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Supply Chain "Mega-Trends": Current Status And Future Trends, Edward Sweeney
Supply Chain "Mega-Trends": Current Status And Future Trends, Edward Sweeney
Practitioner Journals
The supply chain management (SCM) concept has become embedded in the thinking of many organisations in recent years. Originally introduced by management consultants in the early 1980s, SCM has a strong focus on integration of processes across functions within firms, as well as between the organisations that comprise the wider extended enterprise. There is a significant body of research to support the notion that the consistent delivery of value to customers is predicated on higher levels of intra-firm and inter-firm integration. Putting the supply chain integration (SCI) concept into practice is critically dependent on the ability of firms to manage …
Sustainable Purchasing Practices: An Investigation Into Current Industry Awareness And Practice, Frank Palisi, Kathryne Newton, Edward Sweeney
Sustainable Purchasing Practices: An Investigation Into Current Industry Awareness And Practice, Frank Palisi, Kathryne Newton, Edward Sweeney
Conference papers
This research study illustrates the importance of sustainable purchasing practices for organizations in the U.S. distribution industry and answers several important questions: what is the current awareness of U.S. organizations regarding sustainable purchasing practices; to what extent are U.S. organizations evaluating, selecting, and retaining suppliers based upon sustainable purchasing practices; and to what extent are sustainable purchasing practices being implemented by the U.S. organizations under study? With an ever increasing global economy, is it critically important for organizations to put in place sustainability practices; the biggest impact organizations can make is often in an organization’s purchasing department. The researcher begins …
Discrete-Event Simulation: Simulation Practices And Trends, Paul Savory
Discrete-Event Simulation: Simulation Practices And Trends, Paul Savory
Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Presentations
Discrete-event computer simulation is one of industry’s most used operations research techniques. Its uses range from answering questions about work-in-process and production feasibility to comparing alternative plans for system routing and scheduling. This presentation offers a brief overview of practices and trends.