Value chain

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

The Relationships between Supply Chain Integration and Product Quality

Abstract: Information sharing is an essential tool or enabler for supply chain integration. Many researches have been done to investigate the effectiveness of information sharing in supply chain firms. Product quality is one important dimension of operational performance in supply chain management that seeks more attention from the community of researchers. Therefore consideration must be given to the development of collaborative activities between manufacturer, supplier and costumer which enables firms to work together and improves in the product quality. So, studies which examine the effect of seamless supply chain on the product quality remain a research opportunity. This research after an overview on supply chain integration and product quality offers an integrated conceptual framework to examine the interaction of internal and external integration on product quality. The purpose of the study was to find out the related internal integration, customer integration and supplier integration effects on conformance quality and design quality on the manufacturing sector. It also aimed to propose an integrated conceptual framework between supply chain integration and product quality with the presentation of six hypotheses. The proposed conceptual model gives an application of the tools suitable for integration between firms and product quality.

Revenue distribution through the seafood value chain

Abstract: This Circular defines the value chain as the range of services required to bring a product from conception to the final consumer. For seafood products this includes capture (or culture), processing, distribution and marketing. A theoretical basis of value chain analysis, as the value added at each step of the chain, is explained and a methodology developed. The application is demonstrated in four case studies of different fisheries, two in developing countries and two in developed. Two different types of product are covered: white fish fillets (cod from Iceland and Nile perch from the United Republic of Tanzania) and small pelagic fish (herring from Denmark and anchovy from Morocco). Despite the difficulties of obtaining data, the case studies demonstrate some common trends between the two sets of products. However, in the case of white fish fillets the retail sector absorbs 61 percent of the value chain in the United Republic of Tanzania but only 37 percent in Iceland: that is more value accrues to the producers in Iceland. For small pelagics the retail sector for Danish herring adds 38 percent of the value while for Moroccan anchovy the figure is 75 percent. It is acknowledged that these four case studies, based on imperfect data, are only a starting point and that more value chain analysis should be undertaken to confirm and expand these results. Researchers in developing countries are encouraged to apply the methodology developed here to their fisheries in order to generate a larger body of information.

Value-chain dynamics: strengthening the institution of small-scale furniture producers to improve their value addition

Abstract: Free trade in Asia could aggravate the situation of small-scale furniture producers, if they are not strengthened. The furniture value chain describes the role of different actors in the furniture business from forest to market. Each actor contributes to, and obtains benefits from, the chain. Research was conducted in Jepara, Central Java, the centre of furniture production in Indonesia. The value of Jepara's exports is more than US$110 million annually. This research aimed to improve the position of small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) in the value chain. The study was conducted in 2008–2012, mainly using participatory action research (PAR). The results show that PAR is able to influence the value chain and improve the livelihoods of small-scale furniture producers. By creating a representative association, SMEs were able to strengthen their bargaining position, connect to wider markets and improve trust and support from government. The association was recently issued with the first collective timb...

Ethical sourcing: a contribution to sustainability or a diversion?

Abstract: There is a plethora of codes of practice emerging to help business manage and communicate social and environmental performance, particularly the relationship with suppliers in developing countries. These codes lie at the heart of ethical trading or ethical sourcing, and often tackle issues central to sustainable business. However, there are often separate codes addressing social and environmental criteria, and no real coherence in either their development or implementation. Consequently, the contribution of ethical sourcing to the sustainable business agenda is open to question. This paper, drawing on the work in developing countries of the Natural Resources and Ethical Trade programme as well as others in the field, examines the reasons behind the divergence in social and environmental codes of practice (see note). It explores the contribution ethical sourcing has made to increasing business responsibility, but argues that greater cohesion between social and environmental standards is necessary if this approach to value chain management is to help achieve sustainable business goals. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.