... this extended supply chain visibility to identify and cut ties with low performance suppliers. In summary, continuously tracking performance of supply chain partners and forming an intelligent supplier selection mechanism is expected to be one of the crucial activities in supply chain management. © MCB UP...

.... It is essential that a company is able to utilize its supply chain with the support of a good monitoring scheme. This paper considers a framework of supply chain management embracing the principles of fuzzy logic for analyzing and monitoring performance of suppliers based on the criteria of product quality...

... and details the specific supply chain management tools and techniques required to service each. A comparison of lean and agile strategies is provided along with a detailed explanation of the integration of the two within a Leagile supply chain. The application of such a strategy for electronic products...

... jointly; they are of finite duration, with beginning and ends (few teams are permanent). © MCB UP Limited 2000 Supply‐chain management Teamwork Simultaneous engineering It is clear that the authors have differing perceptions of the importance of particular elements...

...Jaideep Motwani; Manu Madan; A. Gunasekaran As organizations strive to become more competitive in today’s challenging business environment, global supply chain management (GSCM) infused by information technology (IT) is being offered as a paradigm to achieve dramatic improvements in cost and time...

...W.K. Poon; K.H. Lau In response to on‐going global business pressure, the supply chain management of Motorola Semiconductors Hong Kong Limited has imposed a “value challenge” programme to bring in excellence from outside suppliers to increase a purchase’s contribution. Through the changes of supply...

... chain. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Supply‐chain management Electronic data interchange Logistics Communications technology The development of telecommunications technology has a long history that began with the invention of the telegraph by Cooke and Wheatstone in 1837. The telephone...

...‐chain management Modelling Systems development Organizations are trying to gain a strategic advantage by controlling their supply chains effectively (Ayers, 1999). Properly managed chains can reduce costs, compress delivery times (Beesley, 1996) and reduce variability. Control of these supply...

...Patrick Fung Traces the development of purchasing from a materials acquisition function to supply chain management. The paradigm shifts to recognising every purchase is also a sale and that purchasing is more than buying. Contemporary purchasing incorporates strategic procurement – aligning...

...Jaideep Motwani; Lars Larson; Suraj Ahuja Presents a survey of the global supply chain management (GSCM) literature with specific emphasis on the application of the process, services and products used by organizations to achieve competitive advantage and market position. Through case studies, we...

...Mark Goh; Parooj Pinaikul Many firms are starting to focus on the effective and efficient supply chain management in Asia. This empirical paper reports on the state of existing logistics management practices in Thailand. The main results reveal that firms prefer agile suppliers. Also, most...

... with the information supply‐chain as an important entity, whose performance and optimisation very significantly affect the efficiency and performance of industrial enterprises. A conceptual modelling and simulation environment is proposed for analysing information supply‐chain management strategies, policies...

... and customer service. Such a system necessitated the ability to interface easily with both future and current systems. For many years, the planning function had been viewed in two ways from two groups of people. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Computer software Pharmaceuticals Scheduling Supply-chain...

... greater choice and cost savings to the customer, thus encompassing two key ingredients to a successful supermarket. © MCB UP Limited 1998 BPR Cycle time Decision‐support systems Logistics Supply-chain management It has been consistently argued that time is the competitive...

... be used to evaluate, improve and control the overall quality of the supply chain system? © MCB UP Limited 1998 Delivery performance Operating performance Quality Supply chain Supply-chain management Objective. The purpose of Module 4 (see Figure 5) is to identify...

... improvement efforts. SCOR, which is structured in four levels, is based on a plan, source, make, deliver framework. © Company 1997 SCOR features four levels of supply‐chain management (Figure 1): Level 1 provides a broad definition of the plan, source, make, deliver process types...

... and capital utilization. BPR Cycle time Forecasting Pharmaceuticals industry Supply-chain management In the 1990s the pharmaceuticals industry is facing major changes in its environment. The near bankruptcy of health care systems in developed countries has led everywhere to expenditure control...

... were designated specific tasks. Outlines the key points in the process; the re‐engineering of the supply chain, the involvement of all staff and the two‐way communication system and openness of management. © MCB UP Limited 1996 BPR Multiple retailers Re‐engineering Supply‐chain management...

... activities © Company 1996 Information Internal communications Supply‐chain management Philips Business Communications: Is the Cambridge‐based national sales organization of the business unit Business Communications within Philips BV. Has areas of business including the sales...

...Rupert Booth Analyses the role of supply‐chain management in the pharmaceutical industry. Uses the pharmaceutical industry as a case study since it is an industry undergoing considerable change and is subject to a wide variety of commercial pressures. Illustrates therefore how logisticians can link...