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.     

服装业供应链协同运作策略研究

随着国内经济的发展和对外交流的不断加强,供应链管理模式得到大多数人的理解和接受。但如何才能发挥供应链管理理念的最大优势,还需要大家不断的研究、探索和实践。我国是公认的世界服装大国,服装业对于我国经济的发展和解决国内就业压力发挥了巨大的作用。但如何将我国服装业提升为世界服装强国,发挥出我国服装业更大的作用,还是一个未完成的艰巨任务。我国服装业经营者必须改变传统的经营思想,与国际接轨,采用供应链管理理念,融入供应链协同运作模式。     

INTERORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIORS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Exchanges among firms operating in supply chains are complex due to relational embeddedness, i.e., the extent to which relationships, rather than economic rationality, govern firm‐to‐firm interactions. For many years interfirm relationships were assumed to be best managed via coercive tactics. However, for the last two decades much attention has been given in the literature to more relational forms of governance, and recent supply chain research examining relationship nature, magnitude, and type implies the need for an alternative symbiotic explanation for supply chain relationship effectiveness. To address this void in the literature, this article introduces the concept of interorganizational citizenship behaviors (ICB's). Based on a review of literature from multiple business domains, common types of ICB's are identified, and research hypotheses are developed and tested. Future research initiatives and implications for supply chain management practice are also provided.     

基于多Agent的协同供应链模型

供应链通过获取原材料,转换成最终产品,交付最终用户等一系列过程将供应商、制造商、仓储、分销中心以及零售商等形成一个巨大的网络体系。当前,随着企业经营模式的变化,协同与伙伴管理成为供应链变革的推动力量。而协同供应链能够对市场变化和用户需求形成快速响应。将Agent理论应用于协同供应链管理,分析协同供应链的主要特征,并提出基于多Agent的协同供应链模型。     

供应商与制造商供应链协同度分析

目前,众多企业面对复杂多变的外部环境,试图通过供应链的协同运作,实现快速响应的市场目标。为此采用随机需求下两阶段供应链的协同程度的度量方法,建立两阶段供应链的博弈模型,导出供应链的最优收益的计算公式,并就三个常见的协同机制对其协同程度进行了分析,得出回购契约和收益共享契约是完全协同的供应链协同机制。实证研究指出,批发价契约不能实现供应链的完全协同。     

Where Do We Go From Here? Progressing Sustainability Implementation Efforts Across Supply Chains

T he findings from an inductive study conducted in the United States and Europe focused on sustainability implementation efforts across supply chains are reported. In particular, the study focuses on developing a better understanding of: “how do companies involve other members of their supply chain into their sustainability efforts?” Building upon themes that emerged from the data, a typology for the supply chain implementation of sustainability initiatives is proposed. A lack of supply chain integration was identified and companies reported a tendency toward a “mandated” implementation when extending efforts across companies. These efforts are generally initiated by the dominant companies and then forced onto the weaker upstream members. The data suggests that the merits of these initiatives are viewed as being disproportionately awarded to the dominant firm and thus did not receive full buy‐in from the other party. A common vision by both sides of this relationship is to develop a more collaborative implementation that can be supported by all the involved parties. In theoretical implications, empirical findings are viewed through the lens of several prominent management theories in order to augment and elaborate current theory. Managerial implications, limitations, and opportunities for further research are detailed.     

基于协同式供应链的中小企业供应链协同研究

在企业供应链协同的有关研究基础上,以交易成本理论的视角引入了对协同式供应链的分析;并以中小企业为对象,对基于协同式供应链的中小企业从其供应链协同的优势、相关复杂性以及协同的路径等方面进行了分析,以帮助中小企业在新的竞争环境下恰当选择其供应链协同策略。     

供应链协同机制设计探讨

供应链运作是以核心企业为中心的各节点企业协同活动。为了保证供应链目标的实现,应建立供应链协同机制。本文依据机制设计理论,探讨了供应链机制设计的目标、规则、程序、组织联盟和策略等问题,对于提高供应链协同效应或价值具有重要意义。     

供应链协同绩效评价体系实证效应分析

供应链协同是供应链管理崭新和现实的模式,能更为有效地利用和管理资源,提高企业运作绩效.目前我国供应链运营成本偏高,供应链间信任度较低,供应链柔性不高.供应链运行经营中的企业应充分利用现有系统功能,建立以充分利用现有系统功能为目标的业务标准,同时找出供应链支持业务协同的关键管理活动,将其程序化、标准化,以方便各级管理人员进行管理;提高供应链成员之间的信任度,建立供应链成员信用评级体系,每年对供应链成员的信用度进行评价,提高信任水平;鼓励供应链中的各成员企业扩大信息共享的深度与广度,惩罚供应链平台上的虚假信息.供应链协同绩效评价体系主要基于网络环境状态,依据价值网理论,采用崭新的模型方法来研究我国行业范围内的企业供应链协同效应.文章以我国某煤炭企业集团为研究样本进行供应链协同绩效评价.结果表明,绩效评价结果与供应链中企业的实际经营情况相符,该评价指标体系具有可行性,模糊综合评价方法也具有可操作性.     

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.     

网络关系嵌入对高端装备制造业供应链协同能力和绩效的影响研究

文章以航空制造业供应链为代表,利用层次回归分析法,探究网络关系嵌入对高端装备制造业供应链协同能力和绩效的影响及其作用机理。研究的结果表明,网络关系嵌入对供应链协同能力各维度均有着显著的正向促进作用。同时,供应链协同能力中同步决策、产品交付及时可靠以及激励联盟均可以显著提升供应链的运作绩效;虽然激励联盟和供应链的运作绩效对供应链的财务绩效有着直接显著的影响,但是同步决策和产品交付及时可靠则需要通过改善供应链运作绩效间接实现对供应链财务绩效的影响。     

跨组织协作、供应链电子化整合能力与供应链绩效——需求不确定性和组织内部信息技术的调节效应

基于我国310家制造企业的问卷调查分析发现,跨组织协作二维化解构——协作意愿和共同改进行为皆可促进供应链电子化整合能力,在此过程中,需求不确定性正向调节共同改进行为与供应链电子化整合能力之间的关系,但是对协作意愿和供应链电子化整合能力之间的关系没有影响。同时,研究还发现组织内部信息技术可以协同供应链电子化整合能力提升供应链绩效。文章深化了资源基础理论和能力论在供应链上信息技术的应用,重点区分了组织内外部信息技术的不同应用及作用机制,试图将管理者的视野从简单的跨组织信息技术投资转向为企业的供应链电子化整合能力提升上,为供应链管理者提供决策指导。     

Emerging Trends in the Food Distribution System

Abstract

Two trends, the drive for differentiation and the clamor for collaboration, are emerging from intermediaries in the food distribution system. Differentiation by large manufacturers and retailers will encourage more direct marketing by farmers. Although differentiation by manufacturers creates entry barriers for small firms, differentiation by retailers may open opportunities. Some collaboration initiatives will increase the supply chain efficiency up to the retailer, but adoption rates of collaborative technologies by stores will likely be slow. With more differentiation, consumers will have greater choice. Some technologies that could boost the efficiency of the food distribution system may be resisted by consumers.