CSCMP Explores...
Each issue of CSCMP Explores… is written by a leading expert and summarizes recent, high-impact supply chain management research, trends, and best practices. Explores… is an efficient, effective way to keep up with a changing supply chain environment. Every issue is a brief booklet (like sister publication CSCMP Global Perspectives) that still provides enough in-depth information to help understand new or different approaches to the art and science of the supply chain.
What can CSCMP Explores… do for you?
- Explores… has enjoyed a rich history of invaluable coverage of supply chain hot topics, since its inception eight years ago.
- Readers find that Explores…is an invaluable quick read to stay abreast of today’s hottest supply chain topics and hot buttons.
- Topics focus on practical, real-world information that not only informs your day-to-day decisions, but also equips you to handle whatever uncertainties today’s economy can throw your way.
- Issues alternate from in-depth coverage of supply chain topics to real-world case studies that showcase best practices and lessons learned from implementation.
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This issue hopes to provide a framework for analyzing the alignment between a firm’s strategy and its supply chain management organizational structure. Strategy-structure alignment is a crucial consideration as firms attempt to develop and maintain competitive advantages in the marketplace.
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Designing Global Supply Chain Organizations: Strategy, Structure, and Alignment (2011)
Judith M. Whipple, Michigan State University; Morgan Swink,
Texas Christian University; Virpi Turkulainen, Aalto University; and Joseph Roh, Texas Christian University
Green and Lean Supply Chains (2011)
Dr. Diane A Mollenkopf, Univ of TN and Dr. Wendy L. Tate, Univ of TN
Deriving Strategic Advantage from Truckload Procurement (2011)
Kevin McCarthy Chris Brady, C.H. Robinson & Ken Cottrill, Supply Chain Writer and Editor
Item-Level RFID Applications in Retail (2010)
Bill Hardgrave, University of Arkansas
Next Generation Supply Chain Management: Tight Integration of Planning and Execution (2010)
Dan Gilmore, Supply Chain Digest; Robert Nardone, Supply Chain Guidance LLC; and David Johnston, JDA Software
Supply Chain Costing (2009)
Terrance L. Pohlen, PhD, CTL University of North Texas, Thomas P. Klammer, PhD, University of North Texas, and Gary Cokins, CPIM, SAS
Supply Chain Innovation Award Winner: Dangerously Good Medicine: the Infectious Impact of Innovation, Success and Recognition (2009)
Vance Moore, President, Resource Optimization and Innovation (ROI), A Division of the Sisters of Mercy Health System
Implementing Large Scale Successful VICS CPFR® (2008)
Joseph C. Andraski, VICS and Larry Smith, West Marine
Protecting the Homeland: Homeland Security Issues For Importation To The United States (2008)
Anthony Barone, Pfizer, Inc.
How Global Trade and Transportation Trends Impact America's Transportation Infrastructure: Can Shipper's Cope? (2008)
Monica Isbell, Starboard Alliance Company LLC and Christopher D. Norek, PhD, Chain Connectors, Inc
Process Assessment in the Supply Chain (2007)
Mike Ledyard, Partner, Supply Chain Visions
Managing Change In Supply Chain Management (2007)
Russell Kinneberg, Cargill Incorporated
Integrating Marketing and Supply Chain Management To Improve Profitability (2007)
Robert Sabath, President, Sabath Supply Chain Consultants, Inc. and Dr. Judith M. Whipple, Associate Professor, Michigan State University
Environmental Sustainability: Examining the Case for Environmentally Sustainable Supply Chain (2006)
David Mollenkopt, Assistant Professor, The University of Tennessee
Leveraging Lean Priciples In A Service Parts Supply Chain: The Toyota Story (2006)
Thornton Oxnard, Jennifer Hasegawa, and Michael Schad, NAPO Strategic Planning Department, Toyota
Returns Management and Reverse Logistics For Competitive Advantage (2006)
Dr. Dale S. Rogers, Professor of Supply Chain Management, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada and Dr. Ronald S. Tibben-Lembke, Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
Beyond "Lowest Total Cost:" The Move from Global Sourcing to Global Market-Making (2005)
Jose T. Morales, Sarah Q. Shi, and Balaji Ramakrishnan, Accenture
The Supply Chain Management Function: Are You at the Right Place Along the Markegistics Line?" (2005)
Wally Klatch, Chief Operating Officer, Olami, Inc.
Supply Chain Metrics: Linking Performance with Shareholder Value (2005)
Terrance L. Pohlen, PhD, CTL, Assistant Professor of Logistics, University of North Texas
Transforming the United States Department of Defense's Supply Chain (2005)
General John W. Handy, Commander, US Transportation Command, Commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base
Map Your Supply Chain (2005)
Martha C. Cooper, Visiting Professor, Department of Operational Sciences, Air Force Institute of Technology and Professor, Department of Marketing and Logistics, The Ohio State University and John T. Gardner, Professor, Department of Business Development, SUNY Brockport
Negotiating Effectively (2004)
Lloyd M. Rinehart, PhD, Associate Professor of Marketing and Logistics, The University of Tennessee
Optimization Models for Supply Chain Management (2004)
Jeremy F. Shapiro, Prof of Operations Research and Management Emeritus, Sloan School of Management, MIT
Supply Chain Security: Legal and Regulatory Changes (2004)
John M. Cutler,Jr., Attorney/Principal, McCarthy, Sweeney and Harkaway P.C.
Is Your Metrics Program Measuring Up? (2004)
Mike Ledyard, Partner, Supply Chain Visions
Forecasting and Its Uses in Logistics (2004)
David J. Closs, PhD, John H. McConnell Chaired Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
If you would like to submit a topic and author for a future issue please send the Research Strategies Committee an e-mail message.
