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Blockchain for compliance: an information processing case study of mandatory supply chain transparency in conflict minerals sourcing Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Alisha Tuladhar, Michael Rogerson, Juliette Engelhart, Glenn C. Parry, Birgit Altrichter
Purpose Firms are increasingly pressured to comply with mandatory supply chain transparency (SCT) regulations. Drawing on information processing theory (IPT), this study aims to show how blockchain technology can address information uncertainty and equivocality in assuring regulatory compliance in an interorganizational network (ION). Design/methodology/approach IPT is applied in a single case study
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Blockchain technology for supply chain provenance: increasing supply chain efficiency and consumer trust Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Elena Isabel Vazquez Melendez, Paul Bergey, Brett Smith
Purpose This study aims to examine the blockchain landscape in supply chain management by drawing insights from academic and industry literature. It identifies the key drivers, categorizes the products involved and highlights the business values achieved by early adopters of blockchain technology within the supply chain domain. Additionally, it explores fingerprinting techniques to establish a robust
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The role of a boundary object in legitimacy-making strategies for food waste innovation: the perspective of emergent circular supply chains Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Quynh Do, Nishikant Mishra, Fernando Correia, Stephen Eldridge
Purpose Circular economy advocates innovations that upcycle wastes in the food supply chain to generate high added-value materials. These innovations are not only disruptive and green but also they are often initiated by startups, leading to the emergence of novel open-loop supply chains connecting actors in food and non-food sectors. While earlier research has highlighted the need to seek legitimacy
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Overcoming the barriers to food recovery Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Ryan Atkins, Kim Deranek, Robert Sroufe
Purpose Research and interest in food loss and waste (FLW) have increased, but barriers stand in the way of firms engaging in food recovery efforts. The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of how firms overcome these barriers. Design/methodology/approach This study followed a qualitative, field-study-based research design in which 23 decision-makers at food-based organizations were
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The relationship between information processing capabilities, Net-Zero capability and supply chain performance Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Gökcay Balci, Syed Imran Ali
Purpose This study views Net-Zero as a dynamic capability for decarbonising supply chains (SCs). This study aims to investigate the relationship between three information processing-related capabilities (supply chain visibility [SCV], supply chain integration [SCI] and big data analytics [BDA]) as its antecedents and SC performance as its competitive advantage outcome. Design/methodology/approach The
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Innovation for zero-deforestation sustainable supply chain management services: a performance measurement and management approach Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Anthony Alexander, Maneesh Kumar, Helen Walker, Jon Gosling
Purpose Food sector supply chains have significant negative environmental impacts, including the expansion of global food commodity production, which is driving tropical deforestation – a major climate and biodiversity problem. Innovative supply chain monitoring services promise to address such impacts. Legislation also designates “forest-risk commodities”, demanding supply chain due diligence of their
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Digital transformation in food supply chains: an implementation framework Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Shiyi Wang, Abhijeet Ghadge, Emel Aktas
Purpose Digital transformation using Industry 4.0 technologies can address various challenges in food supply chains (FSCs). However, the integration of emerging technologies to achieve digital transformation in FSCs is unclear. This study aims to establish how the digital transformation of FSCs can be achieved by adopting key technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoTs), cloud computing (CC)
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Breaking the cycle of inertia in food supply chains: a systems thinking approach for innovation and sustainability Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Mariel Alem Fonseca, Naoum Tsolakis, Pichawadee Kittipanya-Ngam
Purpose Amidst compounding crises and increasing global population’s nutritional needs, food supply chains are called to address the “diet–environment–health” trilemma in a sustainable and resilient manner. However, food system stakeholders are reluctant to act upon established protein sources such as meat to avoid potential public and industry-driven repercussions. To this effect, this study aims
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A COVID replication and extension of firms’ resilience to supply chain disruptions Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2024-01-01 R. Anthony Inman, Kenneth W. Green, Matthew D. Roberts
Purpose The purpose is to replicate and extend Ambulkar et al.’s (2015) work testing resource reconfiguration as a mediator of the supply chain disruption/firm resilience relationship and testing risk management infrastructure as a moderator. This study extends the work of Ambulkar in that it uses analysis of survey data gathered from manufacturing firms during an actual disruption event (COVID-19)
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Exploring the value chain of organic pineapple of Assam, India Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Naba Kumar Das, Arup Roy, Saurabh Kumar Srivastava
Purpose The global organic market is expanding, and India is in an advantageous position with the highest number of organic producers worldwide. Although many articles have been published on the value chain of organic products from India, no significant studies were found related to the value chain analysis of organic pineapple. This study aims to know the various aspects of the organic pineapple value
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Unveiling the factors influencing transparency and traceability in agri-food supply chains: an interconnected framework Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Aniekan Essien, Godwin Onyekachi Chukwukelu, Nikolai Kazantsev, Nachiappan Subramanian
Purpose The global food industry is faced with the dilemma of finding a balance between food wastage and food shortage. Approximately one-third of food produced globally goes to waste, while about 800 million people suffer from undernourishment. Given this context, the purpose of this study is to investigate the unresolved challenges related to enhancing transparency associated with products of high
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Risk management behaviour in digital factories: the influence of technology and task uncertainty on managerial risk responses Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Melanie Kessler, Eugenia Rosca, Julia Arlinghaus
Purpose This study aims to advance a behavioural approach towards understanding how managerial perception impacts the enactment of responses to risk management during the implementation of digital technologies in industrial operations and supply chains. The purpose is to investigate the influence of (digital) technology and task uncertainty on the risk perception of managers and how this impacts risk
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The silver lining of supply chain complexity: building supply chain resilience and robustness through exploitation and exploration Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Anas Iftikhar, Imran Ali, Mark Stevenson
Purpose This study aims to analyse whether the presence of supply chain complexity (SCC) influences firms to improve their supply chain (SC) resilience and SC robustness capability. This study also examines an important paradox: whether investing in both exploitation and exploration practices is conflicting or complementary to enabling SC resilience and robustness in the presence of SCC. Design/methodology/approach
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Measuring supplier diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI): scale development and empirical validation Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Minelle E. Silva, Salomée Ruel, José Milton Sousa-Filho
Purpose As firms consider initiatives to enhance their social sustainability performance, supplier diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) have become significantly more important. As such, the purpose of this study is to theorize, operationalize and develop an empirical scale to measure supplier DEI. Design/methodology/approach The following three-phase scale development method was used: first, identification
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Supply chain 4.0 ambidexterity and lean supply chain management: interrelationships and effect on the focal firm’s operational performance Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 María Isabel Roldán Bravo, Juan Manuel Maqueira-Marin, José Moyano-Fuentes
Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: firstly, to provide a measurement instrument for supply chain 4.0 ambidexterity by applying the theoretical perspective of ambidexterity to advance Industry 4.0; secondly, to empirically analyse how supply chain 4.0 ambidexterity and lean supply chain management contribute to enhancing the focal firm’s operational performance. Design/methodology/approach
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Drivers of consumer protection practices: implications for operational performance Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Amrou Awaysheh, Robert D. Klassen, Asad Shafiq, P. Fraser Johnson
Purpose Globalization and increased outsourcing have contributed to increased supply chain complexity, exposing firms to greater vulnerability in the areas of product safety and supply chain security. Meanwhile, stakeholders pressure firms to ensure that their products are safe, and their supply chains are secure. Drawing from stakeholder theory, this paper aims to explore how the supply chain characteristics
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Evaluating the intention to use Industry 5.0 (I5.0) drones for cleaner production in Sustainable Food Supply Chains: an emerging economy context Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-11-02 Kamran Mahroof, Amizan Omar, Emilia Vann Yaroson, Samaila Ado Tenebe, Nripendra P. Rana, Uthayasankar Sivarajah, Vishanth Weerakkody
Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate food supply chain stakeholders’ intention to use Industry 5.0 (I5.0) drones for cleaner production in food supply chains. Design/methodology/approach The authors used a quantitative research design and collected data using an online survey administered to a sample of 264 food supply chain stakeholders in Nigeria. The partial least square structural equation
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Interdisciplinary challenges associated with rapid response in the food supply chain Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Pauline van Beusekom – Thoolen, Paul Holmes, Wendy Jansen, Bart Vos, Alie de Boer
Purpose This paper aims to explore the interdisciplinary nature of coordination challenges in the logistic response to food safety incidents while distinguishing the food supply chain positions involved. Design/methodology/approach This adopts an exploratory qualitative research approach over a period of 11 years. Multiple research periods generated 38 semi-structured interviews and 2 focus groups
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Linkages between technologies and supply chain performance: benefits, power and risk reduction Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-10-11 Pamela J. Zelbst, Liu Yang, Kenneth W. Green, Victor E. Sower
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the combined impact of the Industry 4.0 blockchain and industrial internet of things technology (IIoT) technologies on the development of supply chain linkages associated with power, benefits and risk reduction and the ultimate impact of the linkages on supply chain performance. Design/methodology/approach A structural model with blockchain and IIoT as
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A novel coexistent resilience index to evaluate the supply chain resilience of industries using fuzzy logic Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 M.S. Narassima, Vidyadhar Gedam, Angappa Gunasekaran, S.P. Anbuudayasankar, M. Dwarakanath
Purpose This study aims to explore supply chain resilience (SCR) and provides a unique resilience index. The work measures the resilience status of 37 organizations across 22 industries and provides insight into accessing the supply chain (SC) vulnerability in an uncertain environment. Design/methodology/approach This study involves measuring the resilience status of 37 organizations across 22 industries
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Insight from industry: Moet Hennessy’s development of an innovative supplier diversity program in the wine and beverage industry Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Remko van Hoek, Dominique Lebigot, Antoine Bagot, Shannon Sexton
Purpose Supplier diversity has roots in US supply chains going back 50 years. Unfortunately, supplier diversity programs have been hindered by less than wholehearted buyer adoption and stakeholder engagement. The original scoping of supplier diversity also holds limitations when comparing to the multidimensionality of the diversity and inclusion concept. The purpose of this article is to share lessons
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Can the supply chain management field be more critical? Building new bridges with critical management studies Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-09-06 Ely Laureano Paiva, Rafael Alcadipani, Kenyth Alves De Freitas, Larissa Alves Sincorá, Arun Abraham Elias
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how three core elements of critical management studies (CMSs), “de-naturalisation”, “reflexivity” and “(non)-performative intent”, can help expand the current debate in the supply chain management (SCM) field. Design/methodology/approach The authors used a systematic literature review to select 103 articles published in 12 high-ranking journals in
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Blockchain in supply chain management: a feature-function framework for future research Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 James C. Brau, John Gardner, Hugo A. DeCampos, Krista Gardner
Purpose Blockchain technology offers numerous venues for supply chain applications and research. However, the connections between specific blockchain features and future applications have been unclear to date in its evolution. The purpose of this study is to fill this void. Design/methodology/approach The authors advance the understanding of blockchain in supply chain management by providing a new
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Unraveling the black box of supply chain flexibility in lean production environments Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-08-10 Beatriz Minguela-Rata, Juan Manuel Maqueira, Araceli Rojo, José Moyano-Fuentes
Purpose This study aims to examine the full mediating role of supply chain flexibility (SCF) between lean production (LP) and business performance (BP) found in the previous literature. This effect negates the direct LP-BP effect (the so-called “total eclipse effect”). The authors analyze the individual contributions that the different SCF dimensions (sourcing flexibility; operating system flexibility
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Supply network resilience capabilities: a social–ecological perspective Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Larissa Statsenko, Ruchini Senarath Jayasinghe, Claudine Soosay
Purpose This study aims to investigate supply network (SN) resilience capabilities across the organizational, supply chain (SC) and industry levels by drawing on the complex adaptive systems (CASs) theory and the social–ecological perspective of resilience. An empirically grounded framework operationalizes the concept of social–ecological resilience by expounding resilience capabilities across phases
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Social enterprise housing supply chains for resource-constrained communities: a complexity lens approach Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Tillmann Boehme, Joshua Fan, Thomas Birtchnell, James Aitken, Neil Turner, Eric Deakins
Purpose Delivering housing to resource-constrained communities (RCCs) is a complex process beset with difficulties. The purpose of this study is to use a complexity lens to examine the approach taken by a social enterprise (SE) in Australia to develop and manage a housebuilding supply chain for RCCs. Design/methodology/approach The research team used a longitudinal case study approach from 2017 to
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Multi-tier sustainable supply chain management: a case study of a global food retailer Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-07-20 Adegboyega Oyedijo, Simonov Kusi-Sarpong, Muhammad Shujaat Mubarik, Sharfuddin Ahmed Khan, Kome Utulu
Purpose Implementing sustainable practices in multi-tier supply chains (MTSCs) is a difficult task. This study aims to investigate why such endeavours fail and how MTSC partners can address them. Design/methodology/approach A single-case study of a global food retail company was used in this study. Semi-structured interviews with the case firm and its first- and second-tier suppliers were used to collect
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Managing supplier sustainability risk: an experimental study Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Sara Hajmohammad, Robert D. Klassen, Stephan Vachon
Purpose Buying firms are increasingly exposed to sustainability risk arising from negative conditions or potential events in their supply base that might provoke adverse stakeholder reactions. Procurement managers at these firms can pursue multiple strategies to address this risk with suppliers, including acceptance, monitoring-based mitigation, avoidance and collaboration-based mitigation. This study
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A maturity model for supply chain risk management Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-07-11 João Henrique Lopes Guerra, Fernando Bernardi de Souza, Silvio Roberto Ignácio Pires, Anderson Luiz Ribeiro de Sá
Purpose Supply chains are among the most important, complex and risky systems in the modern world. Thus, managing risk is no longer an option, but a fundamental process in organizations. Given the lack of pathways that guide companies toward supply chain risk management (SCRM), the purpose of this study is to provide a conceptual reference, in the form of a maturity model, to support them in the evolution
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Leveraging on technology and sustainability to innovate the supply chain: a proposal of agri-food value chain model Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 Angelo Corallo, Martina De Giovanni, Maria Elena Latino, Marta Menegoli
Purpose Nowadays, the agri-food industry is called to face several sustainability challenges that require the development of new sustainable models. The adoption of new technological assets from Industry 4.0 supports the companies during the implementation of sustainability practices. Several models design the operation management of the food supply chains (FSCs). Because none extant models resulted
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Achieving supply chain resilience in an era of disruptions: a configuration approach of capacities and strategies Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Barbara Gaudenzi, Roberta Pellegrino, Ilenia Confente
Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic and recent disruptive events are affecting firms’ operations and supply chain networks on a large scale, causing disturbances in supply, demand, production and logistics activities. Although supply chain resilience (SCR) research has received large attention in recent years, the purpose of this paper is to offer an original contribution by exploring how complex configurations
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Leveraging data-driven decisions: a framework for building intracompany capability for supply chain optimization and resilience Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Denise Chenger, Rachael N. Pettigrew
Purpose Companies are turning to big data (BD) programs to help mitigate supply chain (SC) disruptions and risks that are increasing in frequency and severity. The purpose of this paper is to explore exactly how companies translate data into meaningful information used to manage SC risk and create economic value; an area not well researched. As companies are turning to big-data programs to help mitigate
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Resilience in global supply chains: analysis of responses, recovery actions and strategic changes triggered by major disruptions Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Maria Holgado, Alexander Niess
Purpose Are major and frequent disruptions transforming global supply chains? This study aims to investigate how multinational companies (MNCs) are responding to the phenomenon of accumulated major disruptions in recent years and plausible new paradigm of unstable conditions and environmental uncertainty from a supply chain resilience (SCRES) perspective. Design/methodology/approach Following an inductive
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Effects of the degree of supply chain resilience capability in supply chain performance in the UAE energy industry Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Nuha Adel Luqman, Syed Zamberi Ahmad, Matloub Hussain
Purpose This study aims to investigate the influence of supply chain resilience (SCR) and supply chain capabilities (SCC) on supply chain performance (SCP) through the direct and moderating influence of the degree of SCR (DSCR), as demonstrated in UAE energy industry supply chain management (SCM) processes. Design/methodology/approach Using the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM)
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Exploring supply chain finance along different supply chain stages: a case-based research in the agri-food industry Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-05-17 Elisa Medina, Federico Caniato, Antonella Maria Moretto
Purpose Since 2008’s financial crisis, attention toward supply chain finance (SCF) has increased. However, most research investigates SCF considering single supply chain (SC) stages or buyer–supplier dyads and focuses on a single SCF solution. It is important to see how different solutions are adopted at different SC stages, by actors with different financing needs. This study aims to analyze SCF at
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The impact of procurement digitalization on supply chain resilience: empirical evidence from Finland Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Aleksi Harju, Jukka Hallikas, Mika Immonen, Katrina Lintukangas
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of procurement digitalization in reducing uncertainty in the supply chain (SC) and how it relates to mitigating SC risks and improving SC resilience (SCRES). Design/methodology/approach Based on survey data collected from the procurement functions of 147 Finnish firms, this study conceptualizes data analytics, information sharing and procurement
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Contingent resource-based view of food netchain organization and firm performance: a comprehensive quantitative framework Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-05-11 Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacques Trienekens, Verena Otter
Purpose Much has been written on the effect of fast-moving business environments on organizational and supply chain (SC) management. Yet, empirical findings on the effect of changing external and internal contingencies on today’s globalized agrifood SC networks and performance are still fragmented into different organizational instruments, with some conflicting results remaining unexplained. This study
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Supply chain resilience and absorptive capacity: crisis mitigation and performance effects during Covid-19 Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Jan Stentoft, Ole Stegmann Mikkelsen, Kent Adsbøll Wickstrøm
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships of supply chain resilience (SCR) and absorptive capacity (ACAP) with firm performance by specifically examining the crisis-mitigating effects under an environmental jolt such as COVID-19. Design/methodology/approach This paper is based on data from a questionnaire survey among Danish manufacturing and transport and logistics companies
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Power asymmetries in supply chains and implications for environmental governance: a study of the beef industry Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-04-24 Sanaz Chamanara, Benjamin P. Goldstein, Joshua P. Newell
Purpose Supply chain governance constitutes the rules, structures and institutions that guide supply chains toward various objectives, including environmental sustainability. Previous studies have provided insight into the relationship between governance and sustainability but have overlooked two crucial dimensions: power dynamics and the influence of outside actors. This paper aims to address these
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Dimensions and sub-dimensions of emergency supply chain resilience: a case study of Médecins Sans Frontières Logistique during the COVID-19 pandemic Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 Sylvie Michel, Sylvie Gerbaix, Marc Bidan
Purpose This paper aims to study the dimensions and subdimensions of humanitarian supply chain resilience through the case of an non-governmental organization (NGO) logistics organization facing the international COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach The methodology of this empirical research paper is based on a qualitative study using semistructured interviews with key actors of the Médecins
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Sustainability in the supply chain – understanding suppliers’ resource allocation for sustainability issues Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-04-13 Paul T.M. Ingenbleek, Caspar Krampe
Purpose As corporate sustainability is systemic, it cannot be achieved without effective involvement of suppliers. This study aims to examine the drivers of supplier companies’ resource allocation to a sustainability issue that affects customer companies and society at large. Design/methodology/approach Supplier companies’ resource allocation for a sustainability issue is explained from variables at
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The rugged landscape of product stewardship: Does it invoke the double-edged effect of knowledge acquisition? Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Antony Paulraj, Christopher Rajkumar, Constantin Blome, Murtaza Faruquee
Purpose That knowledge acquisition from external sources can play a pivotal role in product design is a well-known fact. However, knowledge acquisition need not play a pivotal role in every context; it is also documented to have a dark side (i.e. negative impacts). Specifically, given that product stewardship, by definition, calls on each party in the product life cycle – including suppliers – to share
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Managing asymmetrical supply chain relationships: psychological ownership and commitment in the agri-food sector Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-02-28 Hannele Suvanto, Merja Lähdesmäki
Purpose In this paper, the authors integrate the psychological ownership theory with the concept of commitment to contribute to the discussion on agricultural supply chain management. The purpose of this study is to examine how farmers experience their commitment to the business relationship with the processor and how this is conveyed through the routes of psychological ownership. Design/methodology/approach
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The impact of multiagent systems on autonomous production and supply chain networks: use cases, barriers and contributions to logistics network resilience Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Benjamin Nitsche, Jonas Brands, Horst Treiblmaier, Jonas Gebhardt
Purpose Academics and practitioners have long acknowledged the potential of multiagent systems (MAS) to automate and autonomize decision-making in logistics and supply chain networks. Despite the manifold promises of MAS, industry adoption is lagging behind, and the exact benefits of these systems remain unclear. This study aims to fill this knowledge gap by analyzing 11 specific MAS use cases, highlighting
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Contextualizing resilience to critical infrastructure maintenance supply networks Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Kirstin Scholten, Dirk Pieter van Donk, Damien Power, Stephanie Braeuer
Purpose To be able to continuously provide affordable services to consumers, managers of critical infrastructure (CI) maintenance supply networks have to balance investments in resilience with costs. At the same time, CI providers need to consider factors that influence resilience such as the geographical spread or the location of the network. This study aims to contextualize supply chain resilience
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Supply chain accountability, COVID-19, and violations of workers’ rights in the global clothing supply chain Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-02-13 Shahzad Uddin, Md Shoaib Ahmed, Khandakar Shahadat
Purpose This study aims to contribute to the debate on the efficacy of softer regulations to prevent violations of workers’ rights in the global clothing supply chain. Design/methodology/approach This study draws on value trap and adverse incorporations as a theoretical lens to understand the reasons behind the continued violations of workers’ rights. The empirical findings are based on an analysis
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The dual environmental customer and green reputation pressures on environmental management systems: the performance implications of manufacturing exports Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Hung Nguyen, George Onofrei, Frank Wiengarten, Ying Yang, Robert McClelland, Mohammadreza Akbari
Purpose This study aims to explore the joint effects of environmental customer and green reputation pressures (GRP) on environmental management systems (EMSs), and their linkages to environmental and business performance, especially among export manufacturers. Design/methodology/approach This study collected empirical data from 437 manufacturers in multiple countries to explore differences in handling
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The role of power-based behaviours on pharmaceutical supply chain resilience Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-01-26 Emilia Vann Yaroson, Liz Breen, Jiachen Hou, Julie Sowter
Purpose This study aims to explore the effect of power-based behaviours on pharmaceutical supply chain (PSC) resilience. Design/methodology/approach This study used a mixed-method approach to explore the role of power-based behaviours in PSC resilience. Qualitative interviews from 23 key PSC stakeholders, followed by thematic analysis, revealed the underlying perceptions regarding PSC resilience. Quantitative
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The role of technology in supply chain decarbonisation: towards an integrated conceptual framework Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-01-18 Linqi Xu, Fu Jia, Xiao Lin, Lujie Chen
Purpose This study aims to systematically review the current academic literature on the role of technologies in low-carbon supply chain management (SCM), identify and analyse critical themes and propose an integrated conceptual model. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review of 48 papers published between 2010 and 2022 was conducted. A conceptual model was advanced. Findings Based
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The impact of using digital technologies on supply chain resilience and robustness: the role of memory under the covid-19 outbreak Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-01-17 Murilo Zamboni Alvarenga, Marcos Paulo Valadares de Oliveira, Tiago André Gonçalves Félix de Oliveira
Purpose This paper’s main aim is to check the mediating effect of supply chain memory in the relationship between using digital technologies and both supply chain resilience and robustness. In addition, the impact of the COVID-19 disruption was tested as a moderator of the impact of supply chain memory on supply chain resilience and robustness. Design/methodology/approach Altogether, 257 supply chain
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Industry 4.0 technology capabilities, resilience and incremental innovation in Australian manufacturing firms: a serial mediation model Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-01-10 Dilupa Nakandala, Richard Yang, Henry Lau, Samanthi Weerabahu
Purpose There is a well-documented trend among businesses for applying continuously improving, technologically-supported processes. This trend, in part, responds to evolving and challenging business environments and competitive pressures. It also increasingly mandates the need for businesses to invest in improving their digital capabilities and is driven by the expectation that such investments will
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Supply chain resilience strategies and their impact on sustainability: an investigation from the automobile sector Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Jagroop Singh, Abu Bakar Abdul Hamid, Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes
Purpose The purpose of this study is to propose a framework comprising supply chain (SC) resilience strategies to handle low-frequency high impact disruptive events. This study also evaluates the impact of SC resilience strategies’ implementation on the triple bottom line of SC sustainability. Design/methodology/approach A hybrid three-phased method is proposed to meet the research objectives of this
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Improving cross-functional teams’ effectiveness during supply chain disruptions: the importance of information scouting and internal integration Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Mitchell J. van den Adel, Thomas A. de Vries, Dirk Pieter van Donk
Purpose Organizations increasingly rely on cross-functional teams to deal with supply chain (SC) disruptions. These teams may use their broad range of connections and expertise to gather or scout relevant information, enabling them to develop integrative countermeasures and increase their organization’s resilience. Despite their potential, cross-functional teams often struggle to attain information
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Let us get contextual: critical realist case studies in supply chain management Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2022-12-02 Amanda Bille, Christian Hendriksen
Purpose This study aims to explain the value of using critical realist case research in supply chain management (SCM). While positivist case research focuses on generalizable law-like rules, and interpretivist research explores social meaning, critical realist case research seeks to make objective explanations that are bound by the case context. This study demonstrates how a critical realist synthesis
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Leveraging supply integration, mass customization and manufacturing flexibility capabilities and the contingency of innovation orientation Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2022-11-28 Hamid Jafari, Hadi Ghaderi, Mohammad H. Eslami, Mohsin Malik
Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between supply integration and firm performance by first, investigating the mediating effects of manufacturing flexibility and mass customization; and second, exploring the moderating role of innovation orientation on the link between internal capabilities and performance. Design/methodology/approach Resource orchestration and contingency theories
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A start-up’s collaboration in networks for sustainable freight transport: a micro-meso-macro approach to innovation Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2022-11-28 Lisa Melander, Frida Lind
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse how start-ups with a clear sustainability focus collaborate with multiple actors at different levels to pursue business ideas and develop sustainable freight transport solutions. Design/methodology/approach This paper builds on a theoretical approach that includes three levels of analysis: the actor level (micro), business-network level (meso) and society
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Systemic risks in supply chains: a need for system-level governance Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2022-10-05 Celian Colon, Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler
Purpose Global and interconnected supply chains are increasingly exposed to systemic risks, whereby individual failures propagate across firms, sectors and borders. Systemic risks have emerged from the decisions of individual firms, e.g., outsourcing and buffer reduction, and are now beyond their control. This paper aims to identify appropriate approaches to mitigating those risks. Design/methodology/approach
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Beyond the hype: how blockchain affects supply chain performance Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2022-08-30 Sven Markus, Paul Buijs
Purpose This paper aims to contribute to the debate about the value of blockchain for supply chain management by assessing empirical evidence on the relationship between blockchain and supply chain performance. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a structured review of the academic literature to identify and assess papers providing empirical insight on operational blockchain applications
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Learning by supplying to climb the value chain: suppliers’ transition from B-to-B to B-to-C Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2022-08-29 Irfan Irfan, Alan Kai Ming Au, Faisal Khurshid, Felix T.S. Chan
Purpose Drawing on organizational learning and dynamic capabilities literature, this study aims to explore how suppliers from traditional emerging economies (STEE) can acquire, assimilate and use new knowledge essential for the development of production and marketing capabilities. These capabilities then facilitate suppliers in climbing the value chain from B-to-B to B-to-C. Design/methodology/approach
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Smart green supply chain management: a configurational approach to enhance green performance through digital transformation Supply Chain Management (IF 11.263) Pub Date : 2022-08-19 Laura V. Lerman, Guilherme Brittes Benitez, Julian M. Müller, Paulo Renato de Sousa, Alejandro Germán Frank
Purpose While it is known that digital transformation facilitates data flow in supply chains, its importance on green supply chain management (GSCM) has not been investigated concisely. This paper aims to expand the theory of digital transformation in GSCM by investigating the interconnections between these concepts and providing an integrative view of a smart green supply chain management (Smart GSCM)