firms. Unique to prior literature, this study relates three dimensions of strategic orientation (alliance, leadership, and learning) with two modes of interorganizational knowledge management (knowledge …
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Trust in supply chain relationships and its impact on organisation and supply chain performance
This thesis identifies the role of trust in the supply chain relationship on supply chain performance and organisation performance. An extensive review of literature identified a lack of empirical research to fill a gap in supply chain and operations management knowledge and this gap is mainly …
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The emergence of the network supply-chain: a study of co-operation and performance in supply-chain relationships in the UK fibre-optics industry
… emergence of a new governance form, the network supplychain, in the UK optical communications systems industry. In doing so, it pursues two objectives. The first is to investigate the extent of the shift from market-oriented to co-operation oriented mechanisms in governing supply relationships. …
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MODERATING EFFECT OF SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS STRATEGIES: THE MISSING LINK BETWEEN SUPPLY CHAIN RELATIONSHIP AND PERFORMANCE
… research to empirically study the congruity in supply chain operations strategies. The tests show that the congruity in supply chain operations strategies are related to performance and also moderate the association between performance and the types of supply chain relationships. 308 …
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Supply Chain Strategy and the Benefits of Information Exchange
… the use of information exchange in industrial supply chain relationships. Specific information exchange characteristics are analyzed to determine their contribution to firm performance from the perspective of both the technology champion firm and the trading partner firm. Longitudinal analyses …
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Information Sharing in Humanitarian Supply Chain Management: The Case of Refugees Crisis in Jordan
… timely and accurate information exchange among supply chain partners to ensure effective and efficient humanitarian logistics and the overall supply chain management (SCM) for successful relief operation. The process is essential for strategic planning and decision making to ensure effective …
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BUYER-SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS: A CASE INVESTIGATION IN THE RUG AND TEXTILE INDUSTRY
<p>Researchers in supply chain management emphasize the importance of identifying nexus suppliers that may be hidden from focal buyers. These suppliers are distinguished from strategic suppliers by their interorganizational relationships and supply network positions. The nexus supplier framework …
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Identifying Success Factors in the Wood Pallet Supply Chain
… deal with suppliers, customers, and other supply chain components. Each of the steps is important to deliver the right products, with the required quality, and in a timely fashion. However, there is little research about the industry's supply chain practices. The objective of this research …
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European supply chain study
Introduction: Supply chain management has been defined as, "..a set of approaches utilized to efficiently integrate suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses and stores, so that merchandise is produced and distributed at the right quantities, to the right locations and at the right time, in order to …
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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: DISCOVERIES ON HOW MANAGERS MANAGE AND THE CONDITIONS TO COLLABORATION
… paper studies managerial behavior in inter-firm supply chain relationships. I first answer two questions: When a firm outsources to a 3PL, a firm that provide multiple logistics services for use by customers, what is the impact on the managerial functions that the outsourcing firm carries out on …
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SMEs and global supply chains in the French agricultural machinery sector
… firms are now engaged in supplier and customer relationships internationally, in order to expand sales and take advantage of lower sourcing costs. This transition from predominantly local to global connections and the different ways in which SMEs manage their global relationships is the focus of …
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Perceptions, understandings, and behaviours along the pork food chain relating to antimicrobial resistance in the UK
… into account the views of all key pork food chain actors as a unified entity. To understand fully the practices and drivers of antimicrobial use and resistance in the pork industry, it is necessary to assess the perceptions, attitudes, and behaviours along the pork chain from a …
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From Principles to Practice: Sustainable Supply Chain Management in SMEs
Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) is an evolving discipline, and incorporates the environmental and social performance dimensions of sustainability with the traditional measure of economic performance; current SSCM research indicates a skew towards economic performance and its interaction …
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Integrative Practices in Supply Chains: Building Relationships for Competitiveness in Dynamic Environments
Firms are increasingly relying on their supply-chain relationships to compete in an era of globalization and change. To this end firms integrate various processes and business activities with their supply chain partners. Supply chain integration (SCI) literature studies the performance benefits of …
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Supply chain management practices in construction and inter-organisational trust dynamics
… and main contractor aspects of construction supply chain relationships, prompting claims that failure to integrate subcontractors, suppliers and consultants into collaborative arrangements remains a major shortcoming. Main contractor and subcontractor relationships therefore continue to be …
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Product stewardship: Linking waste back to primary production
… in environmental harm. In current globalised supply chain relationships, responsibilities for waste management become transferred. That transfer of responsibility fails to reduce waste at source, contain waste appropriately, maximise resource recovery or fund the management of products at the …
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