New sustainable business models in China

This research explores the need to establish new sustainable business models in China and uses multiple objectives to examine in a sample of Chinese companies the reality of the level of sustainable development, environmental awareness and performance, community responsibility, performance barriers and drivers and other sustainability issues. A mixed methodology was adopted, using a questionnaire survey and interviews with 20 manufacturing companies in Guangzhou and Shenzen. Evidence from the small sample of companies demonstrates the lack of significant sustainable development practices in China, although small and medium sized companies appeared to show interest in this area and would like to further contribute to for example triple bottom line objectives. Increasing concerns are found from the company level regarding the need to use renewable energy, source alternative sustainable materials, close the loop of the supply chain, improve the quality of products produced rather than reducing cost, export to Europe and treat employees as an asset. The lack of skills, finance and knowledge are found to be prohibiting the effective embedment of sustainable development within companies and hence cause an under‐performance in this regard. The study concludes that the establishing of a new business model for sustainable development in China is needed urgently, and this should be a joint effort with the Chinese government. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.     

餐饮服务业供应链管理模式的探讨

随着餐饮业的迅猛发展,传统的建立在单纯交易基础上的供应链关系已经不能适应现代餐饮市场的要求。当今时代的竞争由过去的单一实体的竞争演变为现代的集团与集团、一个供应链与另一个供应链之间的竞争,这就要求餐饮供应链企业之间必须建立稳定的长久的合作伙伴关系,在交易的基础上建立更多的连接纽带,通过资本、品牌、地域、市场等纽带,建立更广泛稳定的合作基础,达到双赢与多赢的局面。     

Supply chain risk identification with value-focused process engineering

Together with numerous benefits that were brought about by the transition from the silo enterprise perspective towards the process-based supply chain view of contemporary business, new sources of risk appeared due to the complex systemic nature of the supply chains. The need to reduce the increased level of supply chain vulnerability has been identified as a key research issue in the domain of supply chain management. In this paper, a novel value-focused process engineering methodology for process-based supply chain risk identification is proposed with the aim to increase value to supply chain members and supply chain as a whole. The proposed methodology is illustrated with a generic supply chain scenario example.     

敏捷供应链管理系统的角色建模分析

本文采用角色建模的思想,构建基于合同网的敏捷供应链系统的角色模型,在此基础上,建立基于Multi-Agent的敏捷供应链的系统结构,并进行基于实现平台JADE的系统开发。     

The role of intermediaries in establishing a sustainable supply chain

In sustainable supply chain management, buyers may use intermediaries to bridge exchanges with suppliers when knowledge of suitable sustainability practices is weak and in need of facilitation. Understanding how supply chain intermediaries perform this role and what happens when intermediation is no longer needed is important in establishing more sustainable supply chains. Two supply chain intermediaries have been investigated with the resulting case study evidence analysed using the Gioia methodology. The findings suggest supply chain intermediaries add value to the buyer-supplier exchange by facilitating sustainability-related information transfer, knowledge development, risk management and improved capabilities. For example, specific practices such as corrective action reports, often managed by the intermediary, underpin the development of a sustainable supply chain. When the intermediary is no longer needed, they become disintermediated from the specific buyer-supplier exchange but may be re-employed in a new triadic relationship in the future with previous parties. This provides positive spill-over effects through intermediation–disintermediation–post-intermediation cycles for both the buyer and supplier populations and for broader society. Overall, the findings highlight the value of the transient position of supply chain intermediaries in establishing sustainable supply chains and the intended consequences of their involvement.     

构建河南省产业集群供应链体系策略研究

区域产业集群发展中总会遇到集群衰退、集群创新力下降以及产业集群抵御环境变化能力下降等不可避免的系列问题。由于初级产品产业比重大、附加值低等,河南省产业集群所面临的问题就更多,急需解决。通过对河南省产业集群现状的分析,抓住河南省产业集群的基本特点和共性问题,基于供应链理论,认为产业集群存在的劣势和风险需要建立完善的供应链系统才能解决。针对河南省不同产业集群的优势和各自特点,提出构建河南省产业集群的供应链体系策略即构建跨区域的产业供应链体系,规划出重点产业集群核心企业的供应链战略,产业集群供应链伙伴关系管理策略。     

基于外部物流的供应链突发事件模型及应对方案研究

对供应链突发事件的应对方案研究,不仅可以为供应链突发事件的应对打下基础,而且可指导突发事件应急管理的决策者快速评定突发事件,准确的选择应对方案,提高应变能力和反应速度。拟通过分析供应链突发事件的分类、影响和规律等特征,对外部物流的供应链突发事件进行探讨。在确定供应链突发事件的影响基础上,对基于外部物流的供应链中的突发事件进行科学的管理,提出相应的应对方案。     

电子商务环境下供应链整体绩效评价

电子商务环境赋予了供应链管理全新的内涵，它要求供应链管理的绩效评价必须确立新的视角。本文在对电子商务环境下供应链绩效的含义及特征研究的基础上，建立了电子商务环境下供应链整体绩效的多层评价体系。     

Adapting supply chain management strategies to security – an analysis of existing gaps and recommendations for improvement

The purpose of this paper is to determine the main security threats in supply chains, to understand gaps in today’s supply chain management strategies and to make recommendations to enhance security in the context of supply chain management. Previous research lacks comprehensive studies and recommendations about how supply chain managers deal with security issues in line with the business visions and strategies of their companies. The study methodology is based on an exploratory approach. Data were collected from 20 managers from international companies by means of self-administered surveys, one-to-one interviews and group interviews. Study findings point out risk management as an important tool at the disposal of managers for trading off performance and vulnerability. However, some important challenges also need to be considered, such as lack of data, insiders, IT vulnerabilities, regulatory frameworks, criminal behaviour, etc. Hence, recommendations are made for managers to improve their understanding of supply chain security.     

基于SCOR的供应链建模实施

介绍了SCOR模型的建模方法以及实施SCOR模型所采用的自上而下的步骤,最后探讨了有关供应链建模实施的有关问题。     

Impact of relational norms, supplier development and trust on supplier performance

Supplier relationship management and supplier development initiatives assume a fundamental role in enterprise supply chain management. An important aspect of effective supplier relationship management is the role of trust. This paper seeks to understand whether supplier relationship management or supplier development initiative should be emphasized as a firm strives to achieve superior supplier performance. The analysis and discussion draws upon sourcing strategy literature and is based on empirical survey-data of mid to upper level managers with responsibility for supply management initiatives in their respective organizations in Denmark and in the USA. It examines the interrelationships among “relational norms”, “trust”, “supplier development initiatives” and ensuing “supplier performance”. The data analysis shows that firms must emphasize relation and trust building activities before investing in supplier development initiative. Supplier perception audits must be routinely performed to gauge the level of trust and strength of relational norms.     

基于电子商务环境下的供应链构建研究

随着电子商务的不断发展,企业物流和供应链运作发生了翻天覆地的变化。这种变化越来越反映在以电子商务为基础的信息化、集成化的供应链管理,提出了在现代电子商务环境下企业供应链构建必要性,以及电子商务环境下供应链构建的特点、原则和构建方法。企业只有在电子商务环境下构建适合自身的供应链,不断优化整个链条来提高整体效率,才能提高市场反应能力和综合竞争力。     

自贸区背景下以上海为枢纽的全球供应链体系发展探讨

供应链管理是一种全新的经营理念,随着全球经济一体化的发展,全球供应链体系逐渐形成。而随着中国经济的快速发展,全球供应链重心逐渐向中国转移。上海作为我国经济发展中心,其在全球供应链体系中的枢纽作用也逐渐体现。文中通过资料收集分析及行动研究等方法对全球供应链体系的现状进行了全面的调查分析,并指出了全球供应链体系会朝着更加敏捷、更加绿色、信息化、顾客化的方向发展。结合上海自身条件和自贸区的成立带来的关税和外汇政策上的放宽、航运业的快速发展、制造产业的集聚等优势,分析了上海作为全球供应链枢纽的必然性,最后通过借鉴发达国家港口经验,提出了相关的建设意见以促进以上海为枢纽的全球供应链发展。     

基于供应链管理理论，分析我国物流发展的对策与设想

中国已成为WTO成员国,对外开放和发展经济都需要和国际接轨。所以必须发展现代物流．强须按照供应链理论深化物流体制改革,联系上下游企业,积极促进第三方物流的发展,加快建立适合国情的物流管理体系,积极促进供应链的形成,推进物流标准化和信息化的进程。同时还必须提高我国物流人员的素质,鼓励并倡导我国物流企业与全球物流接轨。     

供应链环境下供应商的最佳数目问题探讨

在供应链管理环境下，供应链合作关系的运作需要减少供应源的数量（长期成本最小化的需要，但并非单一供应源），企业间相互的联结变得更专有（精密合作的需要），并且制造商会在全球市场范围内寻找杰出的供应商。本文就针对供应商的数量这一问题，采用两个模型分别对商业物流系统和制造业物流系统中企业选择供应商进行了探讨，对现实中确定供应商的数目具有一定的指导意义。     

The selection of contracts in supply chains: An empirical analysis

This paper seeks to empirically identify the key drivers for firms in selecting a contract in a supply chain by investigating their performance, supply chain orientation, and supply chain integration. A conceptual model is drawn up based on the existing literature in supply chain coordination contracts, performance, supply chain orientation, and supply chain integration and tested on a large sample of European firms. Multiple and multinomial logistic regression models allow for estimating the relationships between these variables. Our results demonstrate that the selection of contracts and the probability of their adoption depend on several combinations of firms' performance, supply chain orientation, and integration. Overall, the research provides an empirical contribution to the literature on coordination with contracts, which turns out to be mainly game theory based.     

Sustainable evaluation and verification in supply chains: Aligning and leveraging accountability to stakeholders

Managers are being challenged by multiple (and diverse) stakeholders, which have variety of expectations and informational needs about their firm’s supply chains. Collectively, these expectations and needs form a multi-faceted view of stakeholder accountability, namely the extent to which a firm justifies behaviors and actions across its extended supply chain to stakeholders. To date, sustainable supply chain management research has largely focused on monitoring as a self-managed set of narrowly defined evaluative activities employed by firms to provide stakeholder accountability. Nevertheless, evidence is emerging that firms have developed a wide variety of monitoring systems in order to align with stakeholders’ expectations and leverage accountability to stakeholders. Drawing from the accounting literature, we synthesize a model that proposes how firms might address accountability for sustainability issues in their supply chain. At its core, the construct of sustainable evaluation and verification (SEV) captures three interrelated dimensions: inclusivity, scope, and disclosure. These dimensions characterize how supply chain processes might identify key measures, collect and process data, and finally, verify materiality, reliability and accuracy of any data and resulting information. As a result, the concept of monitoring is significantly extended, while also considering how different stakeholders can play diverse, active roles as metrics are established, audits are conducted, and information is validated. Also, several antecedents of SEV systems are explored. Finally, the means by which an SEV system can create a competitive advantage are investigated.     

集成化供应链管理实施方法研究

从企业战略的高度出发,从系统论和集成理论的角度探讨了集成化供应链管理的实施方法,提出了实施方法横加模型。论述了供应链管理的哲理,提出了一个完整的供应 动作２模式。该模式弥补了目前供应管理研究中缺乏系统性和完整性的不足,为供应链管理研究与实践提供有力的参考。     

供应链效度评估的AHP模糊优化确定

利用NPR一份报告中的均衡评价指标建立供应链效度的评价指标体系,然后利用AHP确定各级指标的重要性权重,应用模糊评价法评价供应链的效度。实证分析表明基于均衡评价指标的供应链评价方法,能够对供应链绩效进行很好的评价和分析,为供应链绩效评价提供了一种新的思路。     

Exploring the Framework Development Status for Sustainability in Supply Chain Management: A Systematic Literature Synthesis and Future Research Directions

The need to integrate environmental and social aspects into the supply chain has created a debate amongst academicians and researchers on two topics: sustainability and the supply chain. A large number of journals and special volumes are publishing research that carries out a case study or survey, develops a mathematical model or builds a conceptual model/framework on sustainable supply chain management (SSCM). However, classified analysis of articles that develop a framework on SSCM has not been carried out by any researcher. The study thus aims to review SSCM framework articles to identify the major contributions and gaps. A total of 92 framework articles on SSCM from the sample of 349 over a period of 19 years (1998–2016) are structurally analyzed to meet the objectives. The selected literature is categorized by novel or adapted framework, source of framework, framework verification, method used for framework verification and identifying the constructs/elements that build the structural framework. Analyzing the literature sample using these categories reveals that framework development in the context of SSCM is still an area with ample future opportunities. The findings of the study are especially interesting for academicians and practitioners to investigate the critical gaps in the field of sustainable supply chain management frameworks (SSCMFs). Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment