CRITICAL ATTRIBUTES ON SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION: CASE STUDY IN EUROPE AND ASIA

Abstract This case study research aims to compare the performance of the implementation of supply chain management (SCM) strategies within Asian and European Companies. The case study measures company’s opinions of supply chain strategy implementation through utilization of Sense and Response methodology. Critical Factor Index (CFI), Balanced Critical Factor Index (BCFI) and Scaled Critical Factor Index (SCFI) are used in this study to represent the result of comparison between European and Asian companies. From the analysis of comparison of all Sense and Response models, it can be concluded that there are differences and similarities of critical attributes that affecting supply chain strategy implementation in Asian and European companies. There are two attributes that have consistent trend for both regions; innovation and organization structure. In this research the analysis of supply chain strategy implementation was made for the needs of manufacturing industry. Suggestions for future research are multiple case studies in different industry areas in global business environment. The results provide a guideline to the company to measure the right attributes for making the right decision in a dynamic environment. It also provides good knowledge for companies to implement supply chain strategies, the main approaches to implement it and the main challenges in supply chain strategy implementation. Supply chain strategy implementation was analyzed in the European and Asian companies. This research shows that there are several developing areas for companies when implementing supply chain strategies.

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The idea of transport independence in the Russian Arctic

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management ◽

10.1108/ijpdlm-05-2017-0200 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 48 (9) ◽

pp. 913-930 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Antonina Tsvetkova ◽

Britta Gammelgaard

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Management Practices ◽

Core Competencies ◽

Strategy Implementation ◽

Institutional Factors ◽

Russian Arctic ◽

Content Type ◽

Supply Chain Strategy

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore how supply chain strategies emerge and evolve in response to contextual influence.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative single-case study presents the journey of a supply chain strategy, conceptualised as the idea of transport independence in the Russian Arctic context. Data from 18 semi-structured interviews, personal observations and archival materials are interpreted through the institutional concepts of translation and editing effects.FindingsThe study reveals how supply chain strategies evolve over time and can affect institutional factors. The case study further reveals how contextual conditions make a company reconsider its core competencies as well as the role of supply chain management practices. The findings show that strategy implementation through purposeful actions can represent a powerful resistance to contextual pressures and constraints, as well as being a facilitator of change in actual supply chains and their context. During the translation of the idea of transport independence into actions, the supply chain strategy transformed itself into a form of strategic collaboration and thereby made supply chains in the Russian Arctic more integrated than before.Research limitations/implicationsMore empirical studies on strategy implementation in interaction with contextual and institutional factors are suggested. An institutional process perspective is applied in this study but the authors suggest that future research should include a human dimension by an exploration of day-to-day routines and challenges that employees face when strategising and the actions they take.Originality/valueThe study provides an understanding of how a new supply chain strategy emerges and how it changes during implementation. In this process-oriented study – merging context, process and strategy content – it is further shown that a supply chain strategy may affect the context by responding to contextual and institutional challenges.

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Rethinking Supply Chain Strategy to Face Global Challenges Imposed by COVID-19

10.51432/978-1-8381524-2-0-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Rebeca B. Sánchez-Flores ◽

Germán E. Serna

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Organizational Performance ◽

Business Environment ◽

Future Research ◽

Market Uncertainty ◽

Sustainable Operations ◽

Supply Chain Strategy ◽

Performance Results ◽

Operational Excellence ◽

Functional Areas

COVID-19 has been perceived as a new menace to undertake business relations in the marketplace. Consequently, supply chains have been required to reevaluate how to manage their key functions to cope with harsh business environment under this pandemic outbreak scenario. Therefore, supply chain strategies have taken an essential role in achieving resilience, flexibility, responsiveness and sustainable operations. As a result, the introduction of new digital technologies has contributed to enhance organizational performance and to face COVID-19 challenges in global markets. The purpose of this chapter is to provide insights of current literature on supply chain operations by identifying strategic practices within this pandemic health outbreak crisis. The chapter introduces an overview of the supply chain key functional areas. Then, the discussion concentrates on describing a series of observations and empirical research developed by academics and experts on the topic. After that, supply chain strategic practices are analyzed, followed by a description of digital technology as a critical tool to achieve operational excellence and to compete in tougher market conditions. Finally, a conceptual model is proposed to ensure effective supply chain functioning and value creation across the entire firm’s operations. Conclusion are drawn to summarize the contribution of this chapter and to highlight the importance of rethinking new practices for achieving higher performance results. Future research suggestions are presented to advance the discussion and research in embracing new supply chain models under market uncertainty in terms of demand, supply and operations.

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Supply chain talent: the missing link in supply chain strategy

Industrial and Commercial Training ◽

10.1108/ict-11-2014-0073 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 47 (5) ◽

pp. 257-264 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Rameshwar Dubey ◽

Angappa Gunasekaran

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Management Program ◽

Future Research ◽

Content Type ◽

Supply Chain Strategy ◽

Current State ◽

Effective Manner ◽

Future Supply ◽

The Right

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to build a supply chain talent framework and test it empirically. Design/methodology/approach – The present study adopts extant literature to understand current state of supply chain talent literature and used knowledge and skill constructs and their items from comprehensive literature review to develop an instrument to gather data. The data are further checked for assumptions and further examines the framework using confirmatory factor analysis. Findings – The findings support previous studies and establishes that knowledge-skill framework is scientifically a strong framework which can help to build current supply chain competencies among future supply chain managers. Research limitations/implications – This study considers only a limited number of variables that define the supply chain talent. The framework can be further developed and extended to different industries and countries. Practical implications – The study identifies knowledge-skill framework which can help to develop a training module for current or aspiring supply chain managers. It also can provide significant input to design university supply chain management program to meet future supply chain manager’s requirements. Social implications – Include providing the right education and training in support of supply chain operations and in turn serving the community with products and services on time and that too in a most cost effective manner. Originality/value – This paper develops a new framework for supply chain talent development. This framework has been empirically tested, and major findings and future research directions are highlighted.

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Supply Chain Operations Management in Pandemics: A State-of-the-Art Review Inspired by COVID-19

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13052504 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (5) ◽

pp. 2504

Author(s):

Muhammad Umar Farooq ◽

Amjad Hussain ◽

Tariq Masood ◽

Muhammad Salman Habib

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Operations Management ◽

Transportation Network ◽

Supply And Demand ◽

Management Strategies ◽

Business Environment ◽

Future Research ◽

Global Business ◽

Chain Operation ◽

Supply Chain Operation

Pandemics cause chaotic situations in supply chains (SC) around the globe, which can lead towards survivability challenges. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented humanitarian crisis that has severely affected global business dynamics. Similar vulnerabilities have been caused by other outbreaks in the past. In these terms, prevention strategies against propagating disruptions require vigilant goal conceptualization and roadmaps. In this respect, there is a need to explore supply chain operation management strategies to overcome the challenges that emerge due to COVID-19-like situations. Therefore, this review is aimed at exploring such challenges and developing strategies for sustainability, and viability perspectives for SCs, through a structured literature review (SLR) approach. Moreover, this study investigated the impacts of previous epidemic outbreaks on SCs, to identify the research objectives, methodological approaches, and implications for SCs. The study also explored the impacts of epidemic outbreaks on the business environment, in terms of effective resource allocation, supply and demand disruptions, and transportation network optimization, through operations management techniques. Furthermore, this article structured a framework that emphasizes the integration of Industry 4.0 technologies, resilience strategies, and sustainability to overcome SC challenges during pandemics. Finally, future research avenues were identified by including a research agenda for experts and practitioners to develop new pathways to get out of the crisis.

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Operations strategy optimization based on developed sense and respond methodology

Journal on Innovation and Sustainability RISUS ISSN 2179-3565 ◽

10.24212/2179-3565.2012v3i1p25-34 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 25 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yang Liu ◽

Josu Takala

Keyword(s):

Critical Factor ◽

Business Environment ◽

Analytical Models ◽

Operations Strategy ◽

Business Environments ◽

Factor Index ◽

Strategic Adjustment ◽

The Difference ◽

Sense And Respond

How to make adaptive adjustments on operations strategy in dynamic business environments becomes the very important competitiveness to all kinds of companies. This paper aims to develop sense and respond (S&R) models in agile and dynamic strategic adjustment by introducing scaled critical factor index (SCFI) compared with previous S&R models such as critical factor index (CFI) and balanced critical factor index (BCFI). In addition, the case study in this paper shows the difference among the three S&R models and the advantages of SCFI model. The analysis results show that the SCFI models have contribution to the adaptive operations strategy adjustment based on clear objectives in dynamic and turbulent business environment. Managers can make quick decisions by the analytical models.

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The Convergent Carrier: A Critical Factor in Supply Chain Compression

The International Journal of Logistics Management ◽

10.1108/09574090010806100 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 99-110 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

William B. Wagner ◽

Robert Frankel

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Critical Factor ◽

Business Environment ◽

Global Business ◽

Logistics Cost

Due to the increasingly competitive global business environment supply chain compression (reducing or eliminating the number of unnecessary logistical activities in a given supply chain) will be imperative for carriers, shippers and customers. Consequently, a premium will be paid for those carriers that are convergent. That is, convergent carriers performance must exceed expectations regarding achievement of established logistics cost and service objectives by performing whatever functions are required to satisfy supply chain participants. Such carriers will proactively work with both shippers and their customers to compress the supply chain by limiting unwanted actions while accomplishing mutually beneficial goals. In so doing, service to their customers is being elevated to the next level.

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A systematic literature review of healthcare supply chain and implications of future research

International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing ◽

10.1108/ijphm-05-2018-0028 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 13 (4) ◽

pp. 405-435 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Anuj Dixit ◽

Srikanta Routroy ◽

Sunil Kumar Dubey

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Literature Review ◽

Inventory Management ◽

Cold Chain ◽

Future Research ◽

Research Papers ◽

Content Type ◽

Drug Manufacturing ◽

Customer Training

Purpose This paper aims to review the healthcare supply chain (HSC) literature along various areas and to find out the gap in it. Design/methodology/approach In total, 143 research papers were reviewed during 1996-2017. A critical review was carried out in various dimensions such as research methodologies/data collection method (empirical, case study and literature review) and inquiry mode of research methodology (qualitative, quantitative and mixed), country-specific, targeted area, research aim and year of publication. Findings Supply chain (SC) operations, performance measurement, inventory management, lean and agile operation, and use of information technology were well studied and analyzed, however, employee and customer training, tracking and visibility of medicines, cold chain management, human resource practices, risk management and waste management are felt to be important areas but not much attention were made in this direction. Research limitations/implications Mainly drug and vaccine SC were considered in current study of HSC while SC along healthcare equipment and machine, hospitality and drug manufacturing related papers were excluded in this study. Practical implications This literature review has recognized and analyzed various issues relevant to HSC and shows the direction for future research to develop an efficient and effective HSC. Originality/value The insight of various aspects of HSC was explored in general for better and deeper understanding of it for designing of an efficient and competent HSC. The outcomes of the study may form a basis to decide direction of future research.

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The Compostable Coffee Pod: Is PürPod100tm the Best Thing Since Sliced Bread? A Case Study on Club Coffee

Research in Applied Economics ◽

10.5296/rae.v8i3.10071 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 49

Author(s):

Sylvain Charlebois ◽

Paul Uys

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Reverse Logistics ◽

Food Supply ◽

Green Supply Chain Management ◽

Green Supply Chain ◽

Future Research ◽

Sustainable Food ◽

Chain Management

With consumer consciousness growing in the area of sustainable food supply, food distribution is looking for methods to embrace, adapt and improve its environmental performance, while still remaining economically competitive. Until recent innovative solutions were developed, coffee pods have been considered as an ecologically unsound approach to single-serve beverages. Some have argued that reverse logistics (recycling) is a better option than green supply chain management (composting). With a particular focus on coffee pods a case study on Club Coffee, which focuses on green supply chain management, is presented for the design of a capacitated distribution network for a two-layer supply chain involved in the distribution of coffee pods in Canada. Our investigation shows that Club Coffee’s relationship is not only critical to fostering the green supply chain ideology, but it is also unique in the business. Findings are presented and limitations and future research are proposed.

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Mathematical Analysis of Supply Chain Optimization focusing on Artificial Neural Network: A case study in Apparel Manufacturing Organization

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1173130/v1 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Shibbir Ahmad ◽

Mohammad Kamruzzaman

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supplier Selection ◽

Selection Criteria ◽

Manufacturing Industry ◽

Supply Chain Optimization ◽

Apparel Manufacturing ◽

Manufacturing Organizations ◽

Manufacturing Organization ◽

The Right

Abstract In this study, implemented artificial nueral network (Ann) in apparel manufacturing organizations to optimize the supply chain converging on right supplier selection by analyzing their performance criteria.Moreover, data collected from three diffrents factory to analyze the efficiney and profit -loss status of that units. Furthermore, analyze the supplier selection criteria of three suppliers in order to select the right supplier at the real time in apparel manufacturing industry . This study shows that it can be saved 20 % of the total cost.

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The Impact of Supply Chain Partnership on Firm Performance: an Empirical Study Based on Listed Manufacturing Companies in China

BCP Business & Management ◽

10.54691/bcpbm.v14i.124 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 ◽

pp. 22-38

Author(s):

Panxin Zhou

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Firm Performance ◽

Transaction Costs ◽

Resource Sharing ◽

Information Exchange ◽

Business Environment ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Additional Test ◽

Global Business ◽

The Impact

Today, Supply Chain Management (SCM) is regarded as an essential strategic factor, which has a great deal of influence on earning competitiveness in global business environment. There are conflicts among all members of the SCM. In order to maximize the total profit of the SCM, negotiation among all members is necessary. For enterprise in the supply chain, the supply chain partnership has become a significant factor affecting firm performance. In this paper, I examine the impact of cooperation between enterprise and its supply chain partners. Specifically, I collect survey data from Chinese manufacturing firms about their relations with partners and use regression analysis to test hypotheses about the associations between firm performance and supply chain partnership. My results support that superior supplier partnership has a positive impact on reducing transaction costs and improving financial and market performance. In additional test, I establish a series of models with interactive terms. The results of additional test indicate that the impact is enhanced if the competition of each sub industry of the manufacturing industry is different. Above all, I put forward the following suggestions. Enterprise managers could establish an evaluation mechanism of suppliers and retailers, which select high-quality cooperative partners and reduce low-quality transaction costs for enterprises. When participating in business operation, shareholders could comprehensively understand the business conditions of various supply partners and choose reliable supply chain partners for investment. Also, the government can guide the realization of resource sharing and information exchange among supply chain enterprises, which is beneficial to create a more competitive supply chain to promote economic development.

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