.... 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...

...) Limited. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Manufacturing Outsourcing Knowledge‐based systems Supplier relations Supply‐chain management Many companies that were once centrally involved in the actual manufacture of products, and the delivery of their supporting services, now find themselves...

... 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...

... to concurrent engineering involving the supply chain. Part 3 then synthesizes the key elements of a methodology for introducing virtual teaming in a design and manufacture supply chain utilising concurrent engineering. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Supply‐chain management Teamwork Simultaneous engineering...

...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...

... for their supply chains. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Logistcs Supply‐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...

...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 control of a manufacturing supply chain system. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Delivery performance Operating performance Quality Supply chain Supply-chain management A manufacturing supply chain is an integrated set of business functions, encompassing all activities from raw material...

.... BPR Cycle time Decision‐support systems Logistics Supply-chain management It has been consistently argued that time is the competitive weapon of the 1990s (Stalk and Hout, 1990). Unfortunately many companies take a restrictive view of time compression which they link purely with production...

... element of the process takes the form of a series of questions such as seen in Figure 2 . Questions like these are asked over and over as each finished pack requirement was considered one by one. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Computer software Pharmaceuticals Scheduling Supply-chain...

... improvement efforts. SCOR, which is structured in four levels, is based on a plan, source, make, deliver framework. © Company 1997 Benchmarking BPR Supply‐chain management Managing supply‐chain operations is critical to any company’s ability to compete effectively. The supply chain has...

... in partnership by those operations concerned, not by a central bureaucracy. The R & D relationship can be approached along the same lines with clear partnership contract as the outcome. © MCB UP Limited 1996 BPR Cycle time Forecasting Pharmaceuticals industry Supply-chain management...

... to secure the informed input and commitment of the whole workforce. This included the following actions: BPR Multiple retailers Re‐engineering Supply‐chain management When Bob Willett, the incoming chief executive of Littlewoods, took up his post at the end of 1993, he realized the huge...

... of the system is carried out by the NO. 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...

...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...