Supply Chain Information - Publications - Faculty & Research

One major benefit of Jebsen & Jessen Packaging Pte Ltd (JJPS’s) implementation of ISO 14001 is that it acquired a third-party 'seal of approval' that will be used in its marketing efforts to meet the growing environmental concern of its customers within the electronics... View Details

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Standards; Environmental Sustainability; Singapore

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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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7 Apr 2016
Conference Presentation

Assessing and Improving Working Conditions at Global Supply Chain Factories

By: Michael W. Toffel and Yanhua Zhou

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17 Jul 2014
Panel Discussion

Monitoring the Monitors: How Social Factors Influence Supply Chain Auditors

By: Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel

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Oct 2013
Talk

What Shapes the Gatekeepers? Evidence from Global Supply Chain Auditors

By: Michael W. Toffel

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1998
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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

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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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05 Mar 2001
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Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?

are symbiotic with new information technologies and the impact of greater information transparency throughout the supply chain. Either without the other would have limited... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

September–October 2020
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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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August 1, 2022
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The Supply Chain, Explained

By: Willy C. Shih

Why have supply chains been such a mess? For starters, there are a lot more layers than you think. This article describes some common features of supply chains that help the reader to understand how things could have gone so far off track during the pandemic. View Details

Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Supply Chain; Manufacturing Industry; United States

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Corporate transparency and information disclosure strategies

By: Michael W. Toffel

This research focuses on transparency and information disclosure strategies, a topic of growing importance in environmental sustainability, corporate strategy, stakeholder relations, and public policy. My prior research in this area explored why... View Details

Keywords: Transparency; Disclosure Strategy; Disclosure; Environment; Environmental Performance; Regulation; Supply Chain; Environmental Sustainability; United States