25 years of Supply Chain Management in Retailing

2014

This paper aims at providing a comprehensive review of Retail Supply Chain Management practices. Retailing is the last step of a supply chain. As retailers maintain regular contact with the customers, they have become an important part of supply chain and it has forced the retailers to develop their own supply chain. The retail supply chain is somewhat different in a sense that retailers deal with variety of products. They procure goods from many suppliers then store them in their warehouses or distribution centers, ship to the outlets and finally consumers buy the products from these stores. Consequently retailers are increasing their focus on their supply chain as a strategic factor. This focus has primarily emphasized cost reduction and risk minimization for business growth and better customer satisfaction. Proactive retailers are trying to manage their supply chain in a responsible way by adjusting business policies based on changing customer preferences. For satisfying today’s ...

Journal of Transportation Management

Supply chain management (SCM) has become a critical strategic function in recent years. Research in the discipline has been focused toward the upstream side of the supply chain on functions such as warehousing, transportation, procurement and production. As power has shifted downstream toward retailers and their customers, SCM research has been slow to respond. This represents a significant gap, and a significant opportunity. Retailers face challenges that differ from those found in upstream suppliers and manufacturers. We present findings from a study of senior supply chain executives in the retail industry that focuses on the supply chain challenges of greatest importance to retailers, and the evolving capabilities used to address these issues.

International Journal of Procurement Management, 2008

Retailers offer choice, immediacy, different price points and an ambience that influences consumption. The win-win scenario is where manufacturers and retailers work together to create highly satisfying experiences for the consumer. The present work identifies the various critical factors and operating elements of Supply Chain Management (SCM) and develops a valid and reliable instrument in order to cover the aspects of SCM in India from the perspective of the retailer. In this paper, from the retailer's perspective, the relationship between the factors of SCM and the measures of performance is investigated in a moderated environment. The results indicate that the moderator (supply chain orientation) has a significant and positive effect on the relationship between the factors of SCM and the performance variable of the retailers.

Journal of Retailing, 2009

In an environment with increasing competition and a growing need for operational efficiencies and customer orientation, retailers are looking beyond their organizational boundaries to develop and leverage the resources and capabilities of their supply chain partners to create superior value and competitive advantages in the marketplace. In this article, the authors discuss how three recent trends-global sourcing practices, multichannel routes to market, and relationship-based innovation-are transforming the retail landscape and leading to a variety of performance improvements with regard to brand image, reputation, sales and profits, innovation, and relationships. For each of these major trends, this article highlights key issues, identifies relevant literature, and offers propositions for further research.

Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, 2004

Traditionally, marketing research and theory has included investigation into transportation and related subjects. This research has evolved much in the last few years. Researchers have begun to focus on a broadening of the transportation field that includes newer concepts such as logistics and supply chain management. In this paper, the evolution of transportation logistics, and supply chain management research over the last 15 years is compared to similar research from the previous 15 years as cataloged by Professor Richard Jones in the premiere issue of the Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice. This paper attempts to chronicle the evolution from transportation to logistics to supply chain management since in Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice was established.

International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 2004

Supply chain management (SCM) is explored from an operational perspective, following a threefold approach. The article introduces a set of management techniques and supporting tools that can be used to analyse and describe SCM strategies. It proposes a new normative tool and uses it to examine a large set of relevant SCM case studies pertaining to seven industries: apparel, automobile, grocery, white goods, pharmaceuticals, computers and book publishing. The article develops a new conceptual framework for SCM strategies and test it based on empirical evidence. The new schemes proposed here provide a normative tool to define and represent supply chain strategies, a contingency model to support managers in designing supply chain strategies, and some hints for further research.

The International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research, 2000

Some key challenges facing retail managers and researchers at the end of 1999 are identified. Six challenges identified for managers: i. the need to grow and the pressures associated with 'bigness', ii. the changing nature of brands in retailing, iii. impending overcapacity of retail space, iv. the turbulent nature of environmental change, v. the balance between externalisation and internalisation of functions and vi. the impact of e-retail. For the researchers it is suggested that research should move to more explanatory paradigms with a stronger theoretical base. The six areas of retail research suggested as important for the next five years are, i. considerations of the nature of the retail firm, ii. risk assessment and evaluation, iii. modelling the organisation, establishment and channel relationships, iv. the role of corporate culture and organisational learning, v. understanding the economics of competition and vi. the role of retailing as a catalyst for economic growth in transitional economies.

2016

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 2019

Purpose Although supply chain scholars have acknowledged the fundamental disruptive changes experienced by today’s supply chains and the ensuing novelty of the research problems worthy of investigation, they have primarily relied on a limited number of theories to help explain the phenomena of interest. The purpose of this paper is to use a systematic literature review to address this gap and propose additional theories that supply chain researchers can use to help address novel supply chain phenomena, such as those caused by technological disruptions. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a systematic literature review to examine the studies published over the last 10 years in six of the top supply chain management journals (411 articles) and six of the top marketing and management journals (1,214 articles). Findings First, the findings show that 15 theories have been relied upon by over 95 per cent of the studies within supply chain management that use formal theories. Second, the authors identify the most frequently used theories within marketing and management (217 theories). Third, as space limitations make it impossible to offer a rich description of each of the 217 theories, the authors identify 30 theories that they considered to be the most salient to supply chain research and suggest areas where supply chain scholars can apply these theoretical lenses. Originality/value The research effort allowed the authors to map the current use of theories within the field to gain a better understanding of what other theories could augment the body of theories used within supply chain management. Thus, the current study is a “one stop shop” that supply chain scholars can consult when in a quandary about what theoretical lens to utilize.