Supply chain management: a structured literature review and implications for future research

By Kevin Burgess, Prakash J. Singh, Rana Koroglu. 2006

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Purpose – The field of supply chain management (SCM) has historically been informed by knowledge from narrow functional areas. While some effort towards producing a broader organizational perspective has been made, nonetheless, SCM continues to be largely eclectic with little consensus on its conceptualization and research methodological bases. This paper seeks to clarify aspects of this emerging perspective.Design/methodology/approach – A total of 100 randomly selected refereed journal articles were systematically analyzed.Findings – A number of key findings emerged: the field is a relatively “new” one; several disciplines claim ownership of the field; consensus is lacking on the definition of the term; contextual focus is mostly on the manufacturing industry; predominantly “process” conceptual framing prevails; research methods employed are mostly analytical conceptual, empirical surveys or case studies; the positivist research paradigmatic stance is prevalent; and theories related to transaction cost e...

Subfields: Management Information Systems

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Impact of Industry 4.0 on supply chain performance (2020, methodology): “For this study, a systematic literature review was carried out to provide a better understanding of the research topic (Burgess, Singh, and Koroglu 2006).”
The impact of supply chain management practices on performance of SMEs (2007, background): “…Supplier base reduction Long-term relationship Communication Cross-functional teams Supplier involvement Min and Mentzer (2004) Li et al. (2005) Burgess et al. (2006) Agreed vision and goals Information sharing Risk and award sharing Cooperation Process integration Long term relationship…”
The impact of business analytics on supply chain performance (2010, neutral): “SCM is therefore still largely eclectic with little consensus on its conceptualization [10] and can basically encompass every business activity in a company.”
Can supply chain risk management practices mitigate the disruption impacts on supply chains’ resilience and robustness? Evidence from an empirical survey in a COVID-19 outbreak era (2020, background): “RBV and dynamic capabilities constitute a relevant framework to examine how firms coordinate their resources and capabilities in response to SC risks (Ojala and Hallikas, 2006; Tsai et al., 2008; Fan and Stevenson, 2018; Chowdhury and Quaddus, 2017).”
The governance of supply networks: a systematic literature review (2012, methodology): “This accords with both Burgess et al.,’s (2006) and Giunipero et al.”
The relationships between supply chain and firm performance (2011, background): “While it has been suggested that there is little consensus on a definition for supply chain management ( Burgess et al. , 2006”