Supplier Selection in Virtual Enterprise Model of Manufacturing Supply Network

The concept of strategic alignment between business strategy and technology is essential for improving competitiveness. The driving force of business is to fully satisfy customer needs with the right products/services, at the right price, and with the required quality and responsiveness in a global competitive market. In this context, by alignment we mean the actions to be undertaken to gain synergy between business, that is, a market opportunity, and the provision of the required product, with the required specifications, at the required time, with the lowest cost and with the best possible return. In this chapter we focus on a leading organizational model, the Agile/Virtual Enterprise model, characterized by a fast reconfigurability or adaptability face to the dynamically changing market and introduce the concept of a Market of Resources as the environment able to assure a permanent alignment of the networked structure with market. We also propose alignment strategies between business opportunities and the creation/reconfiguration of the Agile/Virtual Enterprise that is expected to meet that opportunity.

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Environments for Virtual Enterprise Integration

Information Resources Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-61520-965-1.ch310 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 645-662

Author(s):

Maria Manuela Cunha ◽

Goran D. Putnik ◽

Paulo Silva Ávila

Keyword(s):

Communication Technology ◽

Virtual Enterprise ◽

Business Environment ◽

Organizational Model ◽

Organizational Models ◽

Enterprise Integration ◽

Dynamically Reconfigurable ◽

Enterprise Model ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Enterprise Creation

The virtual enterprise model is an emerging approach in answer to the new requirements of the business environment, relying on dynamically-reconfigurable partnerships, with extremely high performances, strongly time-oriented while being highly focused on cost and quality, in permanent alignment with the market, and strongly supported by information and communication technology, dictating a paradigm face shift to the traditional organizational models. Networking and reconfiguration dynamics are the main characteristics of this model,requiring enabling and supporting environments, at bearable costs. Some existing technologies and Internet-based environments can partially support this organizational model, but the reconfiguration dynamics can only be assured by environments able to manage, control, and enable networking and dynamics in virtual enterprise creation/reconfiguration. Several environments are introduced in the chapter, and particular focus is given to the market of resources, an environment coping with the requirements of the virtual enterprise model.

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Environments for Virtual Enterprise Integration

International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems ◽

10.4018/jeis.2009090205 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 71-87 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha ◽

Goran D. Putnik

Keyword(s):

Communication Technology ◽

Private Information ◽

Virtual Enterprise ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Enterprise Integration ◽

Dynamically Reconfigurable ◽

Enterprise Model ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Enterprise Creation ◽

Effective Integration

The Virtual Enterprise model relies on dynamically reconfigurable collaborative networks, with extremely high performances, strongly time-oriented while highly focused on cost and quality, in permanent alignment with the market, and strongly supported by information and communication technology. Networking and reconfiguration dynamics are the main characteristics of this model, which claim for enabling and supporting environments, assuring cost-effective integration in useful time and preventing the risk of leakage of private information about products or processes. Some existing technologies and Internet-based environments can partially support this organizational model, but the reconfiguration dynamics can only be assured by environments able to manage, control, and enable virtual enterprise creation/operation/reconfiguration. Several environments are introduced in the article, and particular focus is given to the Market of Resources, an environment coping with the requirements of the Virtual Enterprise model.

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Environments for Virtual Enterprise Integration

Knowledge and Technology Management in Virtual Organizations ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-165-0.ch001 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1-23

Author(s):

Maria Manuela Cunha ◽

Goran D. Putnik ◽

Paulo Silva Ávila

Keyword(s):

Communication Technology ◽

Virtual Enterprise ◽

Business Environment ◽

Organizational Model ◽

Organizational Models ◽

Enterprise Integration ◽

Dynamically Reconfigurable ◽

Enterprise Model ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Enterprise Creation

The virtual enterprise model is an emerging approach in answer to the new requirements of the business environment, relying on dynamically-reconfigurable partnerships, with extremely high performances, strongly time-oriented while being highly focused on cost and quality, in permanent alignment with the market, and strongly supported by information and communication technology, dictating a paradigm face shift to the traditional organizational models. Networking and reconfiguration dynamics are the main characteristics of this model,requiring enabling and supporting environments, at bearable costs. Some existing technologies and Internet-based environments can partially support this organizational model, but the reconfiguration dynamics can only be assured by environments able to manage, control, and enable networking and dynamics in virtual enterprise creation/reconfiguration. Several environments are introduced in the chapter, and particular focus is given to the market of resources, an environment coping with the requirements of the virtual enterprise model.

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Environments for Virtual Enterprise Integration

Social, Managerial, and Organizational Dimensions of Enterprise Information Systems ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-856-7.ch010 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 194-211 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha ◽

Goran D. Putnik

Keyword(s):

Private Information ◽

Virtual Enterprise ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Organizational Model ◽

Enterprise Integration ◽

Dynamically Reconfigurable ◽

Enterprise Model ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Enterprise Creation ◽

Effective Integration

The Virtual Enterprise model relies on dynamically reconfigurable collaborative networks, with extremely high performances, strongly time-oriented while highly focused on cost and quality, in permanent alignment with the market, and strongly supported by information and communication technology. Networking and reconfiguration dynamics are the main characteristics of this model, which claim for enabling and supporting environments, assuring cost-effective integration in useful time and preventing the risk of leakage of private information about products or processes. Some existing technologies and Internet-based environments can partially support this organizational model, but the reconfiguration dynamics can only be assured by environments able to manage, control, and enable virtual enterprise creation/operation/reconfiguration. Several environments are introduced in the article, and particular focus is given to the Market of Resources, an environment coping with the requirements of the Virtual Enterprise model.

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