Table of contents
Strategic Sourcing
Matthew G. Anderson, Paul B. KatzProcurement is playing an increasingly important role in helping major corporations achieve their savings and profitability objectives. What companies buy has been increasing in…
Avoiding Supply Chain Management Failure: Lessons from Business Process Re‐engineering
Rachel BurgessBusiness Process Re‐engineering (BPR) appears to have had its 15 minutes of fame and is now viewed by many managers as an unqualified failure. It is important that managers…
Value Stream Management
Peter Hines, Nick Rich, John Bicheno, David Brunt, David Taylor, Chris Butterworth, James SullivanValue Stream Management is a new strategic and operational approach to the data capture, analysis, planning and implementation of effective change within the core cross‐functional…
Chaos Theory: Implications for Supply Chain Management
Richard D. WildingSince the late 1950's it has been recognized that the systems used internally within supply chains can lead to oscillations in demand and inventory as orders pass through the…
Logistics Performance Measurement and Greening Supply Chains: Diverging Mindsets
Kristie McIntyre, Hugh A. Smith, Alex Henham, John PretloveAlthough there has been considerable effort placed on measuring supply chains in order to assess their performance, these techniques have been found to be time and cost focused…
The Cost‐to‐Serve Method
Alan Braithwaite, Edouard SamakhIntegrating business processes across functions is at the heart of logistics and supply chain management. The fundamentals of compressing time across the chain are well…
Retail Logistics in France: The Coming of Vertical Disintegration
Gilles PachéSince the end of the 1980s, logistics in French mass distribution has undergone a progressive vertical disintegration, with contractors taking a greater role in physical…
Reconfiguring the Supply Chain to Implement Postponed Manufacturing
Remko I. Van HoekIt is expected that, as the next step in the development of distribution channels, companies will decentralize their final manufacturing into their distribution centers. It has…
Rolling Back the Frontiers: The Customs Clearance Revolution
Ton Appeals, Henry Struye de SwielandeAs far as most people are concerned, customs clearance is not a term that is likely to excite enthusiasm. For some, customs clearance represents tedious border checks, irritating…
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- Prof. Britta Gammelgaard