Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the costs/benefits of implementing the
cross-docking strategy in a retail supply chain context using a cost model. In particular, the …

Purpose The objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of products' characteristics
on the performance of three distribution strategies: traditional warehousing (TW), cross …

This paper aims to assess the financial implications of adopting the cross-docking strategy
by European grocery retailers. It examines how cross-docking affects firms' profitability …

The objective of this paper is to analyse the financial statements of European grocery
retailers to determine how their unique business model, strategies and characteristics …

Purpose An important phenomenon often observed in supply chain, known as the bullwhip
effect, implies that demand variability increases as we move up in the supply chain. On the …

The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of combining the cross-docking strategy
(XD) and vendor managed inventory (VMI) in a retail supply chain. Particularly, the impact of …

The evolving healthcare domain necessitates an upgrade through digitization, integrating
patient data, and advanced medical results. In the last couple of decades, advances in …

Purpose The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of cross-docking on the retail
out of stock (OOS). Design/methodology/approach The research is based on a three-phase …

The purpose of this article is to analyze the effect of order batching on the bullwhip effect in a
cross-docking strategy. The model proposed uses simulation to analyze empirically the …

The advent of liberalization in October 1994 in Kenya's petroleum sub-sector has witnessed
unprecedented influx of players into this sector. This has led to stiff competition, as the fight …