CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head><script type='text/javascript' src='//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/yui/3.6.0/yui/yui-min.js'></script><script type='text/javascript' src='//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js'></script><script type='text/javascript' src='https://assets.adobedtm.com/4a848ae9611a/d0e96722185b/launch-d525bb0064d8.min.js'></script><script type='text/javascript' src=/assets/nr_browser_production.js></script>  <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width"> <title> Supply Chain Perspectives | Technological University Dublin Research | ARROW@TU Dublin </title>  <link rel="stylesheet" href="/ir-style.css" type="text/css" media="screen"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/ir-custom.css" type="text/css" media="screen"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="ir-custom.css" type="text/css" media="screen"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/ir-local.css" type="text/css" media="screen"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="ir-local.css" type="text/css" media="screen"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/ir-print.css" type="text/css" media="print"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Site Feed" href="/recent.rss"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">   <script type="text/javascript" src="/assets/jsUtilities.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/assets/footnoteLinks.js"></script>  <script type="text/javascript">var pageData = {"page":{"environment":"prod","productName":"bpdg","language":"en","name":"ir_community","businessUnit":"els:rp:st"},"visitor":{}};</script> </head> <body >  <script src="/assets/scripts/dc-mobile/dc-responsive-nav.js"></script> <header id="mobile-nav" class="nav-down device-fixed-height" style="visibility: hidden;"> <nav class="nav-collapse"> <ul> <li class="menu-item active device-fixed-width"><a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie" title="Home" data-scroll >Home</a></li> <li class="menu-item device-fixed-width"><a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/do/search/advanced/" title="Search" data-scroll ><i class="icon-search"></i> Search</a></li> <li class="menu-item device-fixed-width"><a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/communities.html" title="Browse" data-scroll >Browse Collections</a></li> <li class="menu-item device-fixed-width"><a href="/cgi/myaccount.cgi?context=" title="My Account" data-scroll >My Account</a></li> <li class="menu-item device-fixed-width"><a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/about.html" title="About" data-scroll >About</a></li> <li class="menu-item device-fixed-width"><a href="https://network.bepress.com" title="Digital Commons Network" data-scroll ><img width="16" height="16" alt="DC Network" style="vertical-align:top;" src="/assets/md5images/8e240588cf8cd3a028768d4294acd7d3.png"> Digital Commons Network™</a></li> </ul> </nav> </header> <script src="/assets/scripts/dc-mobile/dc-mobile-nav.js"></script>   <div id="tudublin"> <div id="container"> <a href="#main" class="skiplink" accesskey="2" >Skip to main content</a> <div id="header" role="banner"> <a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie" id="banner_link" title="ARROW@TU Dublin" > <img id="banner_image" alt="ARROW@TU Dublin" width='980' height='143' src="/assets/md5images/a5de53fcd500168f11404b600b32e190.png"> </a> <a href="https://www.tudublin.ie/" id="logo_link" title="Technological University Dublin" > <img id="logo_image" alt="Technological University Dublin" width='240' height='143' src="/assets/md5images/6f13f65d839d3826c6b6b432e2772641.png"> </a> </div> <div id="navigation"> <div id="tabs" role="navigation" aria-label="Main"><ul><li id="tabone"><a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie" title="Home" ><span>Home</span></a></li><li id="tabtwo"><a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/about.html" title="About" ><span>About</span></a></li><li id="tabthree"><a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/faq.html" title="FAQ" ><span>FAQ</span></a></li><li id="tabfour"><a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/cgi/myaccount.cgi?context= " title="My Account" ><span>My Account</span></a></li></ul></div>  </div> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="content"> <div id="main" class="text" role="main">  <div class="crumbs" role="navigation" aria-label="Breadcrumb"> <p> <a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie" class="ignore" >Home</a> <span aria-hidden="true">></span> <a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ditjou" class="ignore" >Journals</a> <span aria-hidden="true">></span> <a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/jouoth" class="ignore" >other</a> <span aria-hidden="true">></span> <a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/jouscm" class="ignore" aria-current="page" >Supply Chain Perspectives</a> </p> </div>  <div class="clear"> </div> <div id="series-header">  <h1 id="series-title"><a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/jouscm" >Supply Chain Perspectives</a></h1></div> <div class="clear"> </div> <div id="series-home">    <div class="intro">Supply Chain Perspectives (SCP) (ISSN: 2009-2342) is a peer-reviewed publication that aims to create awareness about leading edge supply chain management (SCM) and logistics themes among practitioners in this field. It will also keep readers informed of key developments in NITL and in the wider Irish SCM community. Supply Chain Perspectives replaces Logistics Solutions which NITL published for almost a decade.</div> <p class="publication-follow"> <span class="pull-right">  <a rel="nofollow" href="https://network.bepress.com/api/follow/subscribe?publication=ZjgxMzM5ZmVkN2VkZGMxZg%3D%3D&format=html" data-follow-set="publication:ZjgxMzM5ZmVkN2VkZGMxZg==" title="Follow Supply Chain Perspectives" class="btn followable" >Follow</a>  </span> </p> <h2 class="community-browse-heading"> Browse the <em>Supply Chain Perspectives</em> Collections: </h2> <p><a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/jouacmiss" title="Issues" >Issues</a></p>  <div id="rdr-embed" data-width="640" data-height="380" scrolling="no" style="margin-top: 20px; overflow: hidden; width: 100%; max-width: 640px;"></div> <script> (function () { var og = window.location.origin; window.rdrAsync = function() { RDR.init({ mapContext: '2080678', datastreamHost: 'datastream.bepress.com', datastreamPort: '443', datastreamStaticRoot: '//assets.bepress.com/20200205/', colorCode: 'custom', customColor: '', customSaturation: 0, customLightness: 0, institution_title: 'Technological University Dublin', site_title: 'Supply Chain Perspectives', site_link: 'https://arrow.tudublin.ie/jouscm', instCountryCode: 'ie', instCity: 'Dublin', instRegion: 'Leinster', instCountry: 'Ireland', origin: og, embedLink: 'https://arrow.tudublin.ie/jouscm/embed_map.html', largeMapLink: 'https://arrow.tudublin.ie/jouscm/readership_map.html#content', homepageMap: 0, publicationMap: 1, zoom: 1, minZoom: 1, stats_host: 'https://resources.bepress.com', playbackHost: 'https://playback.bepressaws.com', playbackTimerTID: null, playbackForce: false, }); }; }()); </script> <script src="https://assets.bepress.com/20200205/shared/embed/rdr.js" async="true"></script>  </div> </div> <div class="verticalalign"> </div> <div class="clear"> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar" role="complementary">    <h2>Search</h2> <form method='get' action='https://arrow.tudublin.ie/do/search/' id="sidebar-search"> <label for="search" accesskey="4"> Enter search terms: </label> <div> <span class="border"> <input type="text" name='q' class="search" id="search"> </span> <input type="submit" value="Search" class="searchbutton" style="font-size:11px;"> </div> <label for="context" class="visually-hidden"> Select context to search: </label> <div> <span class="border"> <select name="fq" id="context"> <option value='virtual_ancestor_link:"https://arrow.tudublin.ie/jouscm"'>in this collection</option> <option value='virtual_ancestor_link:"https://arrow.tudublin.ie"'>in this repository</option> <option value='virtual_ancestor_link:"http:/"'>across all repositories</option> </select> </span> </div> </form> <p class="advanced"> <a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/do/search/advanced/?fq=virtual_ancestor_link:%22https://arrow.tudublin.ie/jouscm%22" > Advanced Search </a> </p>   <ul id="side-notify"> <li class="notify"> <a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/announcements.html" title="Email or RSS Notifications" > Notify me via email or <acronym title="Really Simple Syndication">RSS</acronym> </a> </li> </ul>     <h2>Browse</h2> <ul id="side-browse"> <li class="collections"><a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/communities.html" title="Browse by Collections" >Collections</a></li> <li class="collections"><a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ditjou" >Journal Collection</a></li> <li class="collections"><a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/speccoll" >Special Collections</a></li> <li class="discipline-browser"><a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/do/discipline_browser/disciplines" title="Browse by Disciplines" >Disciplines</a></li> <li class="author"><a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/authors.html" title="Browse by Author" >TU Dublin Authors</a></li> </ul>  <h2>Author Corner</h2> <ul id="side-author"> <li class="faq"> <a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/faq.html" title="Author FAQ" > Author FAQ </a> </li> </ul>   <h2>Links</h2> <ul id="homepage-links"> <li class="sb-homepage"> <a href="http://www.nitl.ie/Supply_Chain_Perspectives/Default.244.html" title="jouscm Home Page" > Website </a> </li> </ul>            <div class="verticalalign"> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer" role="contentinfo"> <div id="bepress"> <a href="https://www.elsevier.com/solutions/digital-commons" title="Elsevier - Digital Commons" > <em>Elsevier - Digital Commons</em> </a> </div>  <p> <a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie" title="Home page" accesskey="1" >Home</a> | <a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/about.html" title="About" >About</a> | <a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/faq.html" title="FAQ" >FAQ</a> | <a href="/cgi/myaccount.cgi?context=" title="My Account Page" accesskey="3" >My Account</a> | <a href="https://arrow.tudublin.ie/accessibility.html" title="Accessibility Statement" accesskey="0" >Accessibility Statement</a> </p> <p> <a class="secondary-link" href="https://www.bepress.com/privacy" title="Privacy Policy" >Privacy</a> <a class="secondary-link" href="https://www.bepress.com/copyright" title="Copyright Policy" >Copyright</a> </p> </div>  </div> </div> <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-5499681-3', 'dit.ie'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> <script type='text/javascript' src='/assets/scripts/bpbootstrap-20160726.pack.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>BPBootstrap.init({appendCookie:''})</script></body></html>