Supply chain partnerships: Opportunities for operations research

A maturing stream of recent conceptual literature has focused upon supply chain partnerships. Theoretically within a supply chain partnership, traditional competitive barriers between supply chain members are mitigated to create mutually beneficial relationships, thus leading to increased informatio...

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Published inEuropean journal of operational research Vol. 101; no. 3; pp. 419 - 429
Main Authors Maloni, Michael J., Benton, W.C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 16.09.1997
Elsevier
SeriesEuropean Journal of Operational Research
Subjects
Applied sciences
Economics
Environmental issues
Exact sciences and technology
Firm modelling
General aspects
Logistics modeling
Logistics systems
Operational research and scientific management
Operational research. Management science
Operations research
Partnerships
Purchasing
Supply chain management
Supply chain management
Operations research
Purchasing
Logistics systems
Environmental issues
Partnerships
Logistics modeling
Business model
Benefit
Supply
Strategy
Logistics
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Summary:A maturing stream of recent conceptual literature has focused upon supply chain partnerships. Theoretically within a supply chain partnership, traditional competitive barriers between supply chain members are mitigated to create mutually beneficial relationships, thus leading to increased information flows, reduced uncertainty, and a more profitable supply chain. Despite extensive conceptual based supply chain literature, very few researchers have attempted a more rigorous analytical approach to supply chain issues. This paper seeks to provide a review of supply chain research from both the qualitative conceptual and analytical operations research perspectives. The expanding importance of supply chain integration presents a challenge to operations researchers to focus more attention on supply chain modeling, and there are numerous opportunities for operations researchers to provide support for the current conceptual based supply chain research.
ISSN:0377-2217
1872-6860
DOI:10.1016/S0377-2217(97)00118-5