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Supply Chain Management (SCM) : Case Studies

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  • Business Source Premier  Global Icon  US Icon  Canadian Icon
    Find business cases by typing "supply chain" or related keywords such as logistics, packing, warehousing, distribution, etc. Select Document Type: Case Study located on the left-hand side of the Search Options box. 
     
  • CBCA Complete  Canadian Icon 
    Provides interdisciplinary coverage of Canadian topics including the areas of business and current affairs. Offers references, and many full text articles, from Canadian journals, magazines, newspapers, and newswires. Search topics related to supply chain management, and select Document Type:  ‘Case study’.
     
  • Marketline Advantage  Global Icon  US Icon  Canadian Icon
    Find business cases by typing "supply chain" or the related keywords such as logistics, packing, warehousing, distribution, etc. into the search box and select Case Studies from the drop-down menu.
     
  • Proquest BusinessGlobal Icon  US Icon  Canadian Icon
    Find business cases by typing keyword "supply chain" or related keywords such as logistics, packing, warehousing, distribution, etc. Select Document type: business case. 
     
  • Scholars Portal Journals Global Icon  US Icon  Canadian Icon
    Provides a single point of full-text access to thousands of peer-reviewed scholarly journals from a broad range of disciplines. Search by keywords relevant to supply chain management. Although there is no option to filter cases, you may find some cases by looking through results for items with relevant words such as:  "case study", "example', "empirical study or analysis", etc.    

Web Resources

  • The Case Centre
    Offers a growing range of free cases produced by a number of prominent schools and organisations across the globe including Standford Graduate School of Business,  MIT Sloan School of Management and Copenhagen Business School. Some cases are relevant to supply chain management.  
     
  • MHI: Case Studies
    Provided by the Material Handling Industry of America (MHI). You may filter your search by facility type, product category, industry or company using the menus on the right hand column.
  • Supply Chain Digest
    A good website for news, best practices, reports, expert insights and case studies on supply chain management. To find case studies, click on Resources/Education tab and select "case studies" from the drop down menu. Free registration is required.

  • Supply Chain Opz
    This blog contributed by supply chain experts from business and engineering schools worldwide provides supply chain management case studies by industry or company.

  • The Times 100 
    "Each of the Business Case Studies is constructed around a key element of the business studies curriculum. Using real information and issues from the sponsoring companies, the case studies bring to life the complexities of business and help students engage and learn by giving them relevant context." Select Supply Chain under Operations.  

  • About.com
    The case studies on About.com will give you an insight into the strategies and decisions that companies implement to achieve success in supply chain operations.

Journals

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