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Yang, Nan. "Supply risks in supply chain management." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium, 2007. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3266705.
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Pfaff, Donovan. "Financial supply chain management /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2007. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/558860591.pdf.
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Gostic, William J. (William John) 1957. "Aerospace supply chain management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/10000.
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Hilletofth, Per. "Demand-Supply Chain Management." Doctoral thesis, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-21732.
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Purpose: This research aims to enhance the current understanding and knowledge of the demand-supply chain management (DSCM) concept by determining its elements, benefits, and requirements, as well as by analyzing key elements of the concept. Methodology: This research has utilized the case study strategy and the survey strategy, however, the case study strategy dominates. The case study research has involved five companies originating from Sweden and the collection of empirical data mainly from in-depth interviews with key persons representing senior and middle management. The survey research targeted the largest firms in Sweden and Finland and empirical data was collected through an online questionnaire. Findings: This research has established that the main elements of DSCM include market orientation, coordination of the demand and supply processes, viewing the demand and supply processes as being equally important, as well as value creation, differentiation, innovativeness, responsiveness, and cost-efficiency in the demand and supply processes. It has also been revealed that the main benefits of DSCM include enhanced competiveness, enhanced demand chain performance, as well as enhanced supply chain performance, while the main requirements of DSCM include organizational competences, company established principles, demand-supply chain collaboration, and information technology support. A key element of DSCM further investigated is differentiation focused supply chain design. It has been shown that these efforts can be organized into a process of five stages. In addition, it is important that this process is addressed in parallel with the new product development (NPD) process, that information is exchanged between them, and that they are directed on the basis of the same segmentation model. Another key element of DSCM further investigated is coordination between NPD and SCM. This research has identified several significant linkages between these management directions, which motivate the use of an integrative NPD process where the NPD functions are aligned with the main supply functions in the company and other sales-related functions supporting the commercialization. A final key element of DSCM further investigated is the significance of regarding the demand processes and the supply processes as being equally important. This research has revealed that logistics outsourcing can be risky, if it results in the supply processes being considered less important. Nevertheless, if senior management regards the outsourced processes as equally important as the in-house processes, the effect of logistics outsourcing on company strategies and direction in SCM could be reduced and logistics outsourcing could instead provide an opportunity to improve the design and differentiation of the supply chain. Research limitations/implications: This research has proposed, described, and further analyzed a demand-supply oriented management approach. Such a management approach stresses that the demand processes and the supply processes have to be coordinated and directed at an overlying level, in order to gain and sustain a competitive advantage in competitive and fragmented markets. This research is mainly explorative in nature, and more empirical data, from similar and other research settings, is needed to further validate the findings. Another limitation of the research is that it is essentially limited to Swedish companies (even if some Finnish companies are involved in the survey), however, many of the case companies have a large international presence and are among the top three in their industries, facts which provide some grounds for generalization. Practical implications: This research provides researchers and practitioners with insights into how to develop a demand-supply oriented business. It shows that companies should organize themselves around understanding how customer value is created and delivered, as well as how these processes and management directions can be coordinated. In order for this to occur, the demand and supply processes must be considered as being equally important and the firm needs to be managed jointly and in a coordinated manner by the demand- and supply-side of the company. It is also important that value creation is considered in both the demand and supply processes. Originality/value: Despite strong arguments from both researchers and practitioners for a demand-supply oriented management approach only a minority of companies appear to have effectively coordinated the demand and supply processes. This might be influenced by the lack of research examining how the demand and supply processes can be coordinated, what benefits can be gained by coordinating them, and what requirements are necessary to succeed. This research contributes by investigating these types of aspects further.
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Babková, Ivana. "Supply Chain Risk Management." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-3307.
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Práce se zabývá problematikou řízení rizika v logistických řetězcích se zaměřením na jeden konkrétní článek řetězce. Definuje základní oblasti risk managementu, jeho hlavní aspekty a systém spojitého plánování. Zabývá se bezpečností práce v pojetí EU, České republiky a Velké Británie. V aplikační části uvádí řízení rizika v jednom článku logistického řetězce, skladu poskytovatele logistických služeb ve Velké Británii.
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Skipper, Joseph B. Hanna Joe B. "Managing supply chain disruptions." Auburn, Ala., 2008. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/EtdRoot/2008/SUMMER/Management/Dissertation/Skipper_Joseph_32.pdf.
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Broberg, Elias, and Mattias Wallin. "Flödesekonomins dimensioner : supply chain management." Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-781.
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It is of increasing importance to in the most effective possible way, manage and control all the transactions of raw materials, products and information that are exchanged between an organization and all its operators. These flows and the need for strategy and managing the processes of planning, implementing and control of the supply chain, has given name to the concept supply chain management. Supply chain management involves all movement and storage of raw material, and all the processes that is needed to manufacture a product from origin to consumption. Globalization, technology and increasing time and quality-based competition are all driving forces behind the concept and reasons for an increasing interest in supply chain management.
The purpose of this essay is to by using a qualitative case study examine which decisive success factors that can be identified for effective supply chain management. We have compiled different theories on the subject to use for analyzing a case study Li & Fung, who is a successful supply chain management company. We intend to give a detailed description of this complex concept and identify decisive success factors for effective supply chain management.
The study shows two prominent aspects for effective supply chain management; (1) Leadership and (2) control of the supply chain.
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Cansiz, Selcan. "Carbon Regulated Supply Chain Management." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12612303/index.pdf.
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In this study, carbon dioxide emissions resulting from transportation are assessed, carbon emission reduction opportunities in the current service supply chain design of Cisco Systems, Inc. are explored. Among these opportunities, changing transport mode from a high-carbon transport mode to a low-carbon transport mode is found to be the most promising option and is scrutinized. The effect of transportation mode change on carbon emission and expected total cost are scrutinized by developing a mathematical model that minimizes expected total cost subject to aggregate fill rate constraint. Furthermore, a second model that minimizes the expected total cost under aggregate expected fill rate and carbon emission constraints is developed. In this model transportation mode choice decisions are integrated into inventory decisions. Since it is difficult to make transportation mode selection for each individual item, the items are clustered and transportation mode selection is made for each cluster. Therefore we propose two clustering methods that are k-means clustering and an adopted ABC analysis. In addition, a greedy algorithm based on second model is developed. Since currently there are no regulations on carbon emissions, in order to examine possible regulation scenarios computational studies are carried out. In these studies, efficient solutions are generated and the most preferred solutions that have less carbon emission and lower total cost among all efficient solutions are examined.
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Taylor, D. H. "Supply Chain management : lean approaches." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.517244.
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Shabangu, Phenyo. "Supply chain practitioners' perceptions of supply chain integration in FMCG manufacturing firms." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/75682.
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Supply chain integration (SCI) is a phenomenon that has received growing attention from academia and industry practitioners alike. Studies suggest that firms with highly integrated supply chains can positively influence firm performance from both an operational and financial standpoint. The literature emphasizes three distinct dimensions of SCI; internal integration, supplier integration and customer integration. However, the scarcity of highly integrated supply chains could be widespread in South Africa due to the SCI perception gaps prevalent among supply chain practitioners in South Africa. The literature reveals that there are countless inconsistencies pertaining to the interpretation and execution of supply chain management practices among supply chain practitioners, across myriads of industries. This study aimed to investigate the various perceptions of the SCI construct harboured by supply chain practitioners in fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) manufacturing firms. A generic qualitative research strategy was used as the method of inquiry in this research. Five FMCG manufacturing firms were sampled and a total of fifteen participants were
interviewed though semi-structured interviews. The main findings of the study reveal that supply chain practitioners in FMCG manufacturing firms interpret the SCI construct differently. While some supply chain practitioners interpret the SCI construct in line with what is documented in the literature, others have misaligned interpretations of the construct. These differences in interpretation span across all tiers (strategic, tactical and operational) within FMCG manufacturing firms. The findings also reveal that supply chain practitioners in South African FMCG manufacturing firms, to a significant extent, identify with all the supply chain integrative practices relating to supply chain collaboration, intra/inter firm interaction and information sharing, as documented in the literature. The study’s findings contribute to the supply chain discipline by helping researchers as well as supply chain practitioners develop a complete understanding of the SCI construct which deliberately elaborates on the associated SCI dimensions, and explicitly articulates the integrative practices associated with the phenomenon. Managerial implications emanating
from this study suggest that supply chain functions should strive to create awareness around the focal firm’s end-to-end supply chain activities, and how these activities impact each other. This can be done through building a culture of frequent inter- and intra- organisational interaction, as well as implementing relevant organisational learning interventions across all tiers within the focal firm. In addition, focal firms should also adopt and leverage off new technologies to ensure more reliable and real-time data, thus enabling more effective decision-making.Dissertation (MCom)--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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Herrmann, Jan. "Supply chain scheduling." Wiesbaden Gabler, 2009. http://d-nb.info/999948970/04.
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De, Jong Jurriaan L. "Supply Chain Relationships and Refurbishing in the Healthcare Supply Chain." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1366197687.
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Kochan, Cigdem Gonul. "The Impact of Cloud Based Supply Chain Management on Supply Chain Resilience." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2015. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc804986/.
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On March 2011 a destructive 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami along with nuclear explosions struck northeastern Japan; killing thousands of people, halting industry and crippling infrastructure. A large manufacturing company operating outside of Japan received the news in the middle of the night. Within a few hours of the tsunami hitting Japan, this manufacturer’s logistics team ran global materials management reports to communicate the precise status of the products originating from Japan to their entire global network of facilities. With this quick and far reaching communication the manufacturer was able to launch a successful contingency plan. Alternative suppliers, already existing as part of their global network, were evaluated and used to mitigate Japan’s disruptive impact. The resiliency of this manufacturer’s trusted network of supply chain trading partners allowed for minimum disruptions, saving countless money and maintaining continuity for its end-to-end supply chain. This manufacturer was part of a cloud-based supply chain that provided the catalyst to quickly shift its resources to allay the impact of no longer being able to receive product from Japan. Today's supply chains are global and complex networks of enterprises that aim to deliver products in the right quantity, in the right place, and at the right time in an increasingly volatile and unpredictable environment. To cope with internal and external supply chain instability and disruptions, supply chains need to be resilient to survive. A supply chain's ability to collaboratively share information with its supply chain partners is one of the most important factors that enhance a supply chain’s resilience. Cloud based supply chain management (SCM) creates a platform that enables collaborative information sharing that helps to identify, monitor and reduce supply chain risks, vulnerabilities and disruptions. However, supply chain academics and practitioners are at its infancy in understanding the capabilities of cloud based supply chains and its impact on resiliency. The goal of this dissertation is to explore how cloud based SCM make supply chains more resilient to disruptions. To achieve this goal the present research addresses the following fundamental research question: What is the impact of cloud based supply chain management (SCM) on supply chain resilience? To address this research question, this dissertation is comprised of three separate but interrelated essays. The first essay uses the systematically literature review (SLR) method to provide clear definitions of supporting constructs of supply chain resiliency (SCRES), classify the capabilities of SCRES, and identify existing research gaps and future SCRES research ideas. The second essay applies resource-based view (RBV) and dynamic capabilities as the theoretical lens to investigate the role of cloud based SCM in establishing SCRES. The second essay develops a theory-driven, conceptual model to illustrate and explain the relationships among cloud based SCM, SCRES, and the supply chain capabilities identified in the first essay. The third essay uses systems dynamics theory to develop two novel casual loop diagrams (CLD) and its equivalent systems dynamics (SD) models to quantitatively analyze the impact of cloud based information sharing on supply chain performance. A hospital supply chain is used as an illustrative example to show the positive impact on performance. Lead-time, inventory spend, and customer service levels are the comparative performance metrics used in this essay and are consistent with the findings of essays 1 and 2. One CLD and its equivalent SD model represent a traditional on-premise hospital supply chain information sharing platform and the other represent a cloud based hospital information sharing platform. The SD models simulate and compare the performance of the traditional and cloud based hospital supply chain platforms.
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Sieke, Marcel. "Supply chain contract management a performance analysis of efficient supply chain contracts." Köln Kölner Wiss.-Verl, 2008. http://d-nb.info/989792722/04.
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Konukcu, Selda. "A knowledge chain framework for construction supply chains." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2011. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/9155.
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Construction is a project-based industry and construction supply chains generally work with a unique product in every project. Commonly, project organizations are reconfigured for each project. This means that construction supply chains are characterised by various practices and disjointed relationships, with the result that construction supply chain actors generally have transient relationships rather than long term risk sharing partnerships. A consequence of this is the lack of trust between construction clients, designers, main contractors and suppliers. Because the construction supply chain works as a disparate collection of separate organisations rather than as a unified team, the supply chain suffers from lack of integration. Knowledge flow in construction supply chains are hindered due to the reasons such as inadequate adaptation to collaborative procurement type projects, inadequate collaboration between the downstream and upstream supply chain, lack of interoperability of the design tools, lack of well structured SCM process and lack of well developed knowledge management applications. These characteristics of the construction supply chains are the main reasons for its low efficiency and productivity in project delivery. There is a need for the development of appropriate systems to ensure the effective diffusion of knowledge such that each actor of the supply chain adds value to the project delivery process. This is expected to result in the creation of knowledge chains in construction. It is believed that construction supply chain management (SCM), when integrated with knowledge management (KM), can successfully address the major problems of the industry The main aim of this research was to develop a framework to transform construction supply chains into knowledge chains . To reach this aim, the research first provided an overview of practices and issues in SCM across a range of industry sectors including construction, aerospace, and automotive industries. It discusses research and developments in the field of SCM and KM in construction industry, the key SCM issues with a knowledge flow focus, and the best practices from other industries to improve the construction supply chains. Furthermore, the results of the company specific and project specific case studies conducted in aerospace and construction industry supply chains are presented. These results include the key SC problems, key issues related to knowledge flow and the presentation of knowledge requirements of each supply chain actor. Following the data analysis process, a framework to transform the construction supply chain into a knowledge chain taking full cognisance of both the technical and social aspects of KM was presented. The main purpose of the knowledge chain framework was to enable construction bid managers/project managers to plan and manage the project knowledge flow in the supply chain and organise activities, meetings and tasks to improve SCM and KM throughout the supply chain in an integrated procurement type (PFI) project life cycle. The knowledge chain framework was intended to depict the knowledge flow in the construction supply chain specifically, and to offer guidance for specific business processes to transform the supply chains into knowledge chains. Finally, this research focused on the evaluation of the framework through industry practitioners and researchers. An evaluation of the Framework was conducted via workshop followed by a questionnaire comprising industry experts. The findings indicated that adoption of the Framework in construction project lifecycle could contribute towards more efficient and effective management of knowledge flow, standardisation and integration of SCM and KM processes, better coordination and integration of the SC, improved consistency and visibility of the processes, and successful delivery of strategic projects. The overall research process contributed the construction research in many perspectives such as introduction of knowledge chain concept for construction supply chains; comparative analysis of the SCM practices in different industry sectors, identification of best practices for construction supply chains, better demonstration of the maturity level and critical factors of the SCM within the construction industry, demonstration of the KC framework which integrates the supply chain process and knowledge sharing within a single framework which covers all the recent trends in the construction industry like collaborative procurement route projects, creation of better integrated SCs, applications like off site construction and BIM where all supply chain management and knowledge management should take place.
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Bao, Yong Economics Australian School of Business UNSW. "Supply chain competition." Publisher:University of New South Wales. Economics, 2009. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/43537.
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This thesis studies the influence of horizontal competition on supply chain performance. Unlike most of the existing literature which focuses on horizontal competition between echelon levels, we look at both the supply chain and the individual company??s performance with the presence of supply chain to supply chain competition. Specifically, this thesis is composed of three individual research papers. The first paper deals with chain-to-chain horizontal competition and considers price competition among an arbitrary number of supply chains by comparing two cases. In the first case each supply chain is vertically integrated, while in the second, decentralised, case the manufacturers and retailers act independently. We explore the effect of varying the level of price competition on the profitts of the industry participants and demonstrate the important role played by the spread of underlying market shares. The coefficient of variation of these market shares determines whether decentralised supply chains can outperform integrated supply chains with an appropriate level of competition. The second and third papers focus on in-chain horizontal competition with capacity constraints. In the second paper, we look at a supply chain with one manufacturer and two downstream retailers. Based on total capacity available, the manufacturer needs to find ways to best use the capacity by determining whether or not to release the capacity information to retailers. The third paper looks at competition in a more complicated supply chain structure. A retailer buys three brands of products from two manufacturers. One manufacturer produces both branded and private label products, and the other one manufactures a branded product only. With our model, we are able to determine the profits of each supply chain agent. At the end of the paper, we use data from the Australian milk industry and discuss a problem in which a manufacturer needs to decide how to allocate capacity between the national brand and the private label when there is a capacity shortage.
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Zhou, Honggeng. "The role of supply chain processes and information sharing in supply chain management." The Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1060880365.
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Voss, Peter Hans. "Horizontale Supply-Chain-Beziehungen : Potentiale der Zusammenarbeit zwischen Zulieferern in supply chains /." Wiesbaden : Dt. Univ.-Verl, 2007. http://d-nb.info/986295396/04.
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Gabriel, Christoph. "Strategisches Supply Chain Design /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2003. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/373209851.pdf.
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Romero, Morales Dolores. "Optimization problems in supply chain management /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2000. http://aleph.unisg.ch/hsgscan/hm00021582.pdf.
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Von, Raubenheimer Albert Ludwich. "Strategic supply chain management using simulation." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-12012005-092956/.
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Gabunia, Vladimer, Ketevan Zhvania, and Tetyana Manshylina. "Supply Chain Management in Tourism Industry." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-16324.
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The present study aims to analyse the Tourism Supply Chain Management based on the published articles, available statistical data and the conducted research among the par- ticipants of the Tourism Industry (service provider/tour operator, intermediaries, cus- tomers). The paper has a goal to present a deeper insight into the factors affecting the choice of the distribution channel proposing a model based on the accumulated informa- tion regarding the tourism services distribution. In the research we pay a special atten- tion to the analysis of the factors motivating customers to choose traditional intermedi- aries at the time when all the operations can be done through the Internet. This problem would be analysed from both service provider and customers personal approach. The model also includes the future perspective of the development in the field of e-Tourism. The major contribution of this paper is the confrontation of the customers real prefer- ences and company‟s strategies with published earlier empirical research.
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Ivanova, Ivelina. "Supply chain management tools and methods." Thesis, University of Huddersfield, 2004. http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/id/eprint/4591/.
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In today's business environment, manufacturers need to manage their enterprises as an inseparable part of a supply chain. Key to achieving this is the creation of an extended and integrated information system. In an attempt to find out what needs to be done to improve current supply chain methods and tools, the current research project 1) reviewed the literature to establish current approaches to Supply Chain Management (SCM); 2) identified what tools and methods are available; 3) categorised the current approaches to supply chain management and established a current practice SCM model; 4) identified the requirements for improved SCM; 5) produced an outline requirements specification for improved SCM. The research has made a number of contributions to knowledge. A literature survey on the subject of what SCM involves and what a SCM system is was carried out and was followed by the conclusions that existing software systems have not been classified and tested against the criteria of a true SCM system. A survey of existing SCM software solutions provided data for an analysis of what typical SCM applications include and concluded that a comprehensive SCM solution currently does not exist. That conclusion was verified by a survey based on SCM expert interviews. Three case studies were carried out that looked into different parts of the supply chain and demonstrated the significance of advanced SCM functionality for each one of them. The case studies also involved the design and implementation of a supply chain mapping tool and a supplier relationship management tool. Finally, a conceptual specification of an improved SCM system was developed. The research will be of interest to practitioners in the area of SCM that are looking for ideas to improve SCM procedures and namely, are looking into implementing or developing an already existing software system for SCM. It also suggests ideas for further research, which may be of interest to research students who are interested in the area of SCM.
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Lebreton, Baptiste. "Strategic closed-loop supply chain management." Palo Alto, Calif. : Ebrary, 2007. http://site.ebrary.com/id/10152065.
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Ackermann, Ingmar. "Supply Chain Management in der Automobilindustrie /." Lohmar [u.a.] : Eul, 2004. http://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/394642848.pdf.
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Univ. der Bundeswehr, Diss. u.d.T.: Ackermann, Ingmar: Supply Chain Management - Unternehmensübergreifende Wertschöpfungspartnerschaften in der Automobilindustrie aus ressourcenbasierter Sicht--Hamburg, 2003.
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MENDOZA, ANDRE LUIZ. "GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AT GLAXOSMITHKLINE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2006. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=9957@1.
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As companhias farmacêuticas necessitam dirigir atenção à
demanda
crescente em trazer medicamentos ao mercado em uma forma
econômica. A
pressão sobre o preço está aumentando, e as vantagens de
ter um período de
exclusividade da utilização de suas patentes estão
diminuindo, enquanto a
produção de produtos genéricos está crescendo em todo
mundo. Ter um portifólio
de novas drogas é crítico, mas também é crítico ter
habilidade de trazer essas
drogas ao mercado em uma maneira eficiente e de baixo
custo. Entretanto, as
companhias farmacêuticas não podem mais contar unicamente
em pesquisa e
desenvolvimento e marketing para sobreviver, mas devem
também confiar nos
valores agregados pela gestão da cadeia de suprimentos
(Supply Chain
Management - SCM). Neste contexto, o presente trabalho tem
o intuito de
analisar o modelo de SCM global utilizado por uma grande
empresa de
medicamentos (Glaxosmithkline-GSK), através da
apresentação das principais
características de sua cadeia de suprimentos, da análise
do planejamento e
gerenciamento do suprimento e da demanda e da análise de
práticas de SCM
implementadas por esta empresa na Europa.Pharmaceutical companies need to address the growing demand for bringing medicines to market in an economical way. Price pressure is increasing, and the advantages of having a buffered patent window is decreasing as generic manufacturing is on the rise. Having a pipeline of new drugs is critical, but it is also critical the ability to bring them to market in a cost effective and efficient manner. However, pharmaceutical companies can no longer solely rely on research and development and marketing to survive, but must also rely on supply chain management to deliver value. Within this context, this dissertation intends to analyze the supply chain management model of a major pharmaceutical company (GlaxoSmithkline - GSK) throughout an overview of the key characteristics of its supply chain, supply and demand management and some examples of projects implemented in Europe.
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Wong, Shiu Ho. "Total quality of supply chain management." Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2000. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/20560/.
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In today's business, companies must make use of the resources of their whole supply chains to be successful in the intensely competitive market place. Therefore, supply chain management (SCM) has become a useful and strategic tool for companies to achieve competitive advantage. Many SCM studies focus on the information flow and material flow between organisations and their suppliers. They do not have a holistic view of SCM with little emphasis on parameters such as culture, quality, relationship and process factors. This study develops a more comprehensive SCM model which can help organisations better manage their supply chains and achieve business excellence. Since Total Quality Management (TQM) principles are useful in helping companies achieve business excellence, they should also be able to help companies' supply chains achieve business excellence. Hence, the study utilises TQM principles to enrich the existing SCM model and form the new Supply Chain Management Excellence (SCME) Model. The study was conducted in Hong Kong which offers a good Asian setting for the study of the western concepts of TQM and SCM. Data were collected from supply chain managers of 139 companies. Structural equation modeling was used to develop the new SCM structural model. EQS programme was employed to test the Goodness of Fit of the new SCM model. Once the theorised model has been tested to fit with the data in the study, indices for the application of SCM success factors and companies' overall performance for the 139 companies are calculated by the Partial Least Squares (PLS) method using the SAS programme. The same procedure was also applied to a construction company to further validate the Model at the company level. Findings of this study indicate that the new SCM model fits with the data of the 139 companies and the construction company very well. The Model is valid and useful for companies to achieve business excellence through supply chain management and thus the development of the Model contributes to supply chain management research. The study also contributes to TQM research by extending TQM principles from the company's level to the business-to-business level of companies and their suppliers. The Supply Chain Management Excellence Index generated by the SCME Model serves as an objective and comprehensive single measure of organisational effectiveness, and can be used for purposes of comparison across companies. Companies can use this Model to self assess their strengths and weaknesses on success factors for supply chain management and develop improvement plans. Moreover, the study offers a valuable database for future benchmarking exercises on supply chain management.
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Шевченко, Юлія Вікторівна, Yuliya Viktorivna Shevchenko, and Viktoriia Mudryk. "Logistics supply chain management of enterprise." Thesis, National aviation university, 2020. https://er.nau.edu.ua/handle/NAU/45140.
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A significant role in increasing competitiveness is played by the ability to respond quickly to consumer needs, which is possible with a clear management of the supply chain. Successful supply chain management requires a number of basic needs: the availability of the necessary logistics infrastructure, the availability of highly
qualified personnel, management support, the presence of a team leader, cooperation in the logistics chain should be formed on partnership. Logistics supply chain management is a comprehensive and systematic
approach that requires the simultaneous consideration and accounting of many supply and marketing operations.Growing customer requirements and needs, progressive globalization and increasing pressure from market rivals are pushing modern businesses to integrate into supply chains. This solution leads to greater specialization as a result of the division of tasks between the individual members of the chain, reduced operating costs, risk sharing, benefits and information related to the actions taken, as well as the integration of actions and effective cooperation in order to better serve the end customer and gain a competitive advantage.
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Zhu, Qingyun. "Product Deletion and Supply Chain Management." Digital WPI, 2019. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-dissertations/527.
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One of the most significant changes in the evolution of modern business management is that organizations no longer compete as individual entities in the market, but as interlocking supply chains. Markets are no longer simply trading desks but dynamic ecosystems where people, organizations and the environment interact. Products and associated materials and resources are links that bridge supply chains from upstream (sourcing and manufacturing) to downstream (delivering and consuming). The lifecycle of a product plays a critical role in supply chains. Supply chains may be composed by, designed around, and modified for products. Product-related issues greatly impact supply chains. Existing studies have advanced product management and product lifecycle management literature through dimensions of product innovation, product growth, product line extensions, product efficiencies, and product acquisition. Product deletion, rationalization, or reduction research is limited but is a critical issue for many reasons. Sustainability is an important reason for this managerial decision. This study, grounded from multiple literature streams in both marketing and supply chain fields, identified relations and propositions to form a firm-level analysis on the role of supply chains in organizational product deletion decisions. Interviews, observational and archival data from international companies (i.e.: Australia, China, India, and Iran) contributed to the empirical support as case studies through a grounded theory approach. Bayesian analysis, an underused empirical analysis tool, was utilized to provide insights into this underdeveloped research stream; and its relationship to qualitative research enhances broader methodological understanding. Gibbs sampler and reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation were used for Bayesian analysis based on collected data. The integrative findings are exploratory but provide insights for a number of research propositions.
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Rögnerová, Zuzana. "Supply Chain Management ve farmaceutické firmě." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-3744.
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Logistický řetězec farmaceutického průmyslu je čím dál tím více složitější a propojenější a tak je nezbytné pro většinu společností disponovat spolehlivým a bezpečným distribučním systémem. Pod rostoucím tlakem na snižování cen je pro každou společnost nutné řídit svůj dodavatelský řetězec tak, aby byla schopna dodávat na trh kvalitní produkty za příznivé a konkurenceschopné ceny. Jen takto je schopna obstát v tvrdé konkurenci.
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Lang, Jiří. "Dopady offshoringu na supply chain management." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-15871.
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Thesis is about various implications that can be seen in business processes. It defines the term, describes history, the most important offshoring destinations and positive, as well as negative influences that offshoring has on firms. Practical part demonstrates decisions which firm has to make when it considers various locations of manufacturing.
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Ismay, Cedric Ronald. "The institutionalisation of supply chain management." Thesis, Link to the online version, 2008. http://etd.sun.ac.za/jspui/handle/10019/1451.
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De, La Grandiere Mark Derek. "Optimizing Green Supply Chain Management Strategies." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7864.
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Some business leaders in the manufacturing industry lack strategies to optimize green supply chain management strategies that increase profitability while reducing the carbon footprint. The lack of green supply chain strategies sub optimizes the use of resources business leaders use to meet their financial goals. The purpose of this qualitative single case study was to explore successful green supply chain strategies leaders used to increase profitability while reducing the carbon footprint. The participants were 7 business leaders in one manufacturing organization headquartered in Massachusetts who have sophisticated green supply chain strategies in place. The natural resource-based view theory was the conceptual framework for this study. Data were collected through semistructured interviews and organizational documents. Through thematic analysis, 3 key themes emerged: environmental management strategies, profit-increasing strategies, and governance strategies. The findings of this study might be of value to business leaders to reduce costs and create sustainable, competitive supply chains using responsible methods. The implications for social change include the potential for leaders to preserve finite natural resources for future generations and reduce the carbon footprint of manufacturing organizations.
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Gulati, Nitin, and Amar Sharma. "Identifying supply chain strategies of firms with best supply chain performance." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59243.
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Thesis (S.M. in System Design and Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, System Design and Management Program, 2010.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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The Global Business Climate has been rapidly changing and has become more competitive. Enterprise now not only needs to operate at a lower cost to compete, it must also develop its own core competencies to distinguish itself from competitors and stand out in the market. The focus has now moved towards improving operational efficiency to stay competitive. Supply Chain is one of the important areas which almost every company is currently working to improve their operation efficiency. Improving operational efficiency in supply chain has three aspects including improving supply chain strategies, following better supply chain management practices, and aligning supply chain strategy with overall business strategy. Our thesis research objective is to understand what policies, capabilities, and strategies of an enterprises leads to best supply chain management. The research is cross industry, across all supply chain management domain and will shed light on what makes companies "best performer" by identifying and exploring the distinctive capabilities required in five key supply chain domains that contribute to high performance in the relevant operational metrics. The domains studied in our research are supply chain planning, fulfillment, service management, product lifecycle management, and, manufacturing. Another objective of our thesis is to relate domain performance of the firm with the firm's value proposition. The three value propositions considered in the thesis are product leadership/innovation, cost competitiveness, and customer service.
by Nitin Gulati & Amar Sharma.
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FIROUZI, Fatemeh. "Supply Information Sharing and Updating in Supply Chain Management." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Bergamo, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10446/30768.
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This thesis deals with the effect of supply information sharing and updating on different areas of supply chain management including, inventory management, Marketing and behavioral management. It addresses how mathematical modeling can help managers who are concerns about supply uncertainty issues. Although in literature more attention is restricted to demand updating, models developed in this thesis contribute to learning effect on supply availability literature. First, from inventory management point of view, we model a two-product, periodic-review inventory problem in which the probability of supply availability is unknown and there are two different fixed cost assigned to each product. We investigate the effect of supply uncertainty forecasting with Bayesian updating on ordering policy and the behavior of the system. (s,S) policy along with two switching curves are proved to determine the optimal ordering policy. Our results indicates that improving the accuracy of the forecast leads to making a better ordering decision and eliminating the negative effect of supply disruption on the total cost. Second, we study channel coordination and yield risk forecast sharing for additive random yield in a three-level supply chain including a supplier, a manufacturer and a distributor. We investigate whether random yield forecasting is beneficial for the supply chain parties or not. If it is, under which condition and what contract the distributor shares the knowledge of supply risk with the retailer. Finally, we focus on the rule of trust in supply forecast signaling for a supply chain with a supplier and a manufacturer in a one-shot game. We determine the manufacturer’s optimal order quantity for two types of information sharing situation, truthful and untruthful. Moreover, different scenarios of information sharing are compared numerically.
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Mokhtar, Samira. "Supply risk management in a supply chain under uncertain supply conditions." Thesis, Mokhtar, Samira (2020) Supply risk management in a supply chain under uncertain supply conditions. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2020. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/59211/.
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A disruption to the supply of input materials is one of the main threats to manufacturing supply chains. Trade wars, natural disasters, pandemics, cyber-attacks, sudden changes in cost and quality, machine breakdowns and transport accidents are among the causes of disruptions to supply chains. The supply chain is made up of several interconnected parties, where a product or service moves from raw material suppliers through to manufacturing, before its final delivery to customers. The extent and complexity of such interconnections can significantly increase the vulnerability of the supply chain system to disruptions. A disturbance to one party may propagate to other nodes and cause major disruption and financial losses for the whole supply chain.
Many causes of supply disruptions are beyond the control of supply chain managers, therefore the best way to manage them is to be proactive. Supply chain managers undertake a risk management process to prepare the supply chain for mitigating the possible impacts of disruptions. Managers have several options to control their exposure to disruption risks. Two main options available are stocking material in inventory and maintaining a portfolio of suppliers.
This thesis focuses on managing supply disruption risks in supply chains. It aims to assist the supply chain managers to mitigate the risk of supply disruptions and the corresponding effects these will have on profits. This thesis makes its contribution in three broad steps:
(1) Development of a decision-making model to efficiently mitigate the likelihood of a supply disruption. The model determines an optimal supplier portfolio through continuous monitoring of supply risk indicators that detects early warnings of a supply disruption. Risk indicators are based on a supplier’s product price, financial and production stability, and quality. Using an integrated system dynamics and portfolio optimisation solution approach, the model assists decision-makers to rebalance their supplier portfolio in response to early changes in supply risk indicators over a planning horizon.
(2) Development of an optimal inventory strategy model from the perspective of a manufacturer in a supply chain. This model aims to determine the optimal inventory strategy based on the expected supply price and product market demand over a planning horizon. The model seeks to maximise the manufacturer’s profit at the beginning of a planning horizon, rendering the inventory option as managerial flexibility to mitigate the undesirable effects of supply disruptions.
(3) Development of a decision-making model to determine an optimal contracting strategy, sourcing policy and inventory management at each period to maximise the manufacturer’s profit at the beginning of the planning horizon. This third step allows for the concurrent application of managerial flexibilities to manage supply chain risks. This model adopts the view of a manufacturer in a supply chain with two suppliers. It provides the manufacturer with the optimal allocation of supplies, including an optimal long-term contract position with one supplier at the beginning of the planning horizon. The model also enables the decision-makers to find the optimal inventory strategy at each period to mitigate the effects of supply disruptions and maximise profit for the manufacturer.
To develop the decision-making models in steps (2) and (3), this thesis applies a real options analysis method. An American-style option valuation method is used to solve the optimal inventory, sourcing and contracting strategy under uncertain supply price and product demand. This thesis uses a least-square Monte Carlo simulation to solve the underlying dynamic programming model.
The results of the modelling in step (1) demonstrate how a supply portfolio can be developed to provide higher expected profit at a certain level of risk. They also show how the optimal decision depends on the risk propensity of the decision-maker. The results of modelling in step (2) demonstrate the conditions under which inventory flexibility is valuable to a supply chain. Results show how a higher expected supply price during a disruption period and a higher expectation of disruption, increases the value of an inventory flexibility option. Expectations of early disruptions increased the value of the inventory option. Results of modelling in step (3) show how a manufacturer can balance their inventory of supplies and a long-term contract with one supplier at the beginning of the planning horizon to maximise profit.
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Rusinga, Nectar. "Value chain analysis along the petroleum supply chain." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10839.
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The wide range of the petroleum industry's products as well as the varied value of these products coupled with the global nature of the petroleum industry presents both challenges and opportunities within the petroleum supply chain. It is along this supply chain that challenges for creating value for the customer exist as well the opportunities for reaching this goal. Value chain analysis methodology has been hailed as being capable to lend itself to process improvement challenges faced along supply chains. To achieve this objective, a case study method was used to collect and analyse data. This dissertation identifies and follows one of the supply chains of a petroleum company operating in South Africa to investigate how value chain analysis can be implemented along its supply chain.
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Stolte, Terje. "Supply chain risk management : harnessing organisational culture to optimise the management of risks along the supply chain." Thesis, University of Hull, 2014. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:12312.
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Disruptions to supply chains, whether they are natural, accidental or intentional, are increasingly distorting supply chain performance. Given that such disruptions are unlikely to decrease in the short term, supply chain risk mitigating solutions will play an increasingly significant role in the management of supply chains. The research acknowledges the existence of a wide range of approaches to mitigate risks across supply chains, yet argues that most approaches are not sustainable or effective if they are not supported by the culture of an organisation. Whilst the areas of supply chain risk, risk mitigating strategies and organisational culture as topics, have been researched in great levels of depth, it has been identified that the relationship between all three areas and particularly the relationship between organisational culture and supply chain risk management has been largely ignored. The research argues that the culture of an organisation can be harnessed strategically to enhance the effectiveness of risk management along the supply chain. As part of such approach, businesses need to create an environment in which supply chain risk management is a core facet of business activities and thus the mitigation of risks is more likely to develop naturally. The thesis investigates the relationship between different organisational culture types and supply chain risk management, developing theoretical assertions, which outline how different organisational cultures can be harnessed to effectuate a change in supply chain risk management efficiency. In pursuit of meeting the requirements of the research questions, four leading international organisations with different organisational cultures were researched. Data was collected by way of conducting semi-structured interviews, researcher observation, as well as additional documentation in various forms was collected. Interviews were transcribed and evaluated in conjunction with additional data that was collected during site visits and triangulated by means of researcher observation. The thesis clearly identifies strong relationships between different organisational cultures and organisational approaches to risk management in the supply chain. Moreover, the research uncovers that some types of organisational cultures are more conducive to managing risks in the supply chain than others. Based on this, the study provides a detailed overview of how traits from different organisational cultures can be harnessed to effectuate a change in an organisation’s approach to risk and risk management in the supply chain.
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Porzig, Nicole. "Management von Nachhaltigkeit in Supply-Chain-Netzwerken." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-154654.
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Unternehmen verfügen typischerweise über mehrstufige Zuliefer- und Abnehmerbeziehungen, deren Konfiguration sich jedoch unterschiedlich komplex gestaltet. Ein Management von Nachhaltigkeit muss diese Unterschiede verstehen, bevor passende Konzepte und Maßnahmen empfohlen werden können. Die Arbeit zeigt welche Ansätze des Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements unter welchen strukturellen Konstellationen der Supply Chain geeignet sind.
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Harland, Christine. "Supply chain management : perceptions of requirements and performance in European automotive aftermarket supply chains." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1994. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/34733/.
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This dissertation is about supply chain management. Some authors have used the term to describe a strategic, inter-organisation issue, others authors to discuss an alternative organisational form to vertical integration. Much of the operations management literature uses the phrase to describe the planning and control of materials flow internally within a company or externally between companies. This work develops a definition of supply chain management. The empirical research tests hypotheses relating to gaps in customers' and suppliers' perceptions of requirements and performance in supply chains, against a set of performance dimensions. The hypotheses are tested in four automotive aftermarket supply chains, two of which are in Spain and two in the UK. All four chains have similar structures and include a manufacturer, an area distributor, a local distributor and ten installers, or garages. Qualitative and quantitative analysis show significant :differences between different types of gaps in perceptions; suppliers in the chains do not recognise the 'degree of customer dissatisfaction in existence. A positive correlation is shown to exist between the amount of misperception in the chains about performance and the amount of customer dissatisfaction. It is also shown this customers are more dissatisfied with some performance dimensions than others. In these supply chains, customer dissatisfaction and misperception of performance both significantly increase upstream i.e, downstream customers are more satisfied and there is less misperception in downstream relationships about performance levels. This effect is compared to the industrial dynamics "Forrester Effect". The work develops the concept of supply chain management into a broader, holistic concept of interorganisation operations management. It contributes to operations management by (i) developing the concept of supply chain management (ii) improving knowledge about relationships in supply chains (iii) identifying the significant role of performance (iv) improving knowledge about the implication of position in a supply chain (v) integrating related literatures, notably service management, purchasing, industrial dynamics and logistics.
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Goentzel, Jarrod D. "Integrated supply chain design." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/30774.
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McLoughlin, Kate. "Sustainable supply chain management : a case study of a sustainable chocolate supply chain network." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2018. http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/621519/.
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The purpose of this thesis was to understand how sustainable supply chain management processes are managed in practice given the variations in sustainability principles. The Global Supply Chain Forum's Supply Chain Management Framework was used to focus the study by examining how its elements (network structure, management component and business processes) interact with sustainability. There is evidence of a paradigm shift as evidenced in how the two concepts of sustainability and SCM merge. This justified the framework's elements being re-examined in the context of sustainability to understand how the elements change. However, there is no body of research that examines processes unique to SSCM. Furthermore, knowing how to manage these in practice, required an understanding of why and how different stakeholders behave. This needed a network view of multiple stakeholders, but limited research exists on end-to-end supply chain networks. Moreover, there is limited research on the management of diverse sustainability principles and the coordination of multiple stakeholders engaged in these. A single explanatory case study of a network and its nodes was selected as a method to explain how stakeholders behave through the proximity of network determinants. Two units of analysis (the network and the organisation) were used to examine organisational orientation and stakeholder network theory. This resulted in theoretical propositions and conceptual framework that explained a spectrum of sustainability principles, a model of sustainability business processes and phases of management, and archetypes of practice and complimentary typologies. The main contributions of the research were twofold: It mapped and modelled an end-to-end supply chain network and provided a SSCM framework. In doing so, it built theory by offering a model of key business processes in SSCM, taxonomic classes of SSCM practices, eco-centric theory, pre-competitive collaboration, concurrence, and leveraging interorganisational clusters to manipulate sustainability principles.
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Escalante, Gómez Juan Esteban. "The relationship between supply chain strategies and supply chain management practices at manufacturing companies." Doctoral thesis, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2018. http://tesis.pucp.edu.pe/repositorio/handle/123456789/12873.
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The purpose of this research was to find the relationship that exists between supply chain strategies and supply chain management practices at manufacturing companies. A sample of 195 firms in Colombia was used. Data analysis was performed in three phases. Initially, an exploratory factor analysis was carried out to identify the dimensions underlying each construct and derive, from the literature, a parsimonious configuration of supply chain management strategies and practices. Then, using a confirmatory factor analysis, internal consistency and degree of fit of the measurement models was evaluated. Finally, a structural equation model was built to test the formulated hypotheses (CMIN/DF=1.865, RMSEA=0.067, CFI=0.884, IFI=0.888, PNFI=0.623). Results in terms of correspondence were dissimilar, as a positive and statistically significant link was found between the constructs lean supply chain strategy and relationship with supply chain partners (H1a, y11=0.750, p<0.01), lean supply chain strategy and information management (H1b, y21=0.705, p<0.01) and between agile supply chain strategy and relationship with supply chain partners (H2a, y12=0.420, p<0.01). However, links between lean supply chain strategy and postponement (H1c, y31=-0.182, p>0.01), agile supply chain strategy and information management (H2b, y22=0.201, p>0.01) and agile supply chain strategy and postponement (H2c, y32=0.227, p>0.01) were not supported by empirical evidence. This allowed concluding that planning and formulating a specific supply chain strategy must involve a joint deployment of the practices appropriate for materializing it and that not all supply chain management practices support fulfilling the goals defined for the chain. For future work, including an analysis of the effect of variables such as demand uncertainty, company size or type of industry in the evaluated relationship is suggested. The importance of longitudinal measurements or evaluations with a qualitative approach to understand the phenomenon being studied is also mentioned.Tesis
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Son, Byung-Gak. "Managing a successful supply chain partnership." Thesis, City University London, 2004. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/8417/.
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This thesis presents three studies in Supply Chain Partnership. The first study is to develop a supply chain partnership classification scheme for academic and managerial purposes. The main characteristics of the classification scheme we obtained are that this scheme is 1) specialised for supply chain partnerships, 2) empirically derived, and 3) based on the five determinants of supply chain performance. In addition, the newly developed scheme has provided an important insight into the pattern of the evolution of supply chain partnerships. On the basis of these findings, some requirements for the evolution of supply chain partnerships, which are in the form of components of the partnership development management, were suggested. In the second study, we have identified the major factors of a successful supply chain partnership and estimated models for the three dimensions of supply chain partnership performance. The three performance models provide an important foundation for developing a 'supply chain partnership performance management scheme'. In the final study we have confirmed that suppliers and customers do see things significantly differently, and there is the negative association between these differences and the performance of a supply chain partnership. The third study is exploratory in nature; thus, it has provided some interesting research opportunities for academics.
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Qrunfleh, Sufian M. "Alignment of Information Systems with Supply Chains: Impacts on Supply Chain Performance and Organizational Performance." Toledo, Ohio : University of Toledo, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=toledo1271962888.
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Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Toledo, 2010.Typescript. "Submitted to the Graduate Faculty as partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Manufacturing Management." "A dissertation entitled"--at head of title. Title from title page of PDF document. Bibliography: p. 177-201.
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Puri, Mohitkumar. "European supply chain study." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58523.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, System Design and Management Program, 2009.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Introduction: Supply chain management has been defined as, "..a set of approaches utilized to efficiently integrate suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses and stores, so that merchandise is produced and distributed at the right quantities, to the right locations and at the right time, in order to minimize system-wide costs.... satisfying service level requirements.. " -- ".. integration of activities ..through improved supply chain relationships to achieve sustainable competitive advantage.. " -- "..coordination and collaboration with channel partners.. coordination of process and activities.. " [53] "..from the ore mine to the trash can... the production and distribution network that encompasses the sourcing, manufacturing, transportation, commercialization, distribution, consumption, and disposal of goods.. " -- "...flow of requirement information from buyer to seller which triggers all later activities, the movement of goods from sellers to buyers, transfer of ownership rights from seller to buyer and payment from buyer to seller. " The above definitions offer a broad spectrum of supply chain orientation and management choices available to companies. They could vary from a transactional orientation that is focused on low cost acquisition; to one where stronger relationships are established with key suppliers and customers in an effort to optimize and capture synergies; onward to a partnership orientation that is focused on supporting mutual goals for a sustainable competitive advantage. Making the right choice is essential. It can have a significant impact on a company's balance sheet and income statement. GSCF and SCOR are two popular process frameworks in supply chain management [36]. Corporate strategy is the starting point of the GSCF framework, with the operational aspects of customer relationship management and supplier relationship management linked to the strategy. Its process metrics are related to EVA. On the other hand, the SCOR framework focuses on transactional efficiency by integrating operational activities such as purchasing, operations, and logistics. It benchmarks process metrics to improve operational efficiency.
by Mohitkumar Puri.
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Bilal, Mudassar. "The Role of Supply Chain Management in Humanitarian Logistics : The Role of Supply Chain Management in Humanitarian Logistics." Thesis, University of Gävle, Faculty of Engineering and Sustainable Development, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-7187.
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Natural disaster hits and damages the lives thousand of human beings and their infrastructure. Natural disaster can not be stopped but we can minimize the volume of devastation and destruction caused by the disaster. Especially, in third world countries the level to respond the disaster is limited and narrow, so these countries have to suffer more then the developed countries, where as in developed countries valuable recourses and effective planning are existed to deal with natural disasters. So this thing insists me to write something just to get know how about all humanitarian and relief activities.I have utilized the SCM Supply chain management practices and techniques in order to conquer barriers faced by logistician of humanitarian response/ relief operation during disaster. I will use methodology of empirical data technique, barriers will be discovered and analyzed then proposed solutions would be picked up from the literature of supply chain management for the barriers to effective humanitarian logistics.There is a mixture of SCM principle from various organizations such as military, private sector and nonprofit organization in order to provide a utility to disaster/ response operations. The output of this research will show the easy makeup of SCM remedies to control the complexities and difficulties of logistics process during disaster relief operation in results and analysis chapter.Natural disaster hits and damages the lives thousand of human beings and their infrastructure. Natural disaster can not be stopped but we can minimize the volume of devastation and destruction caused by the disaster. Especially, in third world countries the level to respond the disaster is limited and narrow, so these countries have to suffer more then the developed countries, where as in developed countries valuable recourses and effective planning are existed to deal with natural disasters. So this thing insists me to write something just to get know how about all humanitarian and relief activities.I have utilized the SCM Supply chain management practices and techniques in order to conquer barriers faced by logistician of humanitarian response/ relief operation during disaster. I will use methodology of empirical data technique, barriers will be discovered and analyzed then proposed solutions would be picked up from the literature of supply chain management for the barriers to effective humanitarian logistics.There is a mixture of SCM principle from various organizations such as military, private sector and nonprofit organization in order to provide a utility to disaster/ response operations. The output of this research will show the easy makeup of SCM remedies to control the complexities and difficulties of logistics process during disaster relief operation in results and analysis chapter.
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Hoppe, Richard M. (Richard Martin) 1976. "Outlining a future of supply chain management-coordinated supply networks." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8905.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-157).
This thesis explores the use of different approaches and structures to facilitate coordinating a set of strategic business partners across multiple tiers of a single supply chain - defined as the supply network. The study is based on a deductive model of three dimensions of coordination, corresponding to the information, material, and financial dependencies between organizations in a supply network. This segmentation allows separate exploration of coordination structures at the level of information systems, logistics and operations, and financial allocation across organizations within the supply network. The research methodology entailed the use of the Delphi technique, soliciting input via in-depth personal interviews from academic, industry, and consulting experts in supply chain management. This method is selected because of few current examples in industry, lack of hard data and absence of structured frameworks in the field. For each of the coordination dimensions, the structures and mechanisms to efficiently coordinate a supply network were identified, described, and categorized. The result is a structured spectrum of coordinating approaches that illustrates the managing of dependencies within the supply network. Trends and consensus in the responses are identified from the data to provide insight into future developments in the field. Illustrative examples of such coordination structures are discussed to demonstrate the inner working of coordinating mechanisms, and to identify the key issues, requirements and obstacles in achieving coordination across multiple tiers.
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Pararas-Carayannis, Jennifer 1974. "RFID-enabled supply chain replenishment." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8466.
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This thesis explores the potential application of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology as an AIDC (Automatic Identification and Data Capture) mechanism in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry. MIT's Auto-ID Center is coordinating a consortium of CPG industry players, channel partners. RFID technology vendors, and consulting firms to encourage the widespread adoption of this technology through collaboration and shared development. Unilever Home and Personal Care, North American Division, is a sponsor and active participant in Auto-ID field tests. In an industry characterized by intense rivalry and formidable buyer power, Unilever HPC recognizes that cost savings enablers are key to survival. Additionally, the information transparency available through the RFID hardware and software infrastructure could mitigate the bullwhip effect, reducing inventory and improving on-shelf availability rates throughout the entire supply chain. Since this technology is still in the ferment stage of its AIDC lifecycle, Unilever and other industry players are unclear about the value creation and capture potential of RFID. This thesis attempts to highlight potential implementation benefits and challenges to enable more informed decisions. Additionally, it discusses how Unilever can leverage the dramatic improvement in information flow to drive paradigmatic change in its supply chain, providing a clear competitive advantage in the CPG industry.
by Jennifer Pararas-Carayannis.
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Chen, Kechen, and Di Yu. "The Management of the Service Supply Chain." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-21403.
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The main topic of this thesis is to study the connection between Service Supply Chain Management (SSCM) and Customer Satisfaction (CS). The study is based on the factors of SSCM for receiving CS and its implementation.One of the major contributions to the connection between SSCM and CS has been the awareness to flexibly and efficiently manage logistics and deliver to the end user in time and at the same to achieve an increased brand image/reputation for the company. SSCM is an essential part of a company's inventory management and it's supply chain. On the other hand, CS is an integral part of a business as making consumers content and meeting their requirements is crucial for a business' survival. SSCM and CS are inextricably linked.In this thesis, Walmart has been used as the case for the authors to carry out the research. Because of the unique feature of the Chinese retail market, the Chinese retail market has been also discussed as the business background of Walmart. The first-hand data has been offered from interview by E-mail and social website to the staff of Walmart and 90 feedbacks of questionnaire. The literature review and qualitative analysis have been used to analyze the case for research. The importance of SSCM in dealing with CS and its implementation has been explored in this thesis.