scholarly journals A Journey into the European Supply Chains: Key Industries and Best Practices

2021 ◽  
pp. 235-264
Author(s):  
Elena Pessot ◽  
Irene Marchiori ◽  
Andrea Zangiacomi ◽  
Rosanna Fornasiero
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
Supply Network ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Food And Beverage ◽  
Distribution Logistics ◽  
Key Industries ◽  
The Way

Abstract Macro-trends and sectoral-specific evolutions are changing the way companies produce, distribute and build relationships in their supply network and with customers. Aiming to investigate the effective implementation of new supply chain concepts and innovation needs identified in the previous sections, this chapter provides a study of multiple cases of excellence among European supply chains. It depicts an overview of major trends and structural features of 8 key industries for European economy, i.e. Automotive, Aerospace, Fashion, Chemical, IT, Distribution/logistics, Furniture, Food and Beverage. For each industry, a structured investigation into one or more companies was performed with a total of 18 companies involved. The results identify possible matchings in relation to supply chain strategies, and good and best practices adopted accordingly.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FOR SUPPLY CHAIN INTERACTION MODELING

2019 ◽  
pp. 18-26
Author(s):  
V. S. Karmanov ◽  
B. S. Solov’ev ◽  
V. Yu. Shсhekoldin
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Simulation Methods ◽  
Supply Network ◽  
Distribution Logistics ◽  
Interaction Modeling ◽  
Business Game ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
Beer Game

The study of complex logistic systems often requires specialized software that allows studying the characteristics and properties of the observed object using simulation methods. An example of such a system is the supply network, in the general case of an arbitrary structure. For linear supply chains known business game “Beer Game”, which allows to observe and explore the effects that occur in long supply chains. The aim of the work was to develop a model that is a generalization of the original “Beer Game” in the case of a supply network of arbitrary topology and the development of software that allows investigating the resulting model using simulation methods. In this paper the mathematical model of the supply chain is presented. A set of algorithms for estimating and forming the order volume by each network participant is proposed. The developed application that emulates the work of the supply chain is described. Various ways of creating a supply network topology have been proposed, and a description of the parameters for modeling the supply network has been given. The capabilities of the application are demonstrated when generating data and interpreting the obtained results in the form of tables, graphs, and animation. The ways of forming supply chains with different characteristics are studied. Experiments on the study of algorithms for estimating the volume of orders on various topologies of supply chains were carried out. Ways to assess the performance of the supply chain were proposed. The developed software can be used to justify the choice of strategy for managing supply chains in distribution logistics for industrial and commercial enterprises of various sizes, from large networks to retail. In addition, the developed software can be used in the educational process for students of economic specialties.

Contested Illegality

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annette Hübschle
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Economic Exchange ◽  
Political Decision ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Cultural Legitimacy ◽  
The Way

This chapter shows that the illegalization of an economic exchange is not a straightforward political decision with fixed goalposts, but a protracted process that may encounter unexpected hurdles along the way to effective implementation and enforcement. While political considerations informed the decision to ban trade in rhino horn initially, diffusion of the prohibition has been uneven and lacks social and cultural legitimacy among key actors along the supply chain. Moreover, some market actors justify their participation in illegal rhino horn markets based on the perceived illegitimacy of the rhino horn prohibition. The concept of “contested illegality” captures an important legitimization device of market participants who do not accept the trade ban.

scholarly journals Categorisation of the Main Disruptive Events in the Sensitive Products Transportation Supply Chains

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Quentin Schoen ◽  
Raquel Sanchis ◽  
Raul Poler ◽  
Matthieu Lauras ◽  
Franck Fontanili ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Blood Supply ◽  
Dynamic Networks ◽  
Blood Supply Chain ◽  
The Way

<p>The upcoming logistic environment is about to modify deeply the way we supply products. In fact, some new trends are going to require more and more agility between a large number of stakeholders in open and dynamic networks. This should be possible to achieve thanks to new data collection and treatment abilities. Considering this moving technological and logistic environment, it appears necessary to define and categorize more specifically the main disruptive events that can affect a supply chain. In fact, amount of data are collected on the field and must be helpful to make relevant decisions in case of disruption. In order to understand automatically what these data mean, it is necessary to detect and classify the disruptive events in order to find the best adaptation. This paper focuses on the sensitive products’ supply chains, that are facing with agility high requirements, based on their ability to detect disruptive events. We take as an example the blood supply chain.</p>

Negotiation, Trust, and Experience Management in E-Supply Chains

2011 ◽  
pp. 236-257
Author(s):  
Gavin Finnie ◽  
Zhaohao Sun
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Unified Model ◽  
Supply Network ◽  
Logical Framework ◽  
Trust Negotiation ◽  
Chain Management

This chapter reviews fundamentals of e-supply chain management and examines the transformation from the traditional supply chains to the e-supply chains (e-SC). This chapter applies experience management (EM) and experience-based reasoning (EBR) to intellegent agents in the e-SC and explores how to use experience in extablishing trust in other agents. The role of trust and deception in supply chains for real-time enterprises is discussed, and a logical framework for fraud and deception is explained in this chapter. EBR is considered as a way to manage trust in the supply network. This chapter explores cooperation and negotiation, trust and deception in e-supply chains by providing methodologies and intelligent techniques for multiagent trust, negotiation, and deception in an e-SC. Finally, a unified model is developed for integrating cooperation and negotiation, trust and deception in e-supply chains. Although primarily theoretical, the chapter highlights new areas of research which will impact supply chain management.

An Analysis of Financing Modes of Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises in the Environment of Supply Chain in China

2012 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 303-308
Author(s):  
Jin Zha ◽  
Hui Yuan Jiang ◽  
Qing Song Wu
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
Financing Mode ◽  
Supply Chain Financing ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
The Way

The supply chain financing mode became an important factor that drives the development of the small and medium enterprises, through which they can collect more money from banks and improve the competitiveness of the whole supply chain. In conclusion, the way to solve the financing problems of the small and middle enterprises is the key issues that need to be considered by the enterprises which are core parts of the supply chains.

scholarly journals Practice-Based Learning as Lever for Successfully Adapting Supply Chain 4.0 Technology: Foreground People

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henning de Haas ◽  
John Bang Mathiasen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Learning Organization ◽  
Customer Value ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Operational Efficiency ◽  
The Way

SCM 4.0 is expected to lead to increased automation and transparency throughout the supply chain; thus, opportunities for operational efficiency and digital enabled business models [1], [2]. However, the SCM 4.0 impacts the decision-making towards higher complexity [3]. Technology-wise many companies have adapted SCM 4.0. This paper claims that organizational and leadership matters have not yet gone through similar transition; Actually, we can neither see any changes in the way companies organize supply chains nor in how they facilitate practice-based learning of employees and leaders. With SCM 4.0 technologies, an effective supply chain is not just a question of transforming components to finished goods. Rather, the contemporary SCM organizations need a strong transdisciplinary practice-based learning agenda to be able to deliver customer value [4], [5]. With the purpose of understanding transdisciplinary levers for practice-based learning in SCM, the study builds on two cases of implementation of SCM 4.0 technologies, exploring how the case companies have managed the transformation from a classic 2.0 to a 4.0 practice-based learning organization. The research question guiding the study is: to what extent can practise-based learning be a lever for adapting SCM 4.0?

scholarly journals How is Supply Chain Visibility Affecting SME's Operating in International Supply Chains?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Gordon Kenneth Smart
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Risk Sharing ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Positive Attribute ◽  
Shared Goals ◽  
The Way

<p>Supply chain visibility is generally seen as a positive attribute for individual supply chain partners and the supply chain as a whole. There is limited research on how increasing levels of supply chain visibility can impact individual organizations, particularly smaller entities (SME's). This paper uses an Australasian SME (Orion) as a case study to investigate how increasing visibility is affecting them and the way they operate within international supply chains.  The results indicate that increasing visibility can pose significant challenges and potentially negative consequences for smaller organizations. In addition to the extra resources required and complexity for the SME itself, diverging expectations and a lack of trust between supply partners can negatively impact on supply chain relations and long term supply chain innovation.  Within the supply chains Orion operates, increasing visibility does not appear to be leading to improvements in collaboration, risk sharing or shared goals. Viewed through the lens of Michael Porter's five forces model Orion is in a precarious environment, although there remain options for increased visibility to be used to Orion's advantage.</p>

scholarly journals Developing a resilient, robust and efficient supply network in Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jade F. Preston ◽  
Bruce A. Cox ◽  
Paul P. Rebeiz ◽  
Timothy W. Breitbach
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
West Africa ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Demand Uncertainty ◽  
Supply Chain Design ◽  
Set Covering ◽  
Supply Network ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Scenario Reduction ◽  
Regional Risk Assessment

PurposeSupply chains need to balance competing objectives; in addition to efficiency, supply chains need to be resilient to adversarial and environmental interference and robust to uncertainties in long-term demand. Significant research has been conducted designing efficient supply chains and recent research has focused on resilient supply chain design. However, the integration of resilient and robust supply chain design is less well studied. The purpose of the paper is to include resilience and robustness into supply chain design.Design/methodology/approachThe paper develops a method to include resilience and robustness into supply chain design. Using the region of West Africa, which is plagued with persisting logistical issues, the authors develop a regional risk assessment framework and then apply categorical risk to the countries of West Africa using publicly available data. A scenario reduction technique is used to focus on the highest risk scenarios for the model to be tractable. Next, the authors develop a mathematical model leveraging this framework to design a resilient supply network that minimizes cost while ensuring the network functions following a disruption. Finally, the authors examine the network's robustness to demand uncertainty via several plausible emergency scenarios.FindingsThe authors provide optimal sets of transshipment hubs with varying counts from 5 through 15 hubs. The authors determine there is no feasible solution that uses only five transshipment hubs. The authors' findings reinforce those seven transshipment hubs – the solution currently employed in West Africa – is the cheapest architecture to achieve resilience and robustness. Additionally, for each set of feasibility transshipment hubs, the authors provide connections between hubs and demand spokes.Originality/valueWhile, at the time of this research, three other manuscripts incorporated both resilience and robustness of the authors' research unique solved the problem as a network flow instead of as a set covering problem. Additionally, the authors establish a novel risk framework to guide the required amount of redundancy, and finally the out research proposes a scenario reduction heuristic to allow tractable exploration of 512 possible demand scenarios.

scholarly journals Medicines and vaccines supply chains challenges in Nigeria: a scoping review

2022 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victory O. Olutuase ◽  
Chinwe J. Iwu-Jaja ◽  
Cynthia P. Akuoko ◽  
Emmanuel O. Adewuyi ◽  
Vishnu Khanal
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Inventory Management ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Access To Medicines ◽  
Essential Medicines ◽  
Critical Systems ◽  
Supply Chain System ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Development Goals

Abstract Background Medicines and vaccines supply chains represent critical systems for realising one of the major targets of the United Nations’ third Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—access to safe, effective, quality, and affordable essential medicines and vaccines, for all. However, evidence suggests the system is confronted with several challenges in many low-medium income countries, including Nigeria. This scoping review aims to summarize the available evidence on the challenges of medicines and vaccines supply chain system in Nigeria. Results We searched relevant databases including Scopus and Web of Science for studies published between January 2005 and August 2020 on the challenges associated with medicines and vaccines supply chain systems in Nigeria. Our findings implicate several factors including difficulty with medicines or vaccines selection, procurement, distribution, and inventory management. Others included poor storage infrastructure, financial constraints, insecurity, transportation challenges, inadequate human resources, weak, or poorly implemented policies. These challenges mostly resulted in stock-outs of essential medicines which notably got worsened during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusion Our study is a wake-up call on the need to prioritise the critical sector of the supply chain systems for medicines and vaccines in Nigeria. Effective implementation of existing policies, improved security, strengthening of the health system through adequate budgetary allocations, and provision of infrastructure including regular availability of electricity are keys to surmounting the challenges and improving access to medicines or vaccines in Nigeria.

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