Purpose The business enterprises are increasingly focusing on buying and supplying of
products and services in a manner to reduce the adverse impacts on the environment …

Purpose Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) has attracted considerable interest
among academics and practitioners. The purpose of this paper is to present a critical review …

The bullwhip effect is causing inefficiencies in today's supply chains. This study deals with
the potential of big data on the improvement of the various supply chain processes. The aim …

The supply chain is an important element in logistics development for all industries. It can
improve efficiency and effectiveness of not only product transfer, but also information sharing …

Advances in information technology, particularly in the e‐business arena, are enabling firms
to rethink their supply chain strategies and explore new avenues for inter‐organizational …

Over the years, several companies have emerged as exemplary of “best practices” in supply
chain management; for example, Wal-Mart is frequently cited as using unique strategies to …

Performance measurement (PM) by means of local performance indicators (PIs) is
developing into performance management at a company-wide scale. But how should PIs at …

The paper compares the expected performance of a vendor managed inventory (VMI)
supply chain with a traditional “serially linked” supply chain. The emphasis of this …

This paper is a review of research into the impacts of sharing production information on the
supply chain dynamics. The purpose of the review is to understand the needs to unravel …

This paper examines the beneficial impact of information sharing in multi-echelon supply
chains. We compare a traditional supply chain, in which only the first stage in the chain …