A MOORA based fuzzy multi-criteria decision making approach for supply chain strategy selection

AFSA is an industrial company that produces flexible packaging and has more than 200 plants on five continents. It has an important presence in South America with five plants in the region. Among its main features is to supply other industries (B2B) produce under the strategy make-to-order, with local, regional, and corporate hierarchies. Its value proposition is aimed at delivering superior customer service to the market with innovative and quality products. However, due to the acquisitions that the company has made in the last two years in different countries of the region and the growth in the consumption of flexible packaging, the strategies among the different areas of the company have not been aligned, creating incompatibilities between the strategies of the functional areas like sales, operations, finance, and supply chain. This chapter proposes to optimize the supply chain of AFSA, using a strategic methodology of diagnosis and operational analysis to have a multidimensional approach that allows for decision-making.

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Reverse logistics optimization of an industrial air conditioner manufacturing company for designing sustainable supply chain: a fuzzy hybrid multi-criteria decision-making approach

Wireless Networks ◽

10.1007/s11276-019-02246-6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 26 (8) ◽

pp. 5759-5782 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sadia Samar Ali ◽

Turan Paksoy ◽

Belkız Torğul ◽

Rajbir Kaur

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Supply Chain ◽

Reverse Logistics ◽

Multi Criteria Decision Making ◽

Air Conditioner ◽

Sustainable Supply Chain ◽

Manufacturing Company ◽

Logistics Optimization

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In pursuit of supply chain fit

The International Journal of Logistics Management ◽

10.1108/ijlm-03-2018-0068 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 821-844 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Yasmine Sabri

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Supply Chain ◽

Firm Performance ◽

Conceptual Framework ◽

Organisational Structure ◽

Content Type ◽

Supply Chain Strategy ◽

Corporate Groups ◽

The Relationship

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop exploratory propositions and a conceptual framework on the interaction between organisational structure (decision-making centralisation and internal coordination) and the relationship between supply chain fit and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach Through a case study, two corporate groups with distinctive organisational structures were examined; both are undergoing a critical moment of changes to their top management and are reshaping their corporate and supply chain strategies. Data on decision-making centralisation, internal coordination mechanisms, supply, demand and innovation uncertainties, and supply chain strategies were collected from key respondents. Findings The analysis conducted suggests the need to consider the joint interaction between organisational structure and supply chain fit in offsetting the implications of a potential misfit on firm performance. Furthermore, the context sensitivity of a supply chain is often overlooked, hence simply modifying supply chain strategy does not necessarily lead to a variation in firm performance. Practical implications This research is of particular importance to most organisations in the testing times of uncertainty in the global landscape. It guides supply chain practitioners to better understand which elements of the organisational structure interact with the uncertainty of supply, demand and innovation. Originality/value This paper is one of the first to investigate the interaction between elements of organisational structure and supply chain fit and identify decision-making centralisation and coordination as the internal uncertainty factors that are most relevant to supply chain fit research. A conceptual framework has been built for future testing, in which the organisational structure moderates the relationship between supply chain fit and firm performance.

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