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Conducting and Presenting Grounded Theory Research

SCM Research

The Discovery of Grounded Theory by Glaser and Strauss (1967) remains the fundamental handbook of this approach. First, Suddaby (2006) , offers “a reasonable assessment of common errors researchers make in conducting and presenting grounded theory research”. Qualitative research can be conducted to build theory from field data.

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Supply Chain Coordination with Contracts

SCM Research

Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science, 11 (Supply Chain Management: Design, Coordination and Operation) , 227-339 [link]. Therefore, contracts need to be carefully designed. Cachon, G.P. Supply Chain Coordination with Contracts.

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Is the Metaphor of War Appropriate in a Business Setting?

Enterra Insights

They identify and extract context features such as hour, location, task, history or profile to present an information set that is appropriate for an individual or for a dependent application engaged in a specific process at a specific time and place. Cognitive computing systems make context computable. Naval War College. [4] 5] Michael C.

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The Two Levers of Inventory Optimization

Logility

Back to present day and the supply chain. Multi-echelon Inventory Optimization (MEIO) allows you to truly optimize your inventory across the entire supply chain and enables you to shift to a new efficient frontier for your entire supply chain (Read the eBook: The Inventory Optimization Handbook ). Related Content.

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5 Greatest Books for Supply Chain Executives

Supply Chain Opz

Basic concepts and strategies such as performance measurement, identification of improvement opportunities and development of supply chain system are presented succinctly. Each chapter explains to you the current dominant practices and the next generation strategies that you can use to stay ahead of the game.

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Five Suggestions for Practical Inventory Management

Logility

D uring a proof – of – concept presentation , a Logility customer was looking at supplier delivery times and concentrating on the suppliers who were making late deliveries. The Advanced Inventory Optimization Handbook: Including the Power of Machine Learning. 5 Use supply chain analytics for greater insight .

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10 Greatest Supply Chain Management Books of All Time

Supply Chain Opz

Our personal observation is that scholarly articles cite books because most books present building block concept in supply chain management and citations usually appear in the literature review section. Anyway, how often scholarly articles cite top supply chain management books?