...University, SE-581 83 Link¨ping, Sweden o o Department of Engineering Design and Manufacture, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia c School of Economics & Management, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, PR China b a r t i c l e in fo Available online 3 July 2010 Keywords: Supply chain Risk management Citation/co-citation analysis abstract The purpose of this paper is to investigate the research development in supply chain risk management (SCRM), which has shown an increasing global attention in recent years. Literature survey and citation/ co-citation analysis are used to fulfil the research task. Literature survey has undertaken a thorough search of articles on selected journals relevant to supply chain operations management. Meanwhile, citation/co-citation analysis uses Web of Sciences database to disclose SCRM development between 1995 and 2009. Both the approaches show similar trends of rising publications over the past 15 years. This review has piloted us to identify and classify the potential risk associated with different flows, namely material, cash and information flows. Consequently, we identify some research gaps. Even though there is a pressing need and awareness of SCRM from industrial aspect, quantitative models in the field are relatively lacking and information flow risk has received less attention. It is also interesting to observe the evolutions and advancements of SCRM discipline. One finding is that the intellectual structure of the field made statistically...
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...CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 1.1Introduction Out-sourcing is the business strategy management that is used to increase organaisation performance.This often is used when an organaisation has inadequate resources,experiences,skills, and knowledge about work. 1.2Background to the study The out-sourcing businees strategy is the mordern tool used in managing business activities so as to achieve the performance of the organaisation.The Ilala and Kinondoni municipal councils use outsourcing business strategy at Ubungo Bus Terminal (UBT) and Kariakoo markert to increase revenue collection but the implementation wasn poor.The purpose of this study research is to determine major challenges facing out-sourcing of non core-service in Tanzania Public sectors in Kinondoni and Ilala municipal councils.The chapter one has the following contents.Introduction of the study research, Background to the study research ,Backgroung of the problem,Statement of the problems, Research objectives Specific ,Research questions,Significance of the study,Significance to the study to the others,Significance to the private sectors,Limitation of the study,Organaisation of the dissertation and scope of the study research. Figure 1: The table of main benefits of outsourcing Adopted from (Farrington and Lysons 2006) Other benefits of out-source non-core services are: i. Specialist services and expertise can be bought in therefore creating...
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...Abstract preview Global Sourcing Development at IKEA – a Case Study Paper prepared for the 25th IMP conference Jens Hultman1, Susanne Hertz1, Rhona Johnsen2, Thomas Johnsen2 1: Jönköping International Business School, P.O Box 1026, SE-551 11 SWEDEN E-mail: jens.hultman@ihh.hj.se, susanne.hertz@ihh.hj.se Tel: +46 0(36) 10 10 00 2: Audencia Nantes School of Management, 8 Route de la Joneliere, BP 31222 – 44312 Nantes Cedex 3, France. E-mail: tjohnsen@audencia.com; rjohnsen@audencia.com Tel: + 33 (0)240 37 46 25 Abstract This study explores the dynamic process of global sourcing development through a case study of the Swedish home furnishing giant IKEA and its supply network concerning the PAX wardrobe system. The paper provides a synthesis of the existing global sourcing literature by dividing this growing body of research into three major themes: globalization processes and stages, motives/drivers, and organizational design and management. Moreover, the paper integrates the global sourcing literature with the established literature on the internationalization process of firms. Comparing the existing research on global sourcing and internationalization, we propose two research questions focused on: (1) the ways in which the IKEA global sourcing and supply chain development process resembles a linear stages process, and (2) the principal drivers of the development of global sourcing within IKEA. Relating the findings of the global sourcing process in the case of IKEA, the paper...
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...World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology International Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic and Management Engineering Vol:7, No:10, 2013 Supplier Selection Criteria and Methods in Supply Chains: A Review Om Pal, Amit Kumar Gupta, R. K. Garg International Science Index Vol:7, No:10, 2013 waset.org/Publication/16944 Abstract—An effective supplier selection process is very important to the success of any manufacturing organization. The main objective of supplier selection process is to reduce purchase risk, maximize overall value to the purchaser, and develop closeness and long-term relationships between buyers and suppliers in today’s competitive industrial scenario. The literature on supplier selection criteria and methods is full of various analytical and heuristic approaches. Some researchers have developed hybrid models by combining more than one type of selection methods. It is felt that supplier selection criteria and method is still a critical issue for the manufacturing industries therefore in the present paper the literature has been thoroughly reviewed and critically analyzed to address the issue. Keywords—Supplier selection, Mathematical Programming. AHP, ANP, TOPSIS, I. INTRODUCTION I N most industries, the cost of raw materials and component parts represents the largest percentage of the total product cost. For instance, in high technology firms, purchased materials and services account for up to 80% of the total product cost....
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...Global Dual Sourcing: Tailored Base Surge Allocation to Near and Offshore Production Gad Allon and Jan A. Van Mieghem Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 September 25, 2008; Revised Oct 8, 2008 When designing a sourcing strategy in practice, a key task is to determine the average order rates placed to each source because that affects costs and supplier management. We consider a firm that has access to a responsive near-shore source (e.g., Mexico) and a low-cost offshore source (e.g., China). The firm must determine an inventory sourcing policy to satisfy random demand over time. Unfortunately, the optimal policy is too complex to allow a direct answer to our key question. Therefore, we analyze a tailored basesurge (TBS) sourcing policy that is simple, used in practice, and captures the classic tradeoff between cost and responsiveness. The TBS policy replenishes at a constant rate from the offshore source and produces at the near shore plant only when inventory is below a target. The constant base allocation allows the offshore facility to focus on cost efficiency while the nearshore’s quick response capability is utilized only dynamically to guarantee high service. The research goals are to i) determine the allocation of random demand into base and surge capacity, ii) estimate corresponding working capital requirements, and iii) identify and value the key drivers of dual sourcing. Given that even this simple TBS policy is not amenable to exact...
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...Managing Supplier Integration into Product Development: A Literature Review and Conceptual Model Finn Wynstra and Ferrie van Echtelt Eindhoven Centre for Innovation Studies/Institute for Purchasing & Supply Development, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513 - 5600 MB Eindhoven, Netherlands Tel. +31 40 2473841, Fax +31 40 2465949, j.y.f.wynstra@tm.tue.nl, f.e.a.v.echtelt@tm.tue.nl Abstract This paper presents a critical literature review concerning the effects of involving suppliers in product development, the critical processes underlying the management of this involvement and the potential driving and enabling factors for managing supplier involvement in product development. Together they constitute the building blocks for a ‘input-throughput-output’ model that helps in understanding the crucial elements of how to manage supplier involvement in product development. This model draws on our previous work in this area, but focuses more clearly on the ‘inputs’ and ‘outputs’ of managing supplier involvement. Introduction to managing supplier integration in product development Literature on product innovation has been pervasively trying to distil the key ingredients for company success. Many of the internal and external actors that are involved in product development - and the interfaces between them - have been subjects of research. Especially the interface between R&D on the one side and marketing and customers on the other side has been investigated (Souder and Chakrabarti...
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...Journal of Production Research Vol. 48, No. 17, 1 September 2010, 5137–5155 Supply chain performance measurement: a literature review Goknur Arzu Akyuz* and Turan Erman Erkan Department of Industrial Engineering, Atilim University, Kizilcasar Mahallesi, 06836 Incek Go¨lbasi, Ankara, Turkey (Received 19 February 2009; final version received 2 June 2009) This paper is intended to provide a critical literature review on supply chain performance measurement. The study aims at revealing the basic research methodologies/approaches followed, problem areas and requirements for the performance management of the new supply chain era. The review study covers articles coming from major journals related with the topic, including a taxonomy study and detailed investigation as to the methodologies, approaches and findings of these works. The methodology followed during the conduct of this research includes starting with a broad base of articles lying at the intersection of supply chain, information technology (IT), performance measurement and business process management topics and then screening the list to have a focus on supply chain performance measurement. Findings reveal that performance measurement in the new supply era is still an open area of research. Further need of research is identified regarding framework development, empirical cross-industry research and adoption of performance measurement systems for the requirements of the new era, to include the development...
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... that attract great interest from scholars in the literature. The primary purpose of the paper is to contribute with a review of leading studies that analyze procurement from the resource-‐based view of the organization. The paper begins by setting out the business environment of procurement and then presents the development and propensity of procurement. This is followed by a review of principal works and differences of perspectives of resource-‐based view. The next section contains an analysis of the relationship between procurement and resource-‐based theory and discusses empirical works on outsourcing that address outsourcing from the resource-‐based view. The studies are classified into two categories: those studying the propensity to procure and those studying the relationship between procurement decision and firm’s performance....
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...b s t r a c t Over the past three decades scholars have developed comprehensive insights into the operational and strategic aspect of designing and managing the supply chain. Reviewing this ample body of knowledge however one cannot help but notice a persistent disunion between the “value chain” view that considers aspects of value creation and appropriation, and the operational “supply chain” view that considers strategies and tools for designing and operating efficient inter-firm networks. Commonly these views do not interact: value creation has the aim of capturing the maximum value-added in financial terms, the supply chain view aims for designing operationally efficient supply chains. In contrast to their treatise within the academic literature, from a practical point of view these two aspects are both necessary (and thus in their own right insufficient) components to a firm's supply chain strategy. In this paper we thus turn to an exploratory case study to identify what such a combined view of the value and supply chain would entail. We refer to this purposeful creation as the “value chain architecture” and propose five fundamental decisions that define the latter: (1) the nature of value provision (driven by the core competence of the firm), (2)...
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...England Gender: Female [pic] ACADEMIC September 2007 - University of Sussex June 2010 BA English Literature and English Language 1st Class Joint Honours English Literature Encompassing a variety of genres in literature ranging from the 14th century, to the present. Focus modules include; The Renaissance: Shakespeare, Special Author: Virginia Woolf, Women writing in 18th Century Literature English Language A comprehensive, historical review of the English language combined with categorical linguistic analysis. Focus modules include; The Making of English, Child Language Acquisition and English Grammar September 2005 - John Cabot City Technology College June 2007: 4 A-levels (A2 Advanced) in the following: English Literature and Language: Grade A Business Studies: Grade A Product Design: Grade A Chemistry: Grade B September 2000 - John Cabot City Technology College June 2005: 10 GCSE’s grade B and above Grade A achieved in English literature, English language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics [pic] PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE A forward-thinking and strategic buyer with excellent negotiation and sourcing skills, who strives to deliver profitable product ranges and promotional...
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...elsevier.com/locate/tre Global supply chain design: A literature review and critique Mary J. Meixell a a,* , Vidyaranya B. Gargeya b,1 School of Management, Enterprise Hall, MSN 5F4, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, United States b Information Systems and Operations Management Department, 479, Bryan Building, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States Abstract In this paper, we review decision support models for the design of global supply chains, and assess the fit between the research literature in this area and the practical issues of global supply chain design. The classification scheme for this review is based on ongoing and emerging issues in global supply chain management and includes review dimensions for (1) decisions addressed in the model, (2) performance metrics, (3) the degree to which the model supports integrated decision processes, and (4) globalization considerations. We conclude that although most models resolve a difficult feature associated with globalization, few models address the practical global supply chain design problem in its entirety. We close the paper with recommendations for future research in global supply chain modeling that is both forward-looking and practically oriented. Ó 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Supply chain design; Globalization; Outsourcing; Supply chain integration; International sourcing 1. Introduction The last decades of the twentieth century...
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...elsevier.com/locate/tre Global supply chain design: A literature review and critique Mary J. Meixell a a,* , Vidyaranya B. Gargeya b,1 School of Management, Enterprise Hall, MSN 5F4, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, United States b Information Systems and Operations Management Department, 479, Bryan Building, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC 27402, United States Abstract In this paper, we review decision support models for the design of global supply chains, and assess the fit between the research literature in this area and the practical issues of global supply chain design. The classification scheme for this review is based on ongoing and emerging issues in global supply chain management and includes review dimensions for (1) decisions addressed in the model, (2) performance metrics, (3) the degree to which the model supports integrated decision processes, and (4) globalization considerations. We conclude that although most models resolve a difficult feature associated with globalization, few models address the practical global supply chain design problem in its entirety. We close the paper with recommendations for future research in global supply chain modeling that is both forward-looking and practically oriented. Ó 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Keywords: Supply chain design; Globalization; Outsourcing; Supply chain integration; International sourcing 1. Introduction The last decades of the twentieth century...
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...entire supply chain, from upstream to downstream activities. While supply chains have existed ever since businesses have been organized to bring products and services to customers, the notion of their competitive advantage, and consequently supply chain management (SCM), is a relatively recent thinking in management literature. Although research interests in and the importance of SCM are growing, scholarly materials remain scattered and disjointed, and no research has been directed towards a systematic identification of the core initiatives and constructs involved in SCM. Thus, the purpose of this study is to develop a research framework that improves understanding of SCM and stimulates and facilitates researchers to undertake both theoretical and empirical investigation on the critical constructs of SCM, and the exploration of their impacts on supply chain performance. To this end, we analyse over 400 articles and synthesize the large, fragmented body of work dispersed across many disciplines such as purchasing and supply, logistics and transportation, marketing, organizational dynamics, information management, strategic management, and operations management literature. 1. Introduction The popularity of the supply chain concept has been stimulated from many directions including the quality revolution (Dale et al. 1994), notions of materials management and integrated logistics (Carter and Price 1993), a growing interest in industrial markets and networks (Ford...
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...Impact of Outsourcing in improving productivity in modern Organizational Introduction In today’s world of ever increasing competition, organizations are forced to look for new ways to generate value. The world has embraced the phenomenon of outsourcing and companies have adopted its principles to help them expand into other markets (Bender 1999). Strategic management of outsourcing is perhaps the most powerful tool in management, and outsourcing of innovation is its frontier (Quinn 2000). Outsourcing is a management strategy by which an organization delegates major, non-core functions to specialized and efficient service providers, or as Corbett (1999). President of Michael F. Corbett and Associates asserts, Outsourcing is nothing less than the wholesale restructuring the corporation around our core competencies and outside relationships. The traditional outsourcing emphasis on tactical benefits like cost reduction (for example, cheaper labor cost in low-cost countries), have more recently been replaced by productivity, flexibility, speed and innovation in developing business applications, and access to new technologies and skills (Greer, Youngblood, and Gary 1999; Bacon 1999). The market for providers of outsourced services of all types is growing rapidly. In 1996, American firms spent over $100 billion in outsourced business activities (Casale and Overton 1997). Other estimates place the total U.S. market for outsourcing at more than $300 billion by the year 2001 (Dun and...
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...OF ENGINEERING, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY www.ijest-ng.com www.ajol.info/index.php/ijest 2014 MultiCraft Limited. All rights reserved When ETO companies design the supply chain during new product development process R. Cigolini1, M. Pero1*, A. Sianesi1 1 * Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, ITALY Corresponding Author: E-mail: margherita.pero@polimi.it Phone: +39.02.2399.2819; Fax: .2700 Abstract This paper outlines the interface between product development process and supply chain configuration. It highlights the relevance of product features on the time the sourcing decisions are taken with respect to the product development phases. Multiple case studies in Engineer-To-Order (ETO) industries have been performed to investigate how companies configure the product development process and choose the timing of sourcing decisions along the process. Results suggest that the time companies take supply chain configuration decisions varies according to product features: high techno-logical complexity pushes companies to re-think their supply chain in the early phases of product development process, e.g. in terms of make-or-buy decisions and suppliers selection. The proposed framework helps decisions makers arrange the product development process by defining when supply chain configuration should take place. Keywords: Supply Chain, New Product Development, Engineer To Order, Supply Chain Design.. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ijest...
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