Managing supply chains [[electronic resource] ] : challenges and opportunities / / René de Koster & Werner Delfmann, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785425603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Køge, : Copenhagen Business School Press; Portland, OR, : Distribution in North America [by] International Specialized Book Services, c2007
• ISBN: 1-62198-671-3; 87-630-9979-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Classificazione: 85.34
• Altri autori (Persone): KosterM. B. M. de <1958->; DelfmannWerner
• Disciplina: 658.5
• Soggetti: Business logistics; Industrial management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Managing Supply Chains ""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Authors""; ""Preface""; ""PART I SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY ""; ""1 Design of Reverse Supply Chains: Centralized or Decentralized Structure""; ""1. Background""; ""1.1. Research Topics""; ""1.2. Methodological Approach""; ""2. Frame of Reference""; ""2.1. Definition of the Reverse SC""; ""2.2. The Challenge of Reverse Logistics""; ""2.3. A Holistic Perspective: Beyond Logistics-related Arguments""; ""3. Main Types of Return Items""; ""4. Centralized versus Decentralized Reverse SC""; ""4.1. Structural Configurations of Actors""; ""4.2. A Decentralized Reverse SC""""4.3. Determinants""; ""5. Conclusions and Research Implications""; ""6. References""; ""2 Implications of Supply ChainMonitoring""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Theoretical Framework""; ""3. Method""; ""4. Case findings""; ""5. Analysis""; ""6. Conclusions""; ""7. References""; ""3 Failing to Measure SCM Maturity""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1. Basics of Supply Chain Management""; ""2. SCM Maturity Model""; ""2.1. Research Method""; ""2.2. SCM Constructs""; ""2.3. The Questionnaire""; ""3. The Panel Group Study""; ""3.1. Results â€? Supply Chain Management""; ""3.2. Results â€? Supply Chain Integration""""3.3. Identifying SCM Maturity""; ""4. The Second Panel Group Study""; ""4.1. Results from the Second Study""; ""5. Conclusions""; ""6. Future Research""; ""7. References""; ""4 Safeguarding Specific Investments in Global Buyer-Supplier-Relationships""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Problem Formulation""; ""3. Development of an Integrated Safeguard Framework""; ""3.1. Components of the Safeguard Framework""; ""3.2. Development of an integrated Framework for the Selection of Safeguards""; ""4. Applying the integrated Safeguard Framework - Case Study of SAS Autosystemtechnik Verwaltungs GmbH""""4.1. Company profile""; ""4.2. Applying the Framework - The Selection Process""; ""4.2. The Evaluation Process""; ""5. Results and Limitations""; ""6. References""; ""5 Relationship Development and Manufacturing Performance""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Theoretical Background and Hypotheses""; ""3. Methodology""; ""3.1. Survey Instrument""; ""3.2. Sample""; ""4. Analysis and Findings""; ""4.1. Descriptive Statistics""; ""4.2. Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Path Model""; ""5. Discussion and Implications""""6. Limitations and Future Research""; ""Appendix A""; ""7. References""; ""PART II SUPPLY CHAIN EXECUTION""; ""6 Research in Logistics Service Providing â€? A Meta-Analysis""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Classification""; ""2.1. Classification Topics of Logistics Service Provider""; ""2.2. Classification Research Methodologies""; ""2.3. Classification Procedure""; ""3. Results for Publications on Logistics Service Provider""; ""3.1. Directions in Research Topics""; ""3.3. Combination of Content and Research Method""; ""4. Conclusions for Research in Logistics Service Provisiding""