Table 3.

Commercial SCD constructs and select definitions

Commercial SCD constructsSelect definitions
CODPSeparates forecast and order-driven activities (Mason-Jones et al., 2000b)
Competitive prioritiesManufacturers’ choice of tasks or key competitive capabilities (Chen and Paulraj, 2004)
CostLogistics costs, infrastructure, inventory (Schnetzler et al., 2007)
Delivery/Lead-timeDelivery-times, high fill rate (Schnetzler et al., 2007)
DependabilityPunctuality, delivery reliability rate (Schnetzler et al., 2007)
FlexibilityManaging changes and uncertainties (Schnetzler et al., 2007)
QualityMeeting higher customer demands (Schnetzler et al., 2007)
External contingenciesProduct/market requirements (exogenous variables) in SCD (Basnet and Seuring, 2016)
Demand variability/uncertaintyThe inability to forecast product demand accurately (Basnet and Seuring, 2016)
Desired customer lead-timeThe importance placed by the customer on quick delivery (Basnet and Seuring, 2016)
Product varietyProducts may be characterised as standardised (low variety) or customised (high variety) (Basnet and Seuring, 2016)
Supply uncertainty/riskDisruptions by various causes, such as natural disasters, yield losses, quality issues, etc. (Basnet and Seuring, 2016)
SC strategiesSpecifies how a company can achieve its competitive advantage through its competitive priorities (Qi et al., 2011)
AgilityThe ability to respond rapidly to unpredictable changes in demand or supply (Christopher and Peck, 2004)
EfficiencyDistinguished by longer production lead-times, high set-up costs and larger batch sizes that allow the efficient firm to produce at a low unit cost but often at the expense of market responsiveness (Randall et al., 2003)
ETO, BTO, MTO, ATO, PTO, STO, MTF/MTSInvolves postponement of design (ETO), purchasing (BTO), manufacture (MTO), assembly (ATO), packaging (PT0) and/or shipment (STO) or pure speculation (MTF/MTS) (Yang et al., 2004)
Full (pure) postponementBoth manufacturing and logistics activities are customer order initiated (Pagh and Cooper, 1998)
Full (pure) speculationBased on forecasts involves full speculation of all manufacturing and logistics activities (Pagh and Cooper, 1998)
LeagilityJudicious selection and integration of appropriate aspects of lean and agile (Christopher et al., 2006)
LeannessMeans developing a value stream to eliminate all waste, including time, and to ensure a level schedule (Naylor et al., 1999)
Logistics postponementDirect distribution of finished goods from centralised inventory (Pagh and Cooper, 1998)
Manufacturing postponementFinal manufacturing activities performed downstream in the SC (Pagh and Cooper, 1998)
ResponsivenessDistinguished by short production lead-times, low set-up costs and small batch sizes that allow the responsive firm to adapt quickly to market demand but often at a higher unit cost (Randall et al., 2003)
Risk-hedgingAimed at pooling and sharing resources to enable risk sharing in supply disruption (Lee, 2002)

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