Purpose–A growing body of literature has begun to recognise that in the era of supply chain
management it is important to look beyond the flexible factory to the flexible supply chain …

In a 2000 article in Industrial Marketing Management,“Issues in Supply Chain Management,”
Lambert and Cooper presented a framework for Supply Chain Management (SCM) as well …

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official policy or position of the Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the US Government …

Firms are building collaborative relationships with their supply chain partners in order to
achieve efficiencies, flexibility, and sustainable competitive advantage. However, it is …

In keeping with the extant literature, hypotheses were developed incorporating dimensions
of supplier and customer collaboration and performance improvement. Factor analysis and …

Purpose–Increasingly, supplier relationship management (SRM) is being viewed as
strategic, process‐oriented, cross‐functional, and value‐creating for buyer and seller, and a …

The concept of “vertical architecture” defines the scope of a firm and the extent to which it is
open to final and intermediate markets; it describes the configurations of transactional …

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The paper explores the meaning of flexibility in the context of lean, agile and leagile supply
networks and articulates a supply network flexibility framework. Two key 'sources' of …

Successful supply chain management necessitates an effective sourcing strategy to combat
uncertainties in both supply and demand. In particular, supply disruption results in excessive …