Value chain

About: Value chain is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 7206 publications have been published within this topic receiving 224183 citations.

From Bits to Atoms: 3D Printing in the Context of Supply Chain Strategies

Abstract: A lot of attention in supply chain management has been devoted to understanding customer requirements. What are customer priorities in terms of price and service level, and how can companies go about fulfilling these requirements in an optimal way? New manufacturing technology in the form of 3D printing is about to change some of the underlying assumptions for different supply chain set-ups. This paper explores opportunities and barriers of 3D printing technology, specifically in a supply chain context. We are proposing a set of principles that can act to bridge existing research on different supply chain strategies and 3D printing. With these principles, researchers and practitioners alike can better understand the opportunities and limitations of 3D printing in a supply chain management context.

Green Supply Chain Management: A Literature Review

Abstract: In light of the grim situation in both the environmental and energy sectors, manufacturing enterprises are faced with the challenge of pursuing economic benefits while at the same time coordinating the development between supply chain and environment. As a brand-new management model under the framework of sustainable development, green supply chain management has attracted the growing attention of the academic and business world. This study will review the literature on green supply chain management through several aspects including green supplier.

Value Chain Developmentfor Decent Work : A guide for development practitioners,government and private sectorinitiatives

Abstract: This guide addresses the underlying causes of failures in the performance of market systems, rather than looking at symptoms in individual chains. Value Chain Analysis and Development practitioners need to understand the nature of relationships between businesses in the chain and other relevant market players; they need to understand the role of specific market functions and (formal and informal) rules that govern the value chain; and be able to identify incentives and capacities of market players. This guide addresses Value Chain development from a market development perspective with a unique focus on how to achieve Decent Work. The essential question is thus: how can we achieve competitiveness while creating new jobs and income opportunities for men and women and promoting better working standards in value chains?

The ecology of mobile commerce: charting a course for success using value chain analysis

Abstract: The convergence of the Internet with wireless telecommunications has profound and pressing implications for enterprises ranging from long-distance carriers to record labels to automakers. The fast-growing ability of wireless devices to handle a wealth of data content as well as voice transmission is opening the door to the creation of new products, services, markets, and revenue streams. But in what prevailing form will mobile commerce--the still-nascent effort to assemble and monetize the wireless Internet--emerge? How will the vast potential variety of data-based content be created, aggregated, and profitably delivered to both individual and business customers? The essential tool for approaching these still-open questions is value chain analysis, A value chain is a map of the entire set of competencies, investments, and activities required to produce, deliver, maintain, and reap the proceeds from a product or service. The profits and competitive advantages of participation in a given value chain reside dynamically within the chain, pooling at the positions of greatest value. (The returns to the different forms of participation in a value chain, particularly one as complex as mobile commerce, are anything but equal.) This chapter presents and analyzes an extended model of the unfolding m-commerce value chain. The goal is to provide an effective tool for planning and executing relevant business decisions in the face of such complicating factors as technology migration, the absence of market data, and inescapable constraints on organizational resources. The analysis and recommendations are supported by data from a survey with wide participation conducted by the authors.

Quantitative value chain analysis : an application to Malawi

Abstract: The Government of Malawi has since 2005 been pursuing a growth strategy mainly based on increasing the volume of agricultural exports. This entails that Malawi should endeavor to improve the competitiveness of its agricultural commodities so as to gain an increasing share of the regional and international markets. This paper analyzes the competitiveness of the country's key agricultural commodities -- tobacco, maize, cotton, and rice -- using prices that prevailed in the 2007/08 agricultural season. The paper employs a quantitative value chain methodology to assess the country's prospects for competitiveness and suggest weak links along the value chain that require attention in order to improve trade competitiveness. The results indicate that Malawi has some competitive advantage in the production and exportation of tobacco and cotton, and that this mostly derives from its low labor cost advantage. However, the results indicate that based on 2007/08 prices and costs, Malawi does not have competitive edge in maize and rice production for export. As such, Malawi would better pursue an import substitution strategy in these cereals, and perhaps only aim at the export market when regional market opportunities arise. Key factors that underpin Malawi's narrow competitiveness include the high cost of inorganic fertilizer and other inputs, low productivity, and the higher trader margins and intermediation costs along the value chains. Furthermore, farm gate prices in Malawi are higher than in other countries, and this undercuts its trade competitiveness.