THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN FORUM
Current Research - Partnerships
Supply Chain Partnership Research
Many executives are developing supply chain partnerships in an attempt to reduce costs, improve services, and gain competitive advantage. While partnerships can be beneficial, they are not appropriate in all situations. This research provides a model which can be used to determine whether a partnership is warranted, and if so, how close of a partnership is warranted.
For more information see:
Douglas M. Lambert and A. Michael Knemeyer, "We're In
This Together," Harvard Business Review , Vol. 82, No. 12
(2004), pp. 114-122. Reprinted in, "21st Century Supply Chain
Collection," Harvard Business Review (2004), pp.
55-64.
See HBR December 2004 Issue
Douglas M. Lambert, A. Michael Knemeyer and John T. Gardner,
"Developing and Implementing Partnerships in the Supply
Chain," Chapter 14, in Douglas M. Lambert, Editor, Supply
Chain Management: Processes, Partnerships, Performance, Third
Edition, Sarasota, FL: Supply Chain Management Institute, 2008, pp.
255-282.
See the Supply Chain Management
Institute
Douglas M. Lambert, Margaret A. Emmelhainz and John T. Gardner, "Building Successful Logistics Partnerships," Journal of Business Logistics , Vol. 20, No. 1 (1999), pp. 165-181.
See the Journal of Business Logistics
Douglas M. Lambert, A. Michael Knemeyer and John T. Gardner, "Supply Chain Partnerships: Model Validation and Implementation,"
Journal of Business Logistics , Vol. 25, No. 2, (2004) pp. 21-42.
