This paper gives an account of a real in-depth case study showing the successful application of internal benchmarking to a complex industrial environment. It focuses on improving the efficiency of the 'Distribution Logistics' process of a multinational cable manufacturer spanning three...

Die Wirtschaftkrise und die aktuell folgende, rasante Erholung unterstreichen die Relevanz eines gesunden und schlagkräftigen Lieferantennetzwerkes. Sebastian M. Durst zeigt mittels einer dyadisch angelegten, empirischen Studie auf, wie und unter welchen Umständen Lieferanten strategisch...

This paper focuses on selection of third-party logistics providers supplying the firm with contract logistics services. Decisions on the selection of third-party logistics providers are strategic decisions which have to be long-term orientated considering mutual commitments between the partners...

Purpose – According to literature research and conversations with apparel manufacturers' specialists, there is not any common analytic method for demand forecasting in apparel industry and to the authors' knowledge, there is not adequate number of study in literature to forecast the demand...

A phenomenon that is now well known as the bullwhip effect suggests that the variability of orders increases as they move up the supply chain from retailers to wholesalers to manufacturers to suppliers. In this paper, we will focus mainly on measuring the bullwhip effect. Existing approaches...