
Frameworks in this topic
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Buyer–supplier power matrix
Who holds power in this relationship and how to act?Cox (2001)
Customer-order decoupling point
From which stage does the chain work to real orders rather than forecasts?Hoekstra and Romme (1992), as presented in Lysons and Farrington (2020) ch. 4
Double-loop learning
Are we fixing the symptom, or the assumption that produced the error?Argyris, 1977
Efficiency versus resilience lens
Is a concentrated, efficient chain more or less resilient than a dispersed, local one?Hobbs, 2021; Ponomarov and Holcomb, 2009
Exploitation and valid-consent test
Workers 'freely accept' poor conditions, but is the other side exploiting them and is the consent valid?Zwolinski, 2007; Kates, 2015
Five LLM workflow patterns
Which patterns are LLM workflows typically built from?Anthropic, 2024
Foreign market entry modes
How should a firm enter a foreign market to balance control, commitment and risk?Dess et al., 2016; Johnson et al., 2008
Four guidelines where institutions are weak
What responsibilities does a multinational operating where institutions are weak have beyond local legal compliance?Hsieh, 2009; Vogel, 2005
Gantt work plan
Who does what, by when, and what depends on what?Wilson, 2003
Green supply chain framework
Why and how to embed environmental goals across the chain?Hervani, Helms and Sarkis (2005); Srivastava (2007); Seuring and Müller (2008); Zsidisin and Siferd (2001); Li and Olorunniwo (2008)
Lean versus agile supply chains
When to remove waste and when to hold spare capability for speed?Mason-Jones, Naylor and Towill (2000); Slack et al. (2022) ch. 16
MRP logic: gross requirements to order releases
How many components, and when, to meet the build schedule?Slack et al. (2022)
Showing 12 of 24 frameworks. The rest are in the library.
References
Listed A–Z by author surname, Harvard style. A source with a DOI links to https://doi.org/…; one without links to its page or says plainly that it has no DOI.
- Anthropic (2024) Building effective AI agents. Anthropic Research.No DOIanthropic.comSource page
- Argyris, C. (1977) ‘Double loop learning in organizations’, Harvard Business Review, 55(5), pp. 115–125.No DOIhbr.orgSource page
- Cox, A. (2001) ‘Understanding buyer and supplier power: a framework for procurement and supply competence’, Journal of Supply Chain Management, 37(1), pp. 8–15.doi:10.1111/j.1745-493X.2001.tb00094.xSource page
- Deloof, M. (2003) ‘Does working capital management affect profitability of Belgian firms?’, Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, 30(3–4), pp. 573–587.doi:10.1111/1468-5957.00008Source page
- Dess, G.G., McNamara, G. and Eisner, A.B. (2016) Strategic management: text and cases. New York: McGraw-Hill Education.No DOISource page
- Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (2026) UNIQLO business model (page last updated 9 March 2026).No DOIfastretailing.comSource page
- Hervani, A.A., Helms, M.M. and Sarkis, J. (2005) ‘Performance measurement for green supply chain management’, Benchmarking: An International Journal, 12(4), pp. 330–353.doi:10.1108/14635770510609015Source page
- Hobbs, J.E. (2021) ‘Food supply chain resilience and the COVID-19 pandemic: what have we learned?’, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 69(2), pp. 189–196.doi:10.1111/cjag.12279Source page
- Hoekstra, S. and Romme, J. (1992) Integral Logistic Structures: Developing Customer-Oriented Goods Flow. London: McGraw-Hill.No DOISource page
- Hsieh, N. (2009) ‘Does global business have a responsibility to promote just institutions?’, Business Ethics Quarterly, 19(2), pp. 251–273.doi:10.5840/beq200919213Source page
- Hyndman, R.J. and Athanasopoulos, G. (2021) Forecasting: Principles and Practice, 3rd edn.No DOIotexts.comSource page
- Johnson, G., Scholes, K. and Whittington, R. (2008) Exploring corporate strategy: text and cases. Harlow: FT Prentice Hall.No DOISource page
- Kates, M. (2015) ‘The ethics of sweatshops and the limits of choice’, Business Ethics Quarterly, 25(2), pp. 191–212.doi:10.1017/beq.2015.9Source page
- Lan, Q. (2024) ‘Advantages, problems and strategies of Uniqlo supply chain’, Journal of Business and Marketing, 1(3), pp. 1–5.doi:10.62517/jbm.202409301Source page
- Lee, H.L. (2004) ‘The triple-A supply chain’, Harvard Business Review, 82(10), pp. 102–112.No DOIhbr.orgSource page
- Li, X. and Olorunniwo, F. (2008) ‘An exploration of reverse logistics practices in three companies’, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 13(5), pp. 381–386.doi:10.1108/13598540810894979Source page
- Lysons, K. and Farrington, B. (2020) Procurement and Supply Chain Management (10th edn). Harlow: Pearson.No DOISource page
- Mason-Jones, R., Naylor, B. and Towill, D.R. (2000) ‘Lean, agile or leagile? Matching your supply chain to the marketplace’, International Journal of Production Research, 38(17), pp. 4061–4070.doi:10.1080/00207540050204920Source page
- Parasuraman, R., Sheridan, T.B. and Wickens, C.D. (2000) ‘A model for types and levels of human interaction with automation’, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, 30(3), pp. 286–297.doi:10.1109/3468.844354Source page
- Pike, R., Neale, B. and Linsley, P. (2018) Corporate Finance and Investment, 9th edn. Harlow: Pearson.No DOISource page
- Ponomarov, S.Y. and Holcomb, M.C. (2009) ‘Understanding the concept of supply chain resilience’, The International Journal of Logistics Management, 20(1), pp. 124–143.doi:10.1108/09574090910954873Source page
- Richards, V.D. and Laughlin, E.J. (1980) ‘A cash conversion cycle approach to liquidity analysis’, Financial Management, 9(1), pp. 32–38.doi:10.2307/3665310Source page
- Seuring, S. and Müller, M. (2008) ‘From a literature review to a conceptual framework for sustainable supply chain management’, Journal of Cleaner Production, 16(15), pp. 1699–1710.doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2008.04.020Source page
- Slack, N., Brandon-Jones, A. and Burgess, N. (2022) Operations Management (10th edn). Harlow: Pearson.No DOISource page
- Srivastava, S.K. (2007) ‘Green supply-chain management: a state-of-the-art literature review’, International Journal of Management Reviews, 9(1), pp. 53–80.doi:10.1111/j.1468-2370.2007.00202.xSource page
- Vogel, D. (2005) The market for virtue: the potential and limits of corporate social responsibility. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.No DOIbrookings.eduSource page
- Wilson, J.M. (2003) ‘Gantt charts: a centenary appreciation’, European Journal of Operational Research, 149(2), pp. 430–437.doi:10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00769-5Source page
- Yoder, S., Visich, J.K. and Rustambekov, E. (2016) ‘Lessons learned from international expansion failures and successes’, Business Horizons, 59, pp. 233–243.doi:10.1016/j.bushor.2015.11.008Source page
- Zsidisin, G.A. and Siferd, S.P. (2001) ‘Environmental purchasing: a framework for theory development’, European Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management, 7(1), pp. 61–73.doi:10.1016/S0969-7012(00)00007-1Source page
- Zucchella, A., Hagen, B. and Serapio, M.G. (2018) International entrepreneurship. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.No DOIe-elgar.comSource page
- Zwolinski, M. (2007) ‘Sweatshops, choice, and exploitation’, Business Ethics Quarterly, 17(4), pp. 689–727.doi:10.5840/beq20071745Source page
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