Supply Chain Management Competency and Firm Financial Success

Supply chain management (SCM) plays a major role in creating (or destroying) shareholder value by influencing the three major drivers of firm financial performance: revenue, operating costs, and working capital. Yet, the relationship between SCM competency and firm financial performance is not well‐established. Drawing on the resource‐based view of the firm, this study assesses this relationship using Delphi‐style opinion data from AMR Research’s Supply Chain Top 25 rankings to assess SCM competency and Altman’s (1968) Z‐score statistic as the measure of financial success. The study findings show that firms recognized by industry experts for SCM competency have significantly higher Z‐scores than their close competitors and industry averages.     

DEVELOPING AND MEASURING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS

To investigate the construct of Supply Chain Management and its antecedent construct of a Supply Chain Orientation, reliable, valid scales of each are needed. In this study, we developed measurement scales for a supply chain orientation (SCO) and supply chain management (SCM). Validity and reliability of the developed scales were established and the relationship between a SCO, SCM, and business performance was also established, providing evidence of nomological validity. The implications of these findings for managers and researchers are discussed.     

联合库存管理法在供应链库存控制中的应用

库存管理是供应链管理中的重要内容,联合库存是一种供应链集成化运作的决策代理模式,是一种风险分担的库存管理模式。通过联合库存在供应链库存控制中应用的研究,找出联合库存管理法在供应链库存控制中的应用对策,为实现供应链的同步化运作、零库存、准时化采购以及精细供应链管理提供条件和保证。     

企业供应链优化

本文介绍了企业供应链优化设计问题,并具体探讨了ERP供应链、传统供应链以及基于高级计划与排程APS(Advanced Planning System)的供应链业务流程的优化设计思路。     

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO LOGISTICS,MARKETING, PRODUCTION,AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

The renaming of the Council of Logistics Management (CLM) to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) ushered in some interesting definitional dialogue and debate within the practitioner and academic communities. Inherent in emerging definitions is the notion that SCM encompasses activities traditionally considered aspects of production, logistics, marketing, and operations management. Defining SCM in such a broad scope (i.e., a “within” and “across” functions perspective), while considered by many scholars as the true representation of the essence of SCM, creates confusion regarding the appropriate organizational level within a business that is best suited for managerial decision making regarding the phenomenon. This paper contributes to the emerging SCM dialogue by highlighting the functional spaces (the “within” function perspective), relationships, and conceptual overlaps (the “across” functions perspective) between marketing, logistics, production, operations, and supply chain management. By comparing and contrasting the literature‐based conceptual boundaries of each discipline, a framework is proposed that more clearly captures the essence of the SCM decision making sphere. Managerial insights and future research implications are presented.     

供应链管理的功能及实现条件

供应链管理是一种新的管理模式,企业运用供应链管理可以实现信息共享、资源整合、效率和效益最大化等功能。由此需要界定现代供应链管理的基本概念,分析供应链管理的功能,并且具体提出供应链管理的实现条件。     

基于供应链的业务流程重构

业务流程重构 (BPR)和供应链管理 (SCM)都是当今先进的管理思想 ,介绍了BPR的思想和一般方法 ,阐述了供应链的概念和结构模型 ,并结合中国国情对基于供应链的BPR进行了初步探讨。     

Supply Chain Management: Unheard of in the 1970s,core to today's company

Although the Supply Chain Management (SCM) concept was born at the beginning of the 1980s, research in the field was almost non-existent until the mid-1990s. Since then, the growth of SCM research has been exponential. Currently, SCM is making the change from being an emerging research field to becoming a consolidated one. The aim of this paper is to analyse the way SCM has developed from its origins and to determine whether its present development corresponds to the needs that companies are experiencing. This article provides a frame of reference for SCM research, which is essential for the definitive consolidation of a fledgling field such as this. It also allows any possible gap between SCM research and practice to be minimised.     

面向供应链管理的电子交易市场研究

供应链管理正在成为提高企业全球竞争力的有效手段,而电子交易市场作为在线交易平台,为供应链管理的实现提供了新的途径。在现有电子交易市场中引入供应链管理的思想和功能,并研究具体的模型框架和技术解决方案,这样就为电子交易市场向更成熟的方向发展提供了可行的方法和途径。     

Defining Supply Chain Management: In the Past,Present, and Future

The article titled “Defining Supply Chain Management” published in 2001 in the Journal of Business Logistics has been cited over 4,900 times in the last 17 years. In this paper, we first provide a historical review of how the article originated and the contributions the article made to both the theory and practice of supply chain management (SCM). Next, we highlight the key market and technological changes that have emerged in SCM followed by how the theory proposed in the 2001 article can still be relevant to support SCM research and practice going forward. We also propose ways of configuring a supply chain and partnering across companies to serve customers in an optimal way. We conclude with a call for research on developing new frameworks to better describe, explain, predict, and shed light on the evolving nature of SCM.     

基于电子商务环境下的供应链管理

结合供应链管理和电子商务 ,提出基于电子商务环境下的供应链管理的思想。在此基础上 ,采用对比分析的方法 ,证实基于电子商务环境下的供应链管理能给企业带来不可忽视的实效 ,并分析了现阶段存在的问题及几点对策     

An empirical study of evaluating supply chain management integration using the balanced scorecard in Taiwan

Supply chain management (SCM) is essential for strengthening competitiveness, customer satisfaction, management performance, and achieving continued success. The development of effective measures of SCM performance is crucial to companies. Most corporations place considerable importance on SCM and the concept of balanced scorecard (BSC). Most studies, however, typically discuss SCM and BSC independently without examining their relationship. This study attempts to integrate SCM and BSC based on a thorough discussion of BSC measures in Kaplan and Norton. The main objectives of this study are to evaluate SCM performance using the BSC to thereby assess the business performance of many of Taiwan's industries that have implemented SCM. This study initially utilizes case studies; a research model and hypotheses are modified according to the case study findings. A questionnaire-based survey forms the second phase of data collection and data analysis. The research framework is analyzed and validated. Case study findings indicate that companies use varying degrees of SCM integration. Data analysis supports a positive correlation between SCM integration and BSC and a direct correlation between SCM integration and each BSC dimension.     

AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECT OF FULL‐SCALE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE ADOPTIONS ON INVENTORY BALANCES AND TURNS

Supply chain management (SCM) software vendors, analysts, and others claim that firms implementing SCM software stand to benefit by being able to reduce inventory holdings and increase inventory turns. We theorize that full‐scale implementations lead to system‐wide inventory optimization, which in turn leads to cost improvement associated with inventory balances and turns. To examine the question, we develop an analytical model of inventory optimization, then analyze the effects of the model with a numerical experiment, and finally confirm the results with an empirical examination. We find that firm‐wide implementation is significant in explaining improvement in inventory metrics, relative to pre‐implementation metrics for our sample. Our empirical tests indicate that implementing SCM software across only a portion of the firm does not impact inventory metrics, but that the scale of implementation does. More precisely, we find that firms implementing SCM software across the entire company significantly improve both inventory turns and inventory as a percent of revenue relative to partially‐implementing firms and non‐implementers.     

基于供应链的会计信息交换

供应链会计信息交换涉及会计、计算机及信息技术等多个领域。首先探讨供应链会计信息交换的概念、特点和作用,并在回顾会计信息交换发展过程的基础上,提出了同构系统和异构系统环境下供应链会计信息交换的方法,分析了其应用情况和发展趋势。     

新型的网络团购模式:主动式网络团购

本文在分析比较当前网络团购模式的基础上，论述了由大型零售企业作为网络团购的组织者而形成的主动式网络团购新型模式，主要包括主动式网络团购模式的运作机制、形成要素、服务内容以及制度保障机制、主动式网络团购的支撑体系。这种网购模式具有主动性、主导性和完好性的特征，实现了消费者、大型零售企业、生产厂商之间的三赢，具有良好的应用前号。     

Mapping the Landscape of Future Research Themes in Supply Chain Management

Supply chain researchers are confronted with a dizzying array of research questions, many of which are not mutually independent. This research was motivated by the need to map the landscape of research themes, identify potential overlapping areas and interactions, and provide guidelines on areas of focus for researchers to pursue. We conducted a three‐phase research study, beginning with an open‐ended collection of opinions on research themes collected from 102 supply chain management (SCM) researchers, followed by an evaluation of a consolidated list of themes by 141 SCM researchers. These results were then reviewed by 10 SCM scholars. Potential interactions and areas of overlap were identified, classified, and integrated into a compelling set of ideas for future research in the field of SCM. We believe these ideas provide a forward‐looking view on those themes that will become important, as well as those that researchers believe should be focused on. While areas of research deemed to become most important include big data and analytics, the most under‐researched areas include efforts that target the “people dimension” of SCM, ethical issues and internal integration. The themes are discussed in the context of current developments that the authors believe will provide a valuable foundation for future research.     

A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR SUPPLY CHAIN ORIENTED LOGISTICS

The Council of Logistics Management's (CLM) name change to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) has intensified discussions regarding the difference between supply chain management and logistics. This paper merges broadly accepted paradigms from strategic management and marketing to introduce a theoretically consistent framework that differentiates supply chain management from logistics while highlighting the complementary relationship. Supply chain management is portrayed as a firm or SBU level phenomena while logistics is expressed as a competency within supply chain management possessing both strategic and structural capabilities focused exclusively on managing the move/store activities used to fulfill customer orders. Research propositions regarding the interfaces and nature of logistics within a strategic supply chain orientation are drawn to guide thought and development in the discipline.     

Revenue management in a multi-level multi-channel supply chain considering pricing,greening, and advertising decisions

This paper explores coordinated decisions regarding a multi-level multi-channel supply chain considering the price of sale channels, the advertisement level, and the green policy of the products. The main objective is to maximize the total profit of the Supply Chain (SC) by considering the profitability of entities. In this regard, two kinds of selling channels (i.e. online and in-person) are extended to enable all the entities to sell the product through their own channels. Demands in both types of channels depend on price, greenness, and advertisement. In the studied SC, the manufacturer not only produces the products and sells them to the distributor and the customer but it also decides on the greening and advertising levels. As a contribution, the demand functions simultaneously consider environmental and financial issues. Besides, since each member has its own selling channel, it should determine the price based on three criteria: advertising costs, greening costs, and other members' pricing decisions. For this purpose, three models including Centralized Supply Chain (CSC), Decentralized Supply Chain (DCSC), and Modified Centralized Supply Chain (MCSC) are developed and then solved to cope with various real-world situations. Based on the findings, although the SC gains the most profitability under the CSC model, the manufacturer faces a considerable loss. To overcome this issue, the MCSC model ensures the manufacturer's profit while keeping the price, greenness, and advertisement competitive. Also, the profitability of the MCSC model is more than that of under the DCSC model. The proposed models' performance for different situations is corroborated using several examples and various analyses, along with a real case study. The results acknowledge the applicability of the models and give practical insights for experts.     

We Must Find the Courage to Change

The Thought‐Leader Series of five articles in the March 2014 issue of the Journal of Business Logistics made it clear that major changes are required in both Logistics and Supply Chain Management programs and indeed in business schools. The articles provided further evidence of how ill‐advised metrics in the hands of fools not only result in a misuse of financial resources but also squander “the efforts of some of the world's best minds” (Economist 2013a). We address the problems that these “Thought‐Leader” pieces reveal, briefly review the criticism of business schools, and describe how the metrics used to evaluate performance are driving the wrong behavior. We offer recommendations for change including: stop competing based on flawed ranking systems; focus on providing students with a quality cross‐functional education; encourage faculty members to conduct problem‐driven, big‐idea research that impacts management practice; and change the incentive system for faculty and administrators. Faculty members in Logistics and Supply Chain Management have a unique opportunity to make substantial contributions due to the boundary‐spanning nature of these fields and the traditional emphasis on applied research. We should not ignore these strengths. Implementing our recommendations will not be easy but we must find the courage to change.