Purpose: In a volatile marketplace, warehouse management is fundamentally contingent of changes in its supply network environment. Flexibility is therefore a key logistics issue in distribution centre management. This study probes into the nature of warehouse flexibility in a supply network...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to question the applicability of recent industry-derived terms such as “Big Data” (BD) and the “Internet of things” (IoT) in a supply chain managerial context. Is this labeling useful in managing the operations found in supply chains?...

Purpose: This study aims to consider the developing of strategic use of big data in association with long-linked physical goods supply focusing on risk management. Design/methodology/approach: Analysis is grounded on a case study of organizing the import of machine parts from Shanghai, China,...

A customer value-oriented approach is applied to analyze a case study of an ongoing project in rural Thailand to trace quality produce supplied to upmarket retail in the same country. Traceability, an organizational competence, is seldom in business practice as well as in the literature...

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The purpose of this study is to model and thereby enable simulation of the complete business entity of fresh food supply. A case narrative of fresh strawberry supply provides basis for this modelling. Lamming et al. (2000) point to the importance of discerning industry-specific product features...