Supply chain

About: Supply chain is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 84100 publications have been published within this topic receiving 1745411 citations.

Buyer and Nonprofit Levers to Improve Supplier Environmental Performance

Abstract: Material IQ (MiQ) is a new decision tool designed by GreenBlue to help suppliers safely share sensitive chemical-toxicity data with their customers. As GreenBlue takes MiQ to market, it must determine under what market conditions to promote the use of MiQ and when to recommend that a buyer use its implementation as an opportunity to work with an existing supplier. We study GreenBlue's problem in two parts. First, we investigate when a buyer can use a wholesale-price premium and/or buyer-supplier cost sharing to improve a supplier's environmental performance. Based on our findings, we then develop insights into GreenBlue's strategy. We model both a single-supplier and a supplier-competition setting. We find that in the single-supplier setting, if the buyer's optimal strategy is to offer the supplier a premium, then he also fully subsidizes her investment cost to build quality. By developing the supplier's capabilities, the buyer can increase the impact of the premium he offers. In the supplier-competition setting, although cost sharing is less effective as a lever, cases can occur in which the buyer chooses to share costs and prevent the incumbent supplier from having to compete. From GreenBlue's perspective, promoting the use of MiQ and cost sharing are often viable strategies when there exists a one-to-one relationship between a buyer and a supplier. However, GreenBlue's strategy becomes more restricted when competition exists between suppliers. Only when the relative market awareness of quality is high and there is a dominant party in the supply chain should GreenBlue recommend the use of MiQ.

Customer-Centered Supply Chain Management: A Link-by-Link Guide

Abstract: Customer value chain management - leading transformation within the global business of manufacturing business strategy -raiders of the lost art the quality commitment the transformation journey begins - supply chain management design inter-enterprise innovation - donde esta su compania? car 54 where are you? understanding the "as-is" of the supply chain converting theory into reality - building the bridge to transform the supply chain results matter - measuring performance after implementation supply chain alternatives the executive perspective - pulling it all together.

Supply chain management: the elusive concept and definition

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to gather the current definitions of supply chain management in practical and analytical usage, to develop standards for assessing definitions and to apply these standards to the most readily available definitions of the term,In this research, the authors gathered the current definitions of supply chain management in practical and analytical usage from journals, textbooks, universities, and industry associations and online,The research ends with proposed definitions for consideration Discussion and areas for future research are included,Involved organizations, supply chain management programs in higher education, and professional and certifying organizations in the field need to meet and work together to research consensus on the final definition of the field, realizing that definitions can evolve, but also recognizing that a starting point is needed in this rapidly growing area,The authors argue, quite simply, that a consensus definition of supply chain management is unlikely as long as we continue offering and accepting definitions that are technically unsound Many of the current definitions violate several principles of good definitions For these reasons, they are either empty, too restrictive, or too expansive Until we come across or develop a definition that overcomes these limitations and agree on it, then we will still search for “the” definition without finding it The field will become more crowded with definitions, but less certain, and progress will be restricted,Theoreticians, researchers, and practitioners in a discipline require key terms in a field to share a nominal definition and prefer to have a shared real or essential definition Yet in supply chain management, we find no such shared definition, real or nominal Even the Council of Supply Chain Management Professional offers its definition with the caveat: “The supply chain management (SCM) profession has continued to change and evolve to fit the needs of the growing global supply chain With the supply chain covering a broad range of disciplines, the definition of what is a supply chain can be unclear” (CSCMP, 2016)