Idea posted: September 2021

Institutions: Federal University of Uberlândia    University of Gävle   

Competition, complexity and global outsourcing are making supply chains more vulnerable to disruptions and interruptions, with issues ranging from inefficient production scheduling to broken equipment to financial crises and natural…

Idea posted: June 2018

Institutions: University of Bath    The University of Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School   

Despite the well-known and well-documented financial benefits of outsourcing and offshoring business activities, a growing number of U.S. companies are changing direction: they are moving their business activities, including manufacturing…

Idea posted: May 2017

Institutions: University of York The York Management School    Cranfield University School of Management   

In 2015, Coca-Cola Enterprises Great Britain and Cranfield University collaborated to launch a project on ‘Sustainable Manufacturing for the Future.’ The first phase of the project was a roundtable discussion…

Idea posted: May 2017

Institutions: University of York The York Management School    Cranfield University School of Management   

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) represented a first step in recognizing that business had a societal role to play that extended beyond simply making a profit. Today, the thinking has evolved…

Idea posted: August 2016

Institutions: University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business   

“Are you a good witch or a bad witch?” Glynda asks Dorothy in the classic movie, The Wizard of Oz. For manufacturers seeking to efficiently manage their inventories, the same…

Idea posted: August 2016

Institutions: Carlos III University of Madrid    ESADE   

Many companies recognize the reputational risk of the environmental reputation of their suppliers. As a result, companies launch green supply chain management (GSCM) initiatives, working with suppliers to ensure that…

Idea posted: January 2015

Institutions: University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business    Frankfurt School of Finance & Management    Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business   

In 1997, a fire at the only Toyota supplier providing the carmaker with P-valves inspired a change of policy: from then on Toyota would dual-source every part. By 2000, however,…

Idea posted: November 2014

Institutions: NUS Business School   

Founder and director of the China Supplier 1000 Project, Neale O’Connor, a former visiting associate professor at the National University of Singapore Business School, conducted face-to-face interviews with 1,000 suppliers in…

Idea posted: August 2014

Institutions: HEC Lausanne    MIT Sloan School of Management   

For the past 20 years, like a herd of stampeding buffaloes, companies have been moving en masse their manufacturing to low-labour-cost countries. Despite the occasional bad publicity as working conditions…