abstract purpose-the purpose of this paper is to review a sample of the literature relating to interpretive structural modelling (ism) and its deployment for modelling purposes in the area of supply chain management (scm). design/methodology/approach- the literature is examined from the three perspectives. first, concept of ism and examines ism as modelling technique. second, use of ism by the ...

An organization’s long-term viability and competitiveness should not be evaluated solely in terms of financial measures. Investors, policy makers, and other stakeholders increasingly seek to evaluate performance with respect to sustainability—the environmental, social, and economic performance of an organization. But measuring and improving the sustainability performance of supply chains is cha...

Purpose – This literature review provides an overview of the traditional and green supply chain structures, an overview of the traditional and green performance measures and measurement systems. The supply chain infrastructure modelling is discussed from the strategic point of view, e.g. facility location. Different supply chain design models with single and multiple objectives are discussed. T...

Even though numerous articles and real life cases have highlighted the benefits of radio frequency identification (RFID) tracking for supply chainmanagement for almost a decade, companies are rather slow to implement the technology. This paper concentrates on researching the reasons for the slow adoption of RFID tracking in the supply chain management using literature review and multiple case s...

With the upsurge of frequent disruptive events, organizations have become more vulnerable to the consequences of these disruptive events. As a result, the need for more resilient supply chain (SC) to mitigate the vulnerabilities has become paramount. Supply chain resilience (SCR) has been discussed in the literature and resilience index has been developed, but developing and selecting a portfol...

Information sharing is an important factor in supply chain management. Based on literature review and theoretical arguments, we propose a framework including antecedents and outcomes of information sharing. We develop hypotheses relating to the effects of supply uncertainty and information technology linkage on information sharing content and information sharing quality. We also hypothesize the...

To date research focused on the role corporate culture plays when planning a supply chain management system (SCMS) has been limited. Although many executives have recognize the importance of corporate culture (e.g., Hollingsworth, 1988), research however, has only begun to review the role corporate culture plays on planning information systems to avoid cultural conflicts (Leidner & Kayworth, 20...

The risks associated with global supply chain management has created a discourse among practitioners and academics. This is evident by the business uncertainties growing in management, which pose threats to entire network flow economy. paper aims review existing literature on risk factors an uncertain competitive environment. Papers that contained word “risk” their titles, keywords, or abstract...

Supply chain management (SCM) is one of the most important of the areas that have recently generated a great deal of interest in both industry and academia. SCM is considered an integrating philosophy to manage the total flows of materials, products and information from suppliers to the ultimate customers. The changing conditions of competition, for organizations to become more responsive and a...