A Natural Resource Scarcity Typology: Theoretical Foundations and Strategic Implications for Supply Chain Management

World population growth and increased consumption stemming from economic leveling are leading to scarcity of a number of natural resources on a global scale. Scarcity of critical natural resources such as oil, water, food, and precious metals has the potential to greatly impact commercial activity as the twenty‐first century progresses. The challenge of continuing to provide needed goods and services in the face of these constraints falls to supply chain managers, who are ultimately responsible for delivering utility to customers. Unfortunately, there has been almost no research focused on supply chain strategies aimed at mitigating natural resource scarcity’s (NRS) potential effects. The current research positions NRS as a supply chain risk and proposes an NRS typology based on key resource attributes. Supply chain mitigation strategies to counter each resource status are offered, with an overall objective of improving supply chain performance. The study recommends future research aimed at further developing theory and methods for countering NRS based on resource, systems and behavioral theories. In addition, this study has critical implications for practitioners faced with the growing threat of NRS in their supply chains.     

Health Care Matters: Supply Chains In and Of the Health Sector

Providing health care involves a complex enterprise, and the trade‐off between quality and cost has been particularly stark compared to other industries. However, a recent focus on health sector supply networks is now producing significant innovations and improvements. This Special Topic Forum illustrates for the academic and practitioner community how health care supply chain research can benefit from our evolving understanding of supply chains and help push that understanding even further. We classify health care supply chain research into two broad categories—supply chain in health care and supply chain of health care—to set an agenda for future research.     

用CAS理论分析供应链管理系统

供应链组织的核心纽带不是资金,而是以管理、技术、市场、信息和理念等企业无形资产为核心而结成的一个虚拟性组织,供应链的形成过程是各个企业成员在以上述核心纽带为基础优势组合时按照“适者生存”原则所进行的自然选择的结果,最终达成了一条企业认为的“最佳”组合(即系统),是目前乃至将来的经济组织发展的主流。因此,如何使供应链系统更加有效的运行,以及研究供应链管理复杂系统的性质、内部模式和规律将是21世纪最具有竞争力、最具有前途的研究领域之一。     

An integrated approach to managing extended supply chain networks

In an effort to improve their competitive position in a rapidly changing marketplace, many companies have replaced their traditional supply chains with extended supply chain networks built on a foundation of supply chain collaboration. These extended networks require the use of decision support tools and technologies to improve both operating efficiencies and customer service, but many companies have struggled to realize the expected benefits of these tools and the increased collaboration. This article recommends that companies adopt an integrated strategy of people, processes, and technology to achieve their competitive supply chain goals. Our recommendation is backed by the results of a survey we conducted of senior-level practitioners concerning the importance and challenges of supply chain collaboration. The article concludes with a set of managerial recommendations to improve a company’s collaborative efforts within its supply chain.     

供应链管理研究的若干问题

通过对供应链管理研究成果的回顾,揭示出供应链管理研究中的若干问题,在此基础上提出自己的认识。就现在所处的国际环境,对目前供应链管理的一些热点问题,如库存管理、物流系统规划、战略伙伴关系管理、绿色供应链、基于电子商务的供应链、供应链建模方法、信息支持技术及供应链绩效评估等,把它们分成三类来对其发展现状进行探讨。     

Relational and Process Multiplexity in Vertical Supply Chain Triads: An Exploration in the U.S. Restaurant Industry

Both supply chain relationships and process connections between organizational units have been studied in business research, to enhance the understanding of supply chain integration, and to explore the differential outcomes of both types of connections for business and functional performance. However, the extant research remains deficient in two ways: within individual studies, researchers have operationalized supply chain connectivity unidimensionally, with the concept of connectivity constrained to either social relations or operational/process ties while disregarding the other viewpoint. Additionally, researchers have persistently designed studies to evaluate dyadic structures, while foregoing the larger, more intricate structures representative of complex supply chains. We address these issues by modeling supply chain connectivity as having multiple relational‐ and process‐based threads comprising linkages, and by empirically testing a set of theorized relationships describing vertical triadic supply chain networks (manufacturer, broker, retailer) within the U.S. restaurant industry. We find that increased supply chain connectivity improves chain performance, but this improvement is more directly attributable to process‐based linkages than relational linkages, which impact performance only through the process mediator variable, suggesting that current theories of interorganizational relationalism may lack complete conceptualization. Implications of these findings for managers and the academy are highlighted, and areas of follow‐on research are discussed.     

面向金融供应链的风险防范机制构建

金融供应链强调供应链的资金流与物流、信息流的整合与协调,是供应链管理的一个新的研究视角。本文以提高供应链中资金流、物流与信息流的协调性为目标,拟构建以第三方物流企业为主导的金融供应链风险防范机制,以期为提升供应链管理水平提供借鉴。     

A Multidisciplinary Approach to Supply Chain Agility: Conceptualization and Scale Development

Although agility has been identified as one of the most important issues of contemporary supply chain management, the theoretical basis for understanding supply chain agility is fragmented. This research addresses the gap related to the ambiguity surrounding the dimensions and definitions of firm supply chain agility by employing a multidisciplinary literature review to gain an in‐depth understanding of agility. In addition, a comprehensive measurement instrument that draws on the foundations of social and life science theory is developed and empirically validated. The results of the research indicate that firm supply chain agility is composed of five distinct dimensions including alertness, accessibility, decisiveness, swiftness, and flexibility. Based on these elements, a comprehensive definition of firm supply chain agility is developed for further theoretical testing of the concept.     

Trajectories for Driving the Diffusion of e-Negotiation Service Providers in Supply Chains: An Action Research Approach

ABSTRACT

The recent proliferation of online-based trade makes negotiations with service providers for global supply networks evermore challenging. The Internet is believed to be a viable means for enabling and facilitating these supply chain interactions. As such, commercial web-based services that support negotiation processes have emerged (i.e., e-negotiation services). Even though these services have promising benefits for supply chain participants, they have not been accepted by most business users. Current e-negotiation studies fail to capture the substantive reasons of this low acceptance as they typically ignore real-world aspects of commercial negotiations. As such, this study argues that an action research approach is a plausible means to study this issue, and to drive changes in the e-negotiations services market. Accordingly, a research plan is outlined with guidelines and recommendations for future action research projects.     

Customer and Supplier Portfolios: Can Credit Risks be Managed Through Supply Chain Relationships?

While supply chain risk has been the subject of an ever‐increasing amount of research attention, the importance of credit risk has been less studied, at least by supply chain researchers. Yet, there may be risks inherent within a firm's portfolios of supply chain relationships that are manifested in the credit risk of a firm. Moreover, portfolio characteristics may serve as a signal to the external market regarding these risks. While customer and supplier portfolio characteristics may impact the firm's exposure to risks, the specific issue of how portfolio characteristics relate to credit risk has rarely been examined by supply chain scholars. This research bridges extant works in supply chain management and finance to relate supply chain characteristics to a critical reputational outcome, namely credit ratings. In this research, we utilize a sample of firms that recently underwent an initial public offering to empirically examine the theoretical predictions of Resource Dependence Theory regarding the relationships between different supply chain portfolio characteristics and credit risk.     

供应链金融在农产品电子交易市场的应用前景与作用

农产品电子交易市场参与供应链金融服务,不仅有其独特优势,还有其重要作用,农产品电子交易市场作为供应链金融代理机构角色的存在,有助于形成供应链上企业风险共担的格局,有助于通过协调活动促使各企业保持高度信任的状态,起到改善与增强合作关系、协作效率、供应链完整性的效果。农产品电子交易市场开展供应链金融服务,有利于推动供应链企业之间逐步建立长期战略协同合作关系,平衡供应链上力量不对等的状况,破除信息不对称的危害,改善资源配置扭曲状况,有助于自身的完善、发展、壮大,提高农产品供应链竞争力。     

区块链技术与海产品供应链耦合机理分析

随着信息技术的创新发展,区块链技术及其应用的地位愈发重要。在研究区块链技术演进和类型的基础上,剖析了区块链和海产品供应链的耦合机理,重构了基于区块链技术的海产品供应链管理平台架构,再造了海产品供应链交易运作流程。     

供应链管理实践、供应链敏捷性对企业绩效的影响研究

市场竞争逐渐由企业间的竞争转化为供应链间的竞争,供应链管理日益受到关注。文章采集163家企业信息进行实证分析,探索供应链管理实践和供应链敏捷性对企业绩效的影响与作用机制。研究结果表明：供应链管理实践对企业绩效具有直接正向影响,供应链管理实践对供应链敏捷性具有直接正向影响,供应链敏捷性对企业绩效具有直接正向影响且在供应链管理实践与企业绩效之间发挥部分中介作用。     

市场销售信息共享一定有利吗？——基于牛鞭效应视角的分析

信息共享经常被认为是消除牛鞭效应的有效途径,但也有人对此持相反观点。信息化至当前阶段,海量的市场销售信息能够更容易地被收集、处理,而共享这类关键和常见的信息究竟能否减弱牛鞭效应尚未得到专门验证,文章对此进行理论分析和实验研究。研究结果显示,供应链内市场销售信息共享将使供应链整体层面减少订单波动,也能减少部分相邻层级间订单波动增加的幅度,并且相比下游企业,供应链内市场销售信息的共享将能更多地减少上游企业订单的波动。另外,文章对市场销售信息的利用过程展开了探讨,发现了一些有趣的规律。研究结果说明共享市场销售信息对于供应链牛鞭效应的减弱是有显著作用的,且对于不同层级企业的作用效果有所差异,这是对理论研究的推进,同时又有着直接的实践借鉴意义。     

Supply Chain Networks With Multiple Retailers: A Test of the Emerging Theory on Inventories,Stockouts, and Bullwhips

While various approaches to mitigating the bullwhip effect have been proposed, the composition of the underlying supply chain is often taken for granted. This article develops a set of simulation models to investigate changes to the supply chain itself and their impact on the bullwhip effect, on‐hand inventory, and stockouts. It is shown that particular supply chain networks have an impact on the bullwhip effect. Furthermore, the impact of supply chain networks on the bullwhip effect is moderated by the demand forecasting technique used. Finally, supply chain networks, forecasting techniques, and their interactions are found to influence on‐hand inventory levels and stockout rates for firms within the supply chain. Results also suggest that no one particular type of supply chain network dominates in terms of dampening the bullwhip effect, lowering on‐hand inventory levels, or reducing stockout rates. The optimal network depends on the forecasting technique used and other supply chain factors.     

基于价值网的供应链信息资源价值研究

本文认为,随着社会经济的不断发展,企业之间的竞争已经转向了供应链之间的竞争,而信息资源产生的价值是供应链上最大的竞争资源,它能够支持业务流程创新、减少供应链中需求的变动性、更好地进行市场预测、协调企业内部供应链各环节关系、创造新的客户价值、缩短提前期,对供应链参与者具有非常重要的作用。文章提出,基于传统价值链的信息资源价值实现模式以供应链核心企业为中心,会导致对物流需求信息等物流信息资源的"牛鞭效应",降低物流信息资源的价值;而基于价值网的信息资源价值实现模式以最终客户为中心,可加快供应链响应速度,提高供应链竞争力,保障客户利益的实现,进而实现信息资源价值最大化,它产生的信息资源价值更大,更有利于供应链各参与者,是更为可取的模式。     

第五方物流的内涵及其研究进展

自21世纪初美国摩根斯坦利公司首次提出第五方物流概念并描画了第一方至第五方的物流金字塔图谱以来,第五方物流作为不拥有物流实物资产,却借助电子商务、网络以及信息技术对整个供应链进行整体协调和物流运作的新型供应链物流解决方案,得到了学界和业界的认同。国内外对基于信息服务的第五方物流的研究,在概念内涵、发展模式、作用前景、物流信息平台的构建和实现等方面取得了一定进展。     

供应链管理中的信息危机及其对策

实施供应链管理有利于企业提高顾客服务的满意度水平以及国际竞争力,在实施供应链管理的同时出现了很多信息危机,信息也成为了供应链管理中的重要环节。避免信息失真以减小牛鞭效应、提高信息的共享程度、建立有效的激励机制以及建立有效的信用机制等对策,可以尽量避免信息危机的发生,将供应链管理中的风险降到最小,获得更大经济效益。     

再制造闭环供应链研究综述

分析国内外再制造闭环供应链的研究现状及进展文献综述发现,国外研究主要从闭环供应链回收管理、考虑产品生命周期的逆向供应链、再造品利润分配策略及再制造竞争问题、再制造管理、库存控制问题几个方面进行综述;国内研究主要从闭环供应链定价策略及其协调和其它方面进行综述。国外对再制造闭环供应链的研究是多方面、多角度的,但尚未形成系统的体系;国内的研究主要侧重对闭环供应链定价、利润分配等经济角度的研究,而缺乏其它方面的深入研究。如何系统地构建与实际相近的闭环供应链模型体系,并增加实证研究,是未来闭环供应链研究的方向。     

供应链集成研究

本文认为,供应链集成包括供应链资源集成、市场集成、信息集成和组织集成,它们之间相互联系、相互依存、相互作用,构成供应链网络体系。文章提出,资源集成是供应链集成的基础,也是供应链价值创造的基础,其规模、结构、效率和质量直接体现供应链的价值量;市场集成能有效拓宽资源集成范围,提高资源集成度;信息集成能广泛收集、整合资源与市场信息,进行价值模拟与有效管理;组织集成能从战略高度,提高资源、市场、信息的集成度和整个供应链的集成度,增加整个供应链的价值。