A Comparison of the Supply Chain Management Approaches of U.S. Regional and Global Businesses

Authors

Keah-Choon Tan, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Joel D. Wisner, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2001

Publication Title

Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal

Publisher

KEDGE Business School

Volume

2

Issue

2

First page number:

20

Last page number:

28

Abstract

This research used a survey to identify common approaches to supply chain management and to compare these approaches among regional and global business enterprises operating in the U.S. Global enterprises tended to have a wider scope of activities in their supply chain management efforts. Statistically, determining customers, future needs, reducing supply chain response time, formal information sharing, and participating in the marketing efforts of customers tended to be more important in global businesses than in regional businesses.

Keywords

Communication; Global companies; Globalization; International business enterprises; Marketing; Regional business; Supply chain management; United States

Disciplines

Business | Business and Corporate Communications | International Business | Marketing | Operations and Supply Chain Management

Language

English

Permissions

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Repository Citation

Tan, K., Wisner, J. D. (2001). A Comparison of the Supply Chain Management Approaches of U.S. Regional and Global Businesses. Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal, 2(2), 20-28. KEDGE Business School.