Due to increasing globalization, businesses are managing global supply chains. Information technology and the internet have introduced new market opportunities. Increases in productivity and increasing cost pressures from global competition have introduced just-in-time manufacturing and assembly. The trucking industry, which moves over three-quarters of the country’s freight, has had to adapt t...

The hospital industry needs funds to refurbish physical facilities, upgrade clinical and information technologies, and rebuild financial positions weakened by past external challenges and unwise organizational strategies. The financial markets offer a marked contrast in capital access, as bond creditors remain skeptical while stock investors plunge back into the once-shunned industry. Ironicall...

As part of the session on “Information Technology and Changing Supply Chain Behavior,” this paper focuses on one agri-food industry and considers how the cattle-beef sector utilizes information technology to facilitate supply chain functions. The core functions of a supply chain are 1) responsiveness to consumer needs and 2) transformation of goods in form and location to deliver them efficient...

Despite evidence that lack of interoperable information systems results in enormous costs, development, implementation, and effective use of interorganizational information systems (IOS) remain an elusive goal for many companies. Lack of interoperability across systems is especially problematic for manufacturers dependent on global supply chains. We develop propositions about the characteristic...

background: elastomeric chains are commonly used in orthodontics. force decay in these materials poses clinical problems. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of three different mouthwashes on the force decay of orthodontic chains. materials and methods: in this experimental study, elastomeric chains with two different confi gurations were divided into eight groups (two control and...

Retail is the largest private industry in the world which accounts for 8 % GDP. In countries like US, UK, Germany, France major market share is in larger formats of business in terms of retail activities, categories, range, brands, and volumes etc. Indian retail industry is slowly inching its way towards becoming the next boom industry, as retail sector has been getting major attention from the...

A major security-challenge in the automotive industry is to enable the secure and flexible engineering cooperation with changing partners in complex development projects. Therefore an effective interorganizational identity management is needed to control access to cooperative development platforms. This identity management has to be based on reliable identification of engineers of various partn...

Firms are integrating segmented supply chains to improve global resource coordination and reduce buffers, such as lead times and inventory levels. Yet, supply chain integration, if inappropriately conceptualized, can have a detrimental impact on market responsiveness and value generation capability. Transformational innovations in Internet technologies, e-business models, such as consortia-spon...

Over the past few decades, international fragmentation of production and offshore outsourcing have remarkably altered the organization of Western industries. Particularly in low-tech, manufacturing sectors, the fast spread of global production network has forced managers to reconsider the configuration of their supply chains, including the alignment between marketing and operations. Although ma...