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Value chain
About: Value chain is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 7206 publications have been published within this topic receiving 224183 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the level to which 39 manufacturing SMEs demonstrate the competences expected by suppliers and highlight the fact that, given the right support and a willingness to engage with the external business environment, supply chains offer an alternative development opportunity for SMEs.
Abstract: Studies of entrepreneurial learning have shown a preference for learning from the business context and business relationships. Within this business context, larger organisations are focusing on their supply chains as a significant source of strategic advantage, impacting on the competences required by SMEs to meet expectations. Uses a supply chain competence map to investigate the level to which 39 manufacturing SMEs demonstrate the competences expected by suppliers. The research sample showed a high degree of external and supply chain orientation. Highlight the fact that, given the right support and a willingness to engage with the external business environment, supply chains offer an alternative development opportunity for SMEs. Moreover, it is a learning model that suits their preferred learning style. What is not clear is whether the customer organisations are willing, or able, to support that learning.
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TL;DR: This article works out a method on how information resources in organizations can be turned into a knowledge sharing KS information culture, which can further feed business success, and is viewed in the light of resource-based theory.
Abstract: This article works out a method on how information resources in organizations can be turned into a knowledge sharing KS information culture, which can further feed business success. This process is complicated, and the value chain can be broken in many places. In this study this process is viewed in the light of resource-based theory. A KS-model is developed where the hard information resources of time, people and computers are defined. When wisely used, these make communication a core competence for the company. As the soft information resources are added, that is, the intellectual capital, KS and willingness to learn, a knowledge sharing culture is developed, which feeds business success. This model is empirically discussed through a case study of 15 Finnish insurance companies. The overall KS capability of a company corresponds positively to the different dimensions applied in the model. KS is an interactive process where organizations must work on both hard information resources, the basic cornerstones of any knowledge sharing, and make constant investment into soft information resources, learning, intellectual capital and process design in order to manage their information resources effectively.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a methodology of value chain analysis developed for a study which combined a material flow analysis of the UK iron and steel sector with a consideration of the economic dimension of those material flows, in order to shed light on concepts such as resource productivity and dematerialisation of the economy.
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16 Dec 2009
TL;DR: This paper aims to address the dearth of research in performance measurement systems and performance metrics of supply chain by reviewing the contemporary literature.
Abstract: In today's competitive world, performance measurement of the supply chain is the key for effective supply chain management. The performance measurement can be utilized to describe and review the historical performance, as well as to set performance targets for the future. This paper aims to address the dearth of research in performance measurement systems and performance metrics of supply chain by reviewing the contemporary literature. The paper lists more than 60 references for further study.
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TL;DR: A holistic sustainability optimization framework for strategic network design of industry supply chains under consideration of economic, social as well as ecologic objectives and the minimize-time-to-sustainability approach as new optimization strategy for long-term network design problems is proposed.
Abstract: In global industry supply chains, environmental sustainability optimization addresses the overall consumption of resources and energy, the reduction of carbon emissions and generated waste to name a few. In this paper, we propose a holistic sustainability optimization framework for strategic network design of industry supply chains under consideration of economic, social as well as ecologic objectives. The framework is flexible to incorporate multiple sustainability indicators, alternative sustainability optimization strategies as well as a variety of internal and external industry-specific factors which impact the sustainability of the entire industry supply chain in the long-term. The core of the framework is an end-to-end closed-loop value chain model consisting of process, transport and product-in-use modules. For the first time, the product-in-use impact (“use” vs. “make”) is integrated in one network design approach. In addition, the model fully closes the loop from sourcing of raw materials via manufacturing towards reverse value chain steps such as disposal and recycling. Finally, we propose the minimize-time-to-sustainability approach as new optimization strategy for long-term network design problems focusing on minimizing the time, industry supply chain structures need to transform into sustainability steady states for all defined sustainability indicators such as CO2e emissions, costs or social indicators based on defined target values. In part 2 of this paper the application of the optimization framework to the European automotive industry is shown.
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