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Antecedents Of Supply Chain Visibility In Retail Supply Chains: A Resource-Based Theory Perspective, Mark Barratt, Adegoke Oke

Management Faculty Research and Publications

Although visibility has become a popular buzzword in the supply chain literature it remains an ill-defined and poorly understood concept. It is assumed that if companies across supply chains have visibility of demand, inventory levels, processes, etc., that organizational performance improves. This research explores the antecedents of high levels of supply chain visibility from a resource-based theory perspective across five different external supply chain linkages. We find that the level of visibility across these linkages differs considerably based on various contributing factors which are both technology and non-technology based. Using resource-based theory, we identify those factors that can give a …

Supply Chain Management Diffusion Among Firms In The Republic Of Ireland, Edward Sweeney, Claudia-Maria Wagner, Bernd Huber

Conference papers

The changing business environment has sharpened the focus on the need for robust approaches to supply chain management (SCM). This is particularly the case for Ireland which has a natural disadvantage of a location peripheral to significant markets and sources of raw material which result in higher transport costs. Therefore, in order to gain unique insights of current levels of awareness / diffusion of SCM and the potential impact SCM could have on the competitiveness, a survey was conducted among 776 firms in the Republic of Ireland. The empirical results suggest that there is a need for more widespread adoption …

Understanding Supply Chain Management, Edward Sweeney

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Competitive Challenges, Chain Reactions, Edward Sweeney

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The Need For Wider Supply Chain Management Adoption: Empirical Results From Ireland, Bernd Huber, Edward Sweeney

Articles

Purpose - Empirical results are provided which suggest that there is a need for more widespread adoption of supply chain management among Irish firms.

Design/methodology/approach - The Republic of Ireland is a small, open, trade-dependent economy and is one of the fastest growing economies in the developed world. However, due to rising costs, there is an increasing trend in Ireland to outsource lower function manufacturing processes to lower cost locations but to retain high skill functions (such as R&D). This trend, together with other factors such as its peripheral location, suggests that supply chain management is critical from an Irish …

An Investigation Into Outsourcing Practice In Ireland: A New Direction In Logistics And Supply Chain Management, Aoife O'Riordan, Edward Sweeney

Articles

Companies are increasingly focusing on the development of core competencies as an integral part of their overall strategy development and implementation. The corollary of this is that functions regarded as being non-core are being outsourced. This paper investigates the case for and against outsourcing and in addition what is happening in Ireland regards outsourcing. Furthermore to analysis of current literature in
the field, an Irish-wide postal and e-mail survey, as well as three case studies revealed many interesting facts. The key findings of the work are manufacturing outsourcing is now the most popular function to be outsourced for both small …

The Financial Dimension Of Scm, Edward Sweeney, Des Lee

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The Evolving Supply Chain Management Context, Edward Sweeney

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Re-Engineering The Supply Chain: Making Scm Work For You, Edward Sweeney

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The Role Of Information And Communications Technology (Ict) In The Supply Chain, Ronan Mcdonnell, John Kenny, Edward Sweeney

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Outsourcing And Its Role In The Supply Chain, Edward Sweeney, Aoife O'Riordan

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Preface To Perspectives On Supply Chain Management And Logistics :Creating Competitive Organisations In The 21st Century, Edward Sweeney

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Supply Chain Management: The Business Model Of The 21st Century, Edward Sweeney

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Negotiation, Email, And Internet Reverse Auctions: How Sourcing Mechanisms Deployed By Buyers Affect Suppliers’ Trust, Thomas F. Gattiker, Xiaowen Huang, Joshua L. Schwarz

IT and Supply Chain Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

The Internet has made a wealth of new tools available to the industrial buyer. However, researchers have suggested that computer mediated interaction with suppliers may not be conducive to strong supplier relationships in general and to trust in particular. This paper compares two computer-mediated sourcing tools (email negotiation and Internet reverse auctions) with face-to-face negotiation. Information richness theory suggests that the different media will produce different impacts relating to sellers’ trust in buyers. Data are generated with a simulation experiment using 117 subjects. We found that information richness affects seller-buyer trust: Sellers who used face-to-face negotiation, the richest medium in …

Introduction To Perspectives On Supply Chain Management And Logistics - Creating Competitive Organisations In The 21st Century, Edward Sweeney

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Supply Chain Benchmarking And Performance Measurement: Towards The Learning Supply Chain, Edward Sweeney

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