Building humanitarian supply chain relationships: lessons from leading practi…

The purpose of this paper is to advance thought and practice on supply chain relationship building, in the context of humanitarian logistics, drawing on lessons from leading practitioners.

Clustering analysis prioritization of automobile logistics services

The purpose of this paper is to provide a clustering approach to segment supply chain partners in the automobile industry and prioritize services offered by third party logistics service (3PL) providers

The terminalization of supply chains: reassessing the role of terminals in po…

The paper discusses how logistics service providers are using terminals in their supply chains. It argues that an increasing ‘terminalization’ of supply chains is unfolding, whereby seaport and inland terminals are taking up a more active role in supply chains by increasingly confronting market players with operational considerations such as imposing berthing windows, dwell time charges, tr…

Linking ocean container carrier capabilities to shipper–carrier relationshi…

As outsourcing and offshoring continue to expand, the ocean container industry serves a critical and still increasing role in supporting global trade. Yet, perceived commoditization and intense price competition among ocean container carriers limit opportunities for competitive advantage and formation of long-term shipper–carrier relationships. This environment ultimately yields an unhealthy …

Interorganizational Governance Value Creation: Coordinating for Information V…

More thoroughly understanding howinterorganizational governance value can be created by information technology and other governance mechanisms is critical for supply chain management. Based primarily on transaction-cost economics and supplemented by the resource-based view, this study investigates how interorganizational governance (i.e., relational governance and virtual integration) can creat…

A new approach for understanding hindrances to collaborative practices in the…

The paper attempts to determine whether decision-makers in the manufacturing and retailing industry really wish to implement cooperative logistical relationships in the long term.

Increased collaborative relationships in international logistics: Canadian an…

This article argues that the increased competition and uncertainties faced by corporations and countries as a result of the globalisation and volatility of world trade in the first decade of this century have resulted in new collaborative relationships in international logistics. Evidence, largely from Canada, identifies shifts in corporate relationships. The changes are consistent with expecta…

Total system JIT outcomes: inventory, organization and financial effects

Despite anecdotal evidence of the performance implications of just‐in‐time (JIT) implementation, little empirical research has been conducted. Examines total system JIT’s empirical relationships with a variety of performance outcomes. Total system JIT encompasses JIT purchasing, JIT production, and JIT selling. In a mail survey of 200 logistics executives, total system JIT was found to be…

Supplier relationship management as a macro business process

Increasingly, supplier relationship management (SRM) is being viewed as strategic, process-oriented, cross-functional, and value-creating for buyer and seller, and a means of achieving superior financial performance. This paper seeks to describe a macro level cross-functional view of SRM and to provide a structure for managing business-to-business relationships to co-create value and increase …

Strategic responses to power dominance in buyer-supplier relationships

The purpose of this paper is to identify the strategic options available to a weaker actor to counteract the dominance of a stronger actor in a buyer-supplier relationship, and identifies those factors that influence the choice of individual options.

Developing a scale for proactive improvement within logistics outsourcing rel…

The purpose of this paper is to establish a scale for the measurement of proactive improvement, in general, and then more specifically in terms of cost- and service-focused improvement in logistics outsourcing arrangements.

A supply chain diagnostic tool

How can a third-party logistics (3PL) provider decide whether or not there is a viable opportunity to serve the needs and desires of potential clients? To answer this question, a tool is needed that can help determine if there are problems, inefficiencies, or needed improvements in a client’s, or a potential client’s, supply chain that the 3PL can effectively address. Most diagnostic tools …

A review of the transportation mode choice and carrier selection literature

The purpose of this paper is to categorize transportation choice research (mode choice and carrier selection) leading to insight on themes in the literature and directions for future research

Rigor in qualitative supply chain management research: Lessons from applying …

The purpose of this paper is to share the authors’ experiences of using the repertory grid technique in two supply chain management studies. The paper aims to demonstrate how the two studies provided insights into how qualitative techniques such as the repertory grid can be made more rigorous than in the past, and how results can be generated that are inaccessible using quantitative methods.

Organization-environment relationships : theory for management practice in hu…

The article discusses lessons for executive directors in human service organizations, for managing organization-environment relationships. The first section reviews the three main theories of organizationenvironment relations: ecological theories, institutional theories, and adaptation theories (with emphasis on the political-economy and resource-dependency perspectives). Following this present…

Battening down the hatches : how should the maritime industries weather the �…

This paper investigates the major impacts of the financial tsunami on the maritime industries, notably port and shipping. The maritime industries are still reeling from market declines, with stakeholders still attempting to weather the storm as best as they can through various strategies. However, such strategies are not uniform, where significant diversifications have been noted between maj…

Obstacles to supply chain integration of the performance management process i…

The purpose of this paper is to explain to what degree supplier relationship obstacles and operational tool obstacles hinder supply chain integration of the performance management (PM) process.

The Importance of Logistics Efficiency to Customer Service and Firm Performance

Logistics is considered to have a significant impact on a manufacturing organization's performance. This research utilizes a pilot study, a large‐scale survey of manufacturing managers, and linear structural relations (LISREL). The research methods develop measures and test relationships among six constructs: physical supply, physical distribution, logistics spanning processes, customer servi…

Social exchange behavior in logistics relationships: a shipper perspective

Edisi

Vol. 29 Issue: 2, pp.103-121

ISBN/ISSN

-

Deskripsi Fisik

22 p.

Judul Seri

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management

No. Panggil

ATC LO MOO s

Purchasing social responsibility and firm performance: The key mediating role…

This paper aims to examine how socially responsible supply management activities, a term labeled purchasing social responsibility (PSR) in the extant literature, affect a firm’s costs. There has been much debate, and mixed empirical findings, regarding whether socially responsible behavior on the part of companies improves or reduces firm performance.

Interactive vulnerability in buyer-seller relationships: a dyadic approach

The topic is the construct of interactive vulnerability in buyer-seller relationships based upon mutual time- and relationship-dependencies. The research is based upon a selection of focal dyads between a vehicle manufacturer and its most important suppliers. The principal contribution is a framework of operationalization and analysis of the construct of interactive vulnerability and an empiric…

Implementation of SCM in inter-organizational relationships: a symbolic persp…

The purpose of this paper is to investigate supply chain management (SCM) as a management implement from a symbolic perspective on a dyadic level. So far, no research has investigated SCM from such a perspective, although SCM researchers implicitly have noted that it would be useful to have such a study in order to broaden the understanding of theSCMconcept, as such a study allows for the use o…

Honeymoons in supply chain relationships : The effects of financial capital, …

Cooperation in logistics and supply chain management has most often been studied as a characteristic of a focal firm, rather than as a relationship property, and inter-organisational aspects need to be better understood. The purpose of this paper is to draw on insights from theories on individuals and organisations to study recently formed supply chain relationships (SCRs).

Functional/dysfunctional supply chain exchanges

The purpose of this paper is to propose a means-end value chain framework to understand two supply chain party’s values by presenting a value-matching framework.

Exploring the impact of supply chain counterproductive work behaviors on supp…

The purpose of this research is to investigate the dynamics and dimensions of behaviors .of supply chain employees that may impede the success of supply chain relationships

Exploring relational aspects of time-based competition

The purpose of this paper is to begin to explore the phenomenon of time pressure in supply chain relationships.

Enhancing innovation capability through relationship management and implicati…

The purpose of this paper is to examine empirically the antecedents and consequences of innovativeness or innovation capability of logistics service providers (LSPs). In particular relationship orientation is examined as an antecedent to innovativeness that will in turn lead to higher levels of logistics service quality and firm performance. The outcomes aim at contributing towards understandin…

Emerging internet-enabled auction mechanisms in supply chain

The purpose of this paper is to present the prevailing auction and bidding mechanisms in supply chain management. The paper aims to critically examine the implications of these auction mechanisms using the example of the transportation sector.

Dynamics of relationship governance in TPL arrangements – a dyadic perspective

To improve the understanding of the inter-organizational dynamics of the dyadic relationships between a buyer and provider of logistics services (TPL dyads).

Customer-supplier integration forms in the air-conditioning industry

This paper explores what suppliers and customers do in order to integrate their operations across the supply chain. It also identifies on what contextual factors these specific CSI practices are contingent.

Characteristics of supply chain management and the implications for purchasin…

The concepts of a supply chain and supply chain management are receiving increased attention as means of becoming or remaining competitive in a globally challenging environment. What distinguishes supply chain management from other channel relationships? This paper presents a framework for differentiating between traditional systems and supply chain management systems. These characteristics a…

Channel cooperation: a reflective scale

The purpose of this paper is to draw on theories on inter-organisational governance with a view to developing a reliable reflective scale for measuring inter-firm cooperation in supply chains for use in logistics management research.

Agency theory and quality fade in buyer-supplier relationships

The purpose of this paper is to propose using agency theory for assessing the likelihood of quality fade in buyer-supplier relationships and prescribing contractual mechanisms for reducing quality fade. In this paper, quality fade, an element of supply chain vulnerability, is defined as the unforeseen deterioration of agreed to or expected quality levels with respect to product and/or service r…

Humanitarian cluster leads: lessons from 4PLs

The purpose of this paper is to improve the understanding of the role of humanitarian cluster leads through applying lessons from the fourth-party logistics (4PL) literature.

How to choose an effective third party logistics provider

The purpose of this article was to identify the steps that need to be taken when choosing an effective third party logistics provider. Based on the research completed, it was determined that third party logistics are beneficial to many companies. The use of third party logistics provides a competitive advantage in today’s business world. The optimal solution for a company choosing a third p…

A model to determine complexity in supply networks

The purpose of this paper is to further advance an existing supplier evaluation model for the purpose of identifying those supplier relations which predominantly threaten or worsen a company’s performance. A defined basic set of parameters to determine complexity facilitates the identification of critical locations within a supply network (SN) under certain business conditions.

Retail exchanges: a research agenda

The nature of logistics and supply chain management has dramatically changed as a result of new information technology. Information is now critical in supply systems and information technology has allowed companies to transform their dealings with customers and suppliers. The development of retail exchanges is stimulating further change in supply chains and buyer‐supplier relationships in t…

An interpretation of inter-container port relationships from the demand persp…

Container ports serve as important conduits to facilitate the efficient flow of containerized cargo. As part of value-driven chain systems that intersect between hinterlands, efficiency gains that are generated within the container port will have a direct impact on the competitive advantage of its users and affect the economic potential of both the origin and destination hinterlands. As such, t…

The impact of e-marketplaces on dyadic buyer-supplier relationships: evidence…

This study seeks to explore the impact of e-marketplaces on dyadic buyer-supplier relationships in the healthcare sector. In particular it seeks to determine if the “move to the middle” hypothesis put forward by Clemons et al. will be supported in this domain. Case studies of four buying organisations in the healthcare sector (hospitals) and two suppliers (medical device companies), represe…

The impact of dependence and trust on supply chain integration

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the joint influence of dependence and trust in supply chain relationships on supply chain integration (SCI) and financial performance.

RFID and buyer-seller relationships in the retail supply chain

The aim of this paper is to understand why a collaborative innovation, such as radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, engenders seemingly opposite buyer-seller relationship reactions among members of a supply chain.