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Papers by Linda Coley

International Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2017

Oil Companies are faced with many operational challenges as it relates to key process functions w... more Oil Companies are faced with many operational challenges as it relates to key process functions within their selected manufacturing strategy. These challenges include: high safety stock levels, long lead times, inefficient floor utilization and production planning in regards to bulk/pack raw material receipt, blending, and packaging. The goal of this research study is to address the challenge of high safety stock levels of lubricant products manufactured by oil companies, and to conduct a value stream map (VSM) exercise to frame near term and future state opportunities to optimize cost structures and operational excellence parameters. Based on the analysis of the current VSM for a specified oil company from a lean supply chain perspective, we apply the CONWIP (CONstant Work In Progress) approach to optimize the safety inventory levels, which successfully decreases the costs associated with both raw material and finished goods inventory. In particular, a 3.1 million dollar reduction ...

Handbook of Research in Entrepreneurship Education, Volume 3

2 Using simulation to develop empathy and motivate agency: an innovative pedagogical approach for... more 2 Using simulation to develop empathy and motivate agency: an innovative pedagogical approach for social entrepreneurship education Brett R. Smith ... a positive and significant relationship between empathy and prosocial behavior (for a meta-analysis, see Eisenberg and Miller ...

Journal of International Consumer Marketing, 2014

ABSTRACT A third-order global consumer eco-orientation model is developed that captures similarit... more ABSTRACT A third-order global consumer eco-orientation model is developed that captures similarities among cross-national consumers with different cultural and economic backgrounds. Two second-order constructs emerge. The first second-order construct, eco-notions, is conceptualized to capture intangible environmental notions. The other second-order construct, eco-actions, is conceptualized to capture tangible environmental actions. The systematic specification of the model sheds light on universal environmental concerns at the consumer level of three economy types. The model adds understanding of the value that cross-national consumers place on the environment. In the process of model specification, the foundational perspective of the properties associated with the multifactor eco-scale is challenged. The result is a new third-order, multidimensional model characterizing ecological concerns of cross-national consumers.

The Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, 2010

Journal of Supply Chain Management, 2011

This study is motivated by the interest in looking beyond the must-havetangible performance facto... more This study is motivated by the interest in looking beyond the must-havetangible performance factors of buyer–supplier relationships to understandthe roleofintangiblefactors thataffectbuyer–supplier relationshipcontinuityand future collaboration. The article uses three sequential structural equationmodels that integrate relationship theory, signaling theory and social ex-change theory to empirically evaluate the effects of suppliers’ reputation onthe future of buyer–supplier relationships. This multitheoretical approachshows that reputation at the start of a project has a direct effect on a buyer’sfuture collaboration intentions with suppliers. However, when outcome fair-ness (an economic factor) is added to the model the effect of reputation ispartially mediated. Conversely, when trust during the project collaboration (asocial factor) is added to the model the effects of reputation and outcomefairness are completely mediated. These results support that trust during theproject collaboration has a stronger inﬂuence on the future of buyer–supplierrelationships than fair economic rewards or reputation.Keywords: buyer–supplier relationships; reputation; supply chain collaboration; relation-ship performance; signaling theory; social exchange theory; trust; survey; structuralequation modeling.