We analyze the impact of the elimination of textile and clothing (T&C) quotas in 2005 on India. Our simulations suggest that while Indian exports of T&C will continue to expand in the presence of the safeguards on China, they will be affected adversely once these safeguards are lifted. We argue...

Achieving and maintaining competitive advantage in an increasingly unpredictable and changeable business climate under the new rules of global competition and sustainable development became the major challenges facing the worldwide companies’ management during the last decades. Our paper aims...

Success of the contemporary enterprises (also) depends a lot on their capacity to manage all important supply chains in which they are involved. For that reason the enterprises must rethink and innovate their management (in general) and especially the management of supply chains. Supply chain...

Logistics as an arm of the Supply Chain Management (SCM) concept of functional integration of processes between firms in business partnerships is not new, yet it has been invigorated by globalisation and modern Information Communication Technologies (ICT). The end-to-end Supply Chain (SC) is a...

Hong Kong SAR's economic integration with the Mainland has primarily taken place in the Pearl River Delta (PRD). Taking stock of integration trends, this paper discusses key implications for ensuring economic benefits of further integration are sustained and associated costs minimized. Besides...

Supply chain management improves competition by controlling costs and shortening product delivery cycles.

The paper presents the role and the importance of logistics for products and services in order to obtain the competitive advantage. After a short presentation of logistics evolution, we move on to defining the logistics concept, respectively integrated logistics. The analysis of the logistics...

Exporting through international supply chains was a successful way for East Asian countries to develop their textile and apparel industries in the 1970s and 1980s, but it is a less clear route for countries like Egypt trying to compete today. The challenge is particularly acute given the...

This article presents a modern supply chain management objectives and sets of social conditions for enterprises operating in the area of logistics. In the first part of the article, the issue is discussed Applying logistics supply chain management, in reality, followed by consideration as to...