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2006
Working Paper

Cross-Functional Alignment in Supply Chain Planning: A Case Study of Sales and Operations Planning

In most organizations, supply chain planning is a cross-functional effort. Functional areas such as sales, marketing, finance, and operations traditionally specialize in portions of the planning activities, which results in conflicts over expectations, preferences, and... View Details

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Planning

2012
Working Paper

Got Local Food? Understanding the Fresh Produce Supply Chain

By: Baris Ata, Deishin Lee and Mustafa H. Tongarlak

Keywords: Sustainability; Local Food; Operations Management; Local Range; Supply Chain; Environmental Sustainability; Food and Beverage Industry

2024
Working Paper

Second- versus Third-party Audit Quality: Evidence from Global Supply Chain Monitoring

By: Maria R. Ibanez, Ashley Palmarozzo, Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel

Capitalizing on the superior credibility and flexibility and potential lower cost of external assessments, many global buyers are relying less on their own employee (“second-party”) auditors and more on third-party auditors to monitor and prevent environmental and... View Details

Keywords: Auditing; Audit Quality; Working Conditions; Sustainability; Empirical Operations; Empirical Service Operations; Sustainability Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Supply Chain Management

2019
Working Paper

Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains: The Role of Institutional Environments and Monitoring Program Design

By: Jodi L. Short, Michael W. Toffel and Andrea R. Hugill

Activism seeking to improve labor conditions in global supply chains has led transnational corporations to adopt codes of conduct and monitor suppliers for compliance, but it is unclear whether these formal organizational structures raise labor standards. Drawing on... View Details

March 21, 2022
Article

Are the Risks of Global Supply Chains Starting to Outweigh the Rewards?

By: Willy C. Shih

The conflict in Ukraine is only the latest jolt to global supply chains. Disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, climate-related events, and geopolitical tensions were already undermining their rationale. As companies rethink sourcing, they will have to consider... View Details

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Supply Chain; Distribution; Globalization; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Asia; Europe

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1998
Chapter

Configuring a Supply Chain to Reduce the Cost of Demand Uncertainty

By: J. H. Hammond, Marshall L. Fisher, Walter Obermeyer and A. Raman

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Cost Management; Demand and Consumers; Risk Management; Risk and Uncertainty

January 2004
Article

From Supply Chain to Demand Chain: The Role of Lead Time Reduction in Improving Demand Chain Performance

By: Suzanne de Treville, Roy D. Shapiro and Ari-Pekka Hameri

Keywords: Supply Chain; Performance; Distribution

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28 Mar 2014
Talk

Monitoring the Monitors: How Social Factors Influence Supply Chain Auditors

By: Michael W. Toffel

April 2024
Teaching Note

Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain

By: Shirley Lu and Robert S. Kaplan

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 123-076. View Details

Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Blockchain; Supply Chain; Green Technology; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability

23 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains

interesting to see in the classroom. We were talking about fast fashion from a supply chain perspective in my Technology and Operations Management course. And in the middle of class a student raises his hand... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Apparel & Accessories

September–October 2020
Article

Global Supply Chains in a Post-Pandemic World: Companies Need to Make Their Networks More Resilient. Here's How.

By: Willy C. Shih

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the vulnerabilities in the production strategies and supply chains of firms everywhere. Coupled with a rise in economic nationalism, manufacturers everywhere are going to be under pressure to rethink their sourcing and logistics... View Details

Keywords: Resilience; Pandemic; Operations Management; Health Pandemics; Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Asia; Europe

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06 Sep 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Cross Functional Alignment in Supply Chain Planning: A Case Study of Sales & Operations Planning

Keywords: by Rogelio Oliva & Noel Watson

Article

Vaccines Use Bizarre Stuff. We Need a Supply Chain Now.

By: Scott Duke Kominers and Alex Tabarrok

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2015
Case

Advanced Leadership Pathways: Inge Skjelfjord and the Cacao Supply Chain

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Oludamilola Aladesanmi and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

2021
Working Paper

Supply Chain Disruptions: Evidence from the Bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping

By: Caleb Kwon

Oct 2013
Conference Presentation

What Shapes the Gatekeepers? Evidence from Global Supply Chain Auditors

By: Michael W. Toffel

March 2013
Teaching Note

Renesas Electronics and the Automotive Microcontroller Supply Chain (A) (TN)

By: Willy Shih and Margaret Pierson

Article

Configuring a Supply Chain to Reduce the Cost of Demand Uncertainty

By: A. Raman, M. Fisher, J. Hammond and W. Obermeyer

Keywords: Supply Chain; Cost; Risk and Uncertainty

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Article

Contracting in a Supply Chain with Stochastic Demand and Substitute Products

By: Santiago Kraiselburd, V.G. Narayanan and Ananth Raman

Keywords: Supply Chain; Product

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Jun 2021
Conference Presentation

Back to the Future: Digital Integration in Global Supply Chain

By: Hise O. Gibson

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