The main aim of supply chain management is to have control over the whole parties involved in the chain, from suppliers to the end customers, creating the seamless flow of goods, information, and money. Any change in the business environment may cause vulnerabilities to the whole chain. Yet, managers still focus on reducing cost and increasing reward. So it is hard to sell risk management as a ...

Global trade of finished goods as well as global sourcing of components and raw material is gaining importance. The paper aims to investigate the impact of trade agreements and tariffs on global Supply Chains and to describe the implications for strategic supply chain management decisions in terms of supplier selection and plant locations. The present system of trade agreements and tariffs amon...

This research seeks to investigate the new product development (NPD) approaches and the supply chain redesign strategies as part of the sustainable development. A systematic approach of literature review will be undertaken in order for effective gathering a set of structured data to act as a basis for the further discussions. The case of Boeing Dreamliner provides with a qualitative research me...

modern manufacturing enterprises are required to collaborate by their business partners through their business process operations such as design, manufacture, distribution, and aftersales services. and furthermore performance evaluation is of great importance for effective supply chain man agement. therefore, dea can help companies to remove some of the in efficiencies in operational processes ...

today’s competition is promoted from firm against firm to supply chain versus supply chain, globalization and competition is a common phenomenon so each organization should make its supply chain as a weapon against the others, in doing so this paper presented a conceptual, graphical, step by step methodology to construct supply chain strategies by integrating strategic management’s theories, ap...

The purpose of this paper is to identify capability configurations when managing ambidextrous supply chains. To illuminate these issues, we draw on a longitudinal in-depth study of ScanFashion an international fashion firm. We find supply chain managers at ScanFashion face substantial challenges related to (i) simultaneously pursuing long range planning and flexible adaptation, (ii) ensuring co...

Abstract/Résumé : The supply planning of agricultural products and in particular perishable products is a critical issue in the supply chain management field due to high safety and quality risks associated with the delays in the products delivery. This work is concerned with the planning of a real agri-food supply chain for poultry products. More precisely the problem is to redesign the existin...

In order to manage medicine distribution in an appropriate manner, there is a necessity of deep understanding of its management. The challenges of the pharmaceutical products supply chain are its specified shelf life and specified storage conditions. Managing quality of medicines during distribution is a critical operation. There are various dosage forms of medicines eg tablets, syrups, injecta...