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The extent of logistics outsourcing among small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in Nairobi

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2018
Background: Small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (manufacturing SMEs) can facilitate economic growth and development by creating employment and spurring economic activities at low levels of the economy.
Joash Mageto, Gerrie Prinsloo, Rose Luke
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Editorial: Supply Chain Management

International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management, 2012
This special issue has followed up the 2nd Olympus International Conference on Supply Chains held on October 5-6, 2012, in Katerini, Greece. The Conference was organized by the Department of Logistics of Alexander Technological Educational Institution (ATEI) of Thessaloniki, in collaboration with the Laboratory of Quantitative Analysis, Logistics and ...
Aidonis, Dimitrios, Folinas, Dimitrios, Triantafillou, Dimitrios   +2 more
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Demand chain management-integrating marketing and supply chain management [PDF]

, 2007
This paper endorses demand chain management as a new business model aimed at creating value in today's marketplace, and combining the strengths of marketing and supply chain competencies.
Christopher, Martin, Baker, Susan, Jüttner, Uta   +2 more
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Sustainable freight transport in South Africa:Domestic intermodal solutions

Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 2011
Due to the rapid deregulation of freight transport in South Africa two decades ago, and low historical investment in rail (with resultant poor service delivery), an integrated alternative to road and rail competition was never developed.
Jan H. Havenga, Zane Simpson, Pieter F. Fourie, Anneke de Bod   +3 more
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Working Capital Behavior of Firms during an Economic Downturn: An Analysis of the Financial Crisis Era

International Journal of Financial Studies, 2022
In times of crisis, cash and liquidity play an essential role. This paper analyzes the working capital measures over the course of a business cycle. We examine (1) how companies behave in economic downturns regarding their working capital components and (
Erik Hofmann, Juuso Töyli, Tomi Solakivi   +2 more
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Strategic adoption of logistics and supply chain management [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose: This paper develops a thorough understanding of the adoption of logistics and supply chain management (SCM) in practice, particularly at a strategic level, through investigating a four perspectives taxonomy of relationships between logistics and
Sweeney, Edward, Mangan, John, Grant, David B.   +2 more
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Segmentation of health-care consumers: psychological determinants of subjective health and other person-related variables

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background There is an observable, growing trend toward tailoring support programs – in addition to medical treatment – more closely to individuals to help improve patients’ health status.
Sjaak Bloem, Joost Stalpers, Edward A. G. Groenland, Kees van Montfort, W. Fred van Raaij, Karla de Rooij   +5 more
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Developing supply chains in disaster relief operations through cross-sector socially oriented collaborations: a theoretical model [PDF]

, 2009
This study seeks to provide insights into corporate achievements in supply chain management (SCM) and logistics management and to detail how they might help disaster agencies.
Lindgreen, Adam, Lindgreen, A., Maon, Francois, Maon, F., Vanhamme, Joelle, Vanhamme, J.   +5 more
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Factor Market Rivalry: A General Theory of Supply Chain Management [PDF]

, 2022
Factor market rivalry is a foundational framework of supply chain management that explains competition for supply side resources and inputs within supply chains.
Schwieterman, Matthew A., Bell, John E., Ralston, Peter   +2 more
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Cross-departmental collaboration in strategic sourcing as a catalyst for supplier development: The case of Eskom

Acta Commercii, 2017
Objective: The objective was to analyse the integration of and collaboration between strategic sourcing and supplier development at Eskom, South Africa’s primary electricity supplier, and to determine how strategic sourcing can be a catalyst for supplier
Mzoxolo E. Mbiko, Tatenda Mbara, Elana Swanepoel   +2 more
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