Supply chain profitability, quality and world-class organizations

There is a common perception that logistics practice and supply chain management have not yet reached the required international standards among all the supply chain members in the South African automotive industry. This article is based on a research study that investigated possible reasons for the inconsistent supply of materials in the Eastern Cape automotive industry specifically. Problems identified include the fact that suppliers are not evaluated on a regular basis and do not receive sufficient logistics training, while a commitment and will to development local suppliers is lacking. Recommendations made to the South African automotive industry include the improvement of development programmes to assist local suppliers in becoming world-class suppliers, better logistics training, more regular supplier assessments, as well as improved mutual communication among suppliers and motor vehicle assemblers.

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An evaluation of liner strategies in the context of contemporary supply chain management practices

Journal of Transportation Management ◽

10.22237/jotm/967766760 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 55-64

Author(s):

Shashi Kumar

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Management Practices ◽

Global Supply Chains ◽

Sustainable Competitive Advantage ◽

Chain Management ◽

Academic Researchers ◽

Sophisticated Model ◽

World Class

Academic researchers published a sophisticated model of world class logistics in 1995 and recently updated it with a model of 21st century logistics. Although such practices are yet to be perfected in the real world, it provides a yardstick for measuring logistical excellence. An innovative world class firm will pursue sustainable competitive advantage through wellintegrated global supply chains. As liner operators are vital members of global supply chains, their contemporary strategies need particular scrutiny to identify elements of congruence or non-congruence. The paper discusses generic liner strategies and identifies the ideal strategy congruent with contemporary supply chain management practices.

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Marine Supply Chain Management

Journal of Ship Production ◽

10.5957/jsp.1999.15.4.233 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 15 (04) ◽

pp. 233-252

Author(s):

M. Fleischer ◽

R. Kohler ◽

T. Lamb Fellow ◽

H. B. Bongiorni

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

Shipbuilding Industry ◽

Chain Management ◽

Cost Differential ◽

Marine Industry ◽

The Us ◽

World Class ◽

The Cost ◽

Successful Change

The US shipbuilding industry finds itself pressed on many sides by dwindling government and commercial ship orders. Without significant improvement in performance, the US shipbuilding industry will contract to the minimum that can sustain government and Jones Act commercial ship demand. There has been considerable benchmarking of the US shipbuilding with other shipbuilding countries and other US and foreign industries. In these studies, the improved management of the supply chains has been found to be an important way to improve performance. The 1996 21s' Century Agile Shipbuilding Strategies report identified improvement in the relationship between shipyards and their suppliers as one of the highest priorities. In the marine industry over 50% of the cost of the delivered product is for material and equipment. When significant turn-key subcontracting is used this can increase to 75%. Over the past two decades, most US shipbuilders acknowledged that their productivity was significantly lower than world class shipbuilders. More recently they have acknowledged a material cost differential of up to 33%. Clearly, the cost of material is one of the major sources of the lack of international competitiveness of the US marine industry. The performance of the US automotive and aerospace industries has improved significantly by focusing on and improving their supply chain management. Much of Boeing's and Chrysler's improvement has been attributed to successful change in this area. This paper describes the results of a project that analyzed supply chain management in the marine industry as a way to develop a set of best practices.

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Supply-Side

Supply Chain and Logistics Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-0945-6.ch059 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1246-1264

Author(s):

Brenner Lopes ◽

Luander Falcão ◽

Thiago Canellas

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chain Management ◽

High Capacity ◽

Supply Side ◽

Chain Management ◽

Management Framework ◽

Services Sector ◽

Efficient Information ◽

World Class ◽

Available Information

With the evolving understanding of the role of the Supply Chain Management and its potential to add value, the integrated business planning is a key concept in any modern organization. That brings complexity to the Supply Chain Management requiring companies aiming to operate a world class process to have a strong coordination between internal functions which is only possible with a highly efficient information management framework. This chapter discusses how companies can extract competitive advantage from the use of available information on the supply side. For that is applied the Side Supply Methodology focused on mapping high-capacity suppliers. The chapter also includes a case study of the Consulting Engineering Services sector, with 628 businesses in 27 Brazilian states.

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