Supply Chain Management as a Competitive Advantage in the Spanish Grocery Sector

Adversarial relationships have been traditional in business, but Supply Chain Management (SCM) entails a new perspective. SCM requires a movement away from arms-length relationships toward partnership style relations. In this paper, we studied the Spanish grocery sector to analyze the relationship b...

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Published in:The international journal of logistics management 2003-01, Vol.14 (1), p.77-88
Main Authors: Giménez, Cristina, Ventura, Eva
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Business
Competitive advantage
Costs
Groceries
Grocery stores
Logistics
Logistics management
Management
Movement
Partnerships
Software
Spain
Supply chain management
Supply chains
Supplychain management
Vendor supplier relations
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Summary:Adversarial relationships have been traditional in business, but Supply Chain Management (SCM) entails a new perspective. SCM requires a movement away from arms-length relationships toward partnership style relations. In this paper, we studied the Spanish grocery sector to analyze the relationship between internal and external integration processes, their effect on firms' performance and their contribution to the achievement of competitive advantage. Performance improvements are analyzed through costs, stock-out and lead-time reductions. The achievement of a better competitive position is measured by comparing the firm's performance with its competitors' performance.
ISSN:0957-4093
1758-6550
DOI:10.1108/09574090310806558