Supply Chain Management Article Library

Dec 11, 2003

Overview of the December 2003 SCRC Meeting

The SCRC meeting held last week on Thursday and Friday was a great success. A number of executives from different companies attended, and provided great feedback to the faculty and…

Dec 2, 2003

Cash to Cash: Toyota, Inventory Management and Heijunka

Both Accounting and Supply Chain professionals rely on Cash to Cash (C2C) measures to make processes more efficient and cost-effective. C2C is generally the number of days it takes to…

Nov 20, 2003

Trust in Supply Chain Relationships: Faith in the Moral Integrity of Others – Part II

Continuing from our last piece, we will discuss the different elements of trust and how they play out in supply chain relationships. Competence Competence is one’s perception of the ability…

Nov 13, 2003

Initiatives to Increase Maritime Supply Chain Security

Several government and industry initiatives have been introduced in the past two years to improve the security of the supply chain segment that deals with shipping containers that travel across…

Nov 5, 2003

Trust in Supply Chain Relationships: What Does It Mean to Trust? – Part I

One of the most misunderstood and ripe areas for research in the area of supply chain relationships is in the area of trust. Trust (and its cousin, Collaboration) seems to…

Nov 1, 2003

Can You Trust the Trust in Supply Chain Relationships?

One of the most misunderstood and ripe areas for development in the area of supply chain relationships is in the area of trust. Trust (and its cousin, Collaboration) seems to…

Oct 28, 2003

Negotiating for Success

Excellent negotiation skills not only influence the outcome of individual transactions, but also relationships with suppliers and overall success. One common misconception of negotiation is that one party has to…

Oct 22, 2003

E-Procurement and the Purchasing Process

Many organizations are beginning to re-evaluate their purchasing processes, and identify new types of e-procurement tools that will meet their needs. This summer, Karl Mundt and Mark Benson have been…

Oct 14, 2003

Success with Hub and Spoke Distribution

Federal Express, UPS, Norfolk Southern and Yellow Freight have all successfully implemented hub and spoke distribution to achieve a competitive logistics advantage (1). They have found that this method of…

Oct 7, 2003

Have You Spoken to Your CFO about SCM Recently?

Many managers I speak with often complain about the problems associated with convincing CFO’s of the importance of SCM initiatives. Recent research, however, suggests that this is about to change.…