scholarly journals The Retail Apocalypse as a Critical-Thinking Classroom Exercise

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
David C. Wyld ◽  
Michael C. Budden ◽  
Heather L. Budden
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Critical Thinking ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Classroom Exercise ◽  
Brick And Mortar ◽  
Management Students ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Student Discussion ◽  
Classroom Use

One does not have to teach retailing or supply chain management to be aware of the immense changes taking place in retailing. Indeed, the speed at which brick and mortar retailers were folding before the pandemic has only quickened given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic across the economy. Staying abreast of the retailers and suppliers going out of business has become a challenge. At the same time, educating retailing and supply chain management students on the current and developing market realities in an interesting and educational manner has proven difficult. This article describes a game that can accomplish the goal of providing a meaningful, critical-thinking exercise for classroom use that will elicit student discussion and classroom satisfaction.

scholarly journals Mapping domain characteristics influencing Analytics initiatives: The example of Supply Chain Analytics

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Tino Herden
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Domain Specific ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: Analytics research is increasingly divided by the domains Analytics is applied to. Literature offers little understanding whether aspects such as success factors, barriers and management of Analytics must be investigated domain-specific, while the execution of Analytics initiatives is similar across domains and similar issues occur. This article investigates characteristics of the execution of Analytics initiatives that are distinct in domains and can guide future research collaboration and focus. The research was conducted on the example of Logistics and Supply Chain Management and the respective domain-specific Analytics subfield of Supply Chain Analytics. The field of Logistics and Supply Chain Management has been recognized as early adopter of Analytics but has retracted to a midfield position comparing different domains.Design/methodology/approach: This research uses Grounded Theory based on 12 semi-structured Interviews creating a map of domain characteristics based of the paradigm scheme of Strauss and Corbin.Findings: A total of 34 characteristics of Analytics initiatives that distinguish domains in the execution of initiatives were identified, which are mapped and explained. As a blueprint for further research, the domain-specifics of Logistics and Supply Chain Management are presented and discussed.Originality/value: The results of this research stimulates cross domain research on Analytics issues and prompt research on the identified characteristics with broader understanding of the impact on Analytics initiatives. The also describe the status-quo of Analytics. Further, results help managers control the environment of initiatives and design more successful initiatives.

scholarly journals Impact of Gender and Expatriation Choice on Career Paths in Supply Chain Management: Evidence from Master of Science Graduates

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6907
Author(s):  
Salomée Ruel ◽  
Anicia Jaegler
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Career Paths ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Career Progression ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Master Of Science ◽  
International Graduates ◽  
The Impact

Zinn et al. (2018) and Esper et al. (2020) call for more research on gender diversity in Supply Chain Management, and our study responds to that call. We analyze the career path of 1081 international graduates from a higher degree program in Supply Chain Management from 2000 to 2017 to assess the impact of gender and expatriation choice on hierarchical progression. We explore two variables that may affect graduates’ career paths, namely, their gender and their expatriation choices, and compare their relative importance. Our analysis shows that there were, on average, 33.5% women recruited in the MSc and that this has not significantly changed over the years. It also shows that gender significantly influences the number of years spent at each level in the career hierarchy and the level reached. Regarding expatriation choice, this variable has some significant impacts on career progression. Finally, statistics indicate that gender has a far greater influence on career progression than expatriation choice. Overall, this study proves the difficulties for women in enjoying the same career progression as men in the field of Supply Chain Management.

scholarly journals An Exploration of the Critical Risk Factors in Sustainable Telecom Services: An Analysis of Indian Telecom Industries

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 445
Author(s):  
Wen-Kuo Chen ◽  
Venkateswarlu Nalluri ◽  
Suresh Ma ◽  
Mei-Min Lin ◽  
Ching-Torng Lin
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Telecommunications Industry ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Sustainable Supply Chain Management ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Different sources of risk factors can occur in sustainable supply chain management due to its complex nature. The telecommunication service firm cannot implement multiple improvement practices altogether to overcome the risk factors with limited resources. The industries should evaluate the relationship between risk factors and explore the determinants of improvement measures. The purpose of the present study is to identify and analyze critical risk factors (CRFs) for enhancing sustainable supply chain management practices in the Indian telecommunication industry using interpretive structural modelling (ISM). Risk factors are identified through a literature survey, and then with the help of experts, nine CRFs are identified using a fuzzy Delphi method (FDM). The relationship among these CRFs has been analyzed using ISM, and the driving and the dependence power of those CRFs are analyzed. Results indicate that both “government policies (laws and regulations)” and “the impact of rapid change in technology” are independent or key factors that affect the sustainability of the telecommunications supply chain. In addition, results provide significant managerial implications, including enhanced sustainability, and the government should build justice, fairness, open laws, certainties, and regulations to prevent risk in the telecommunications industry supply chain; service providers should monitor the rapidly evolving technologies and focus on technical learning and organizational capacity development to overcome the impact of technological changes. The contribution of this study is using a novel approach to establish a hierarchical structural model for an effective understanding of CRFs relationships and to explore decisive risk factors that can help telecom service providers to better plan and design effective improvement strategies to enhance sustainability supply chain management.

scholarly journals The Impact of Supply Chain Management on Financial Performance and Responsibility Accounting Agribusiness Case from Egypt

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Ali Wahdan ◽  
Mohamed Ashraf Emam
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Net Income ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Responsibility Accounting

This paper presents the impact of applying the supply chain management (SCM) on the agribusiness field to optimize productivity and decreasing cost which will have a direct impact on the net income of the organization. The main two research questions are: is there a significant impact of supply chain management on financial performance? and is there a significant relationship between supply chain management and financial performance as well as responsibility accounting? To answer the research questions, data was collected from financial statements of agribusiness case from Egypt and the survey was conducted. The findings of the study indicated that there is a significant impact of supply chain management on financial performance through enhancing the productivity, decreasing the cost and improving profitability. Moreover, applying the efficient supply chain management can improve the use of responsibility accounting through the efficient usage for the budget of the crop.

scholarly journals Uncovering the Relationship of Supply Chain Management and Firm Performance: Evidence from Textile Sector of Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-29
Author(s):  
Zahid Hussain ◽  
Ahmad Bin Jusoh ◽  
Muhammad Sarfraz ◽  
Khalil Ur Rehman Wahla
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Textile Sector

The purpose of this research paper was to find the impact of the supply chain on firm performance in Textile firm of Pakistan. Data was collected through questioners in the month of March 2018, Approximately 30 questioners were distributed among the managers of the ten textile organizations in Faisalabad which are expected to have the best knowledge about the supply chain operations and its impact on the performance of the organization, all of them responded positively. It is found that dimensions associated with SCM methods as well as explain the connection amongst SCM methods, aggressive benefit, as well as firm performance. The actual study focuses on the causal associations in between SCM exercise, aggressive benefit as well as firm performance as well as ignores the actual feasible recursive associations.  

scholarly journals Supply chain management, supply chain flexibility and firm performance: an empirical investigation of agriculture companies in Indonesia

2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Itang, H.S. Sufyati ◽  
Asep Dadan Suganda ◽  
Shafenti Shafenti ◽  
Mochammad Fahlevi
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Chain Flexibility ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Supply Chain Flexibility ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this research is to better understand the impact of supply chain management (SCM) and flexibility on firm performance, as well as the role of competitive advantage in mediating the model in Indonesian agriculture companies. Companies must apply supply chain management and supply chain flexibility (SCF) to boost industrial competitiveness, which impacts firm performance. To ensure that supply chain management supports the company's strategy, companies must evaluate supply chain concerns. From the literature search, researchers have not found any published studies or articles on SCM and SCF in their influence on firm performance through competitive advantage, specifically for corn companies in Indonesia. The population in this study includes agriculture companies in Indonesia. Sampling was carried out using probability sampling technique, the total population of 200 obtained a sample size of 133.333 which can be rounded up to 134 research samples. The inferential statistical method used in the data analysis of this study was the Partial Least Square Version 3 program. The study found that SCM influenced firm performance and SCF had a direct influence on firm performance. However, competitive advantage variable failed in being a mediator in SCM and SCF on firm performance.

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