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Volume 4 Number 1 January-June 2011

Dear JOSCM Readers

We are pleased to introduce you to the new issue of the Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management (JOSCM).

The articles in this issue follow our usual editorial orientation of a rigorous and well documented research results linked clearly to managerial implications. As Operations and Supply Chain Management is a research field with multiple possibilities, our readers will find a diversity of methodologies in this issue, such as case studies, survey and modeling.

Nevertheless, a topic that may summarize the common focus among the articles in this issue is related to the proposal of integration. All the articles mention the importance of integration in order to improve performance, to achieve a sustainable approach in management or to develop a quality certification label.

Relevance is still a challenge for the studies on Administration, including Operations and Supply Chain Management. Therefore, we do believe in the importance of publishing articles that present a clear connection between theory and practice. Therefore, we present a first article as “Technical Note” in this issue. Our intention is the creation of a space for discussion for studies with clear applied orientation.

Finally, we are very glad about the number of articles from different countries that we have being received. When JOSCM was launched in 2008, our intention was to provide a wide view of OM research that included studies from emerging and industrialized regions. Step by step JOSCM is achieving this goal because we are receiving several submissions from India, China, Malasia, besides Brazil, USA and European Countries.

Ely Laureano Paiva
Priscila Miguel
JOSCM Editors


Articles:

REDUCING INTERNAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE ALLOCATION THROUGH GLOBAL UPSTREAM ELECTRONIC BUSINESS STANDARDS. A CASE STUDY: NOVOZYMES A/S.
Douglas Steven Hill - University of Southampton
Juan Francisco Zurita Duque; Helle Skøtt – Novozymes A/S

ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABILITY INCORPORATION BY INDUSTRIAL SUPPLY CHAIN IN RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE (BRAZIL).
Luíse Bispo da Costa Dalé Pontifícia Universidade Católica do RS – PUCRS
Lucas Bonacina Roldan – Faculdade Dom Alberto
Peter Bent Hansen; Universidade Católica do RS – PUCRS

QUALITY CERTIFICATION LABEL: THE CASE OF THE PIONEERING INDICATION OF ORIGIN IN BRAZIL
Carla Maria Schmidt
Maria Sylvia Macchione Saes - FEA/USP

MEASURING LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MMOG/LE AS PERCEIVED BY SUPPLIERS IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
Alexandre Reis Graeml – Universidade Positivo/UTFPR
Jurandir Peinado – Universidade Positivo

OPTIMAL PRODUCT/CUSTOMER MIX SELECTION AS A STRATEGIC TOOL FOR CROSS-FUNCTIONAL INTEGRATION
Joao Neiva de Figueiredo - Saint Joseph's University
Sergio Fernando Mayerle - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
Felipe Simas Donato - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

REVERSE LOGISTICS PRACTICES IN THE SPANISH SMEs CONTEXT
Rocío Ruiz-Benítez - Universidad Pablo de Olavide
Jesús Cambra-Fierro - Universidad Pablo de Olavide

STUDY OF LOGISTICAL INTERMODALITY IN PARANÁ STATE – BRAZIL
Technical Note
Claudia Tania Picinin - Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
João Luiz Kovaleski - Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
Luiz Alberto Pilatti - Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná
Bruno Pedroso- Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Marcus Vinicius Pereira Gonçalves - Faculdades Integradas de Itararé

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