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In this paper they suggests that the academic and corporate interest in sustainable
supply chain management has risen considerably in recent years. This can be seen by the
number of papers published and in particular by journal special issues. To establish the field
further, the purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it offers a literature review on sustainable
supply chain management taking 191 papers published from 1994 to 2007 into account.
Second, it offers a conceptual framework to summarize the research in this field comprising
three parts. As starting point related triggers are identified. This allows putting forward two
distinct strategies: (1) supplier management for risks and performance, and (2) supply chain
management for sustainable products. It is evident that research is still dominated by
green/environmental issues. Social aspects and also the integration of the three dimensions of
sustainability are still rare. Both practitioners in companies and academics might find the
review useful, as it outlines major lines of research in the field. Further, it discusses specific
features of sustainable supply chains as well as limitations of existing research; this should
stimulate further research.
In this paper they suggests that there can be little dispute that supply chain management
is an area of importance in the field of management research, yet there have been few literature
reviews on this topic (Bechtel and Mulumudi, 1996, Proceedings of the 1996 NAPM Annual
Academic Conference; Harland, 1996, British Journal of Management 7 (special issue), 6380;
Cooper et al., 1997). This paper sets out not to review the supply chain literature per se, but
rather to contribute to a critical theory debate through the presentation and use of a framework
for the categorisation of literature linked to supply chain management. The study is based on the
analysis of a large number of publications on supply chain management (books, journal articles,
and conference papers) using a Procite database from which the literature has been classified
according to two criteria: a content- and a methodology-oriented criterion.
6. Global supply chain design: A literature review and critique, Nov 2005
Authors: Mary J. Meixell , Vidyaranya B. Gargeya
In this paper, they review decision support models for the design of global supply chains,
and assess the fit between the research literature in this area and the practical issues of global
supply chain design. The classification scheme for this review is based on ongoing and emerging
issues in global supply chain management and includes review dimensions for (1) decisions
addressed in the model, (2) performance metrics, (3) the degree to which the model supports
integrated decision processes, and (4) globalization considerations. We conclude that although
most models resolve a difficult feature associated with globalization, few models address the
practical global supply chain design problem in its entirety. We close the paper with
recommendations for future research in global supply chain modeling that is both forwardlooking and practically oriented.
In this paper they suggests that organizations increasingly rely on information technology
(IT) to improve the supply chain process. Yet, past evidence suggests that the investment in IT
per se does not guarantee enhanced organizational performance. Drawing from the resourcebased view, this study proposes that IT-enabled supply chain capabilities are firm-specific, and
hard-to-copy across organizations. These capabilities can serve as a catalyst in transforming ITrelated resources into higher value for a firm. Based on data collected from surveying supply
chain and logistics managers in various industries, the present study sheds light on these issues.
The findings provide a new perspective in evaluating IT investment in the supply chain process.
In this paper they suggests that the trade facilitation (TF) is the rubric
that covers the research and policy analysis on impediments to global
sourcing and multinational supply chains that are not the traditional
border barriers such as tariffs or quotas. Trade-facilitation research
offers a macroeconomic perspective on how policymakers should
change the environment facing business to promote international trade
and economic growth, whereas the microeconomic perspective of
supply-chain logistics considers how a business should organize its
operations given the policy environment. Four approaches to tradefacilitation research that are oriented toward measuring the policy
environment facing business are covered in this review: country
benchmarking, country or product case study, deep econometric
analysis of one type of trade facilitation and econometric analysis of
multiple trade-facilitation issues faced by businesses across multiple
countries. All told, the research shows that the links between improved
trade-facilitation policies and business global sourcing through
international trade are positive, although which policy reforms support
more global sourcing is unique to each country, depending on the
products and supply chains that the country is part of, and initial
conditions. Even so, a key finding that spans the research is that
unilateral policy reforms within a country can expand international
trade more than multilateral trade negotiations, and that tradefacilitation reforms tend to improve the country's supplier position more