Introduction -- Case studies -- Efficient integration of shipping into intra-regional supply chains / Anastasia Christodoulou, Zeeshan Raza and Johan Woxenius -- Overcrowding in a hospital emergency department : a supply chain management referral pathway to reduce overcrowding / Ingrid Hunt and...

Purpose – Managing perishable inventories is a trade‐off of shortages and lost sales against wastage. This paper aims to identify what drives good management of perishables within the supply chain using the example of blood inventory management in hospitals. Design/methodology/approach –...

This paper describes the information flows in the supply chain, and identifies knowledge and expertise as richer more capable entities for its management than data or information. It briefly explores how the structure of the automotive supply chain is changing due to the pressures of increasing...

Since the late 1950s it has been recognised that the systems used internally within supply chains can lead to oscillations in demand and inventory as orders pass through the system. The uncertainty generated by these oscillations can result in late deliveries, order cancellations and an...