Inventory management within the supply chain

How can a company reduce its inventory costs as much as 35 to 50% of its current assets? The key to reducing inventory is to evaluate the entire supply chain, including an assessment of procurement, production, and distribution.     

Sustainable supply chain management in tourism

Sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) encapsulates the trend to use purchasing policies and practices to facilitate sustainable development at the tourist destination. Most research has focused on environmental aspects of manufacturing, while other aspects of sustainability or the challenges for the service sector are largely ignored. Yet SSCM is particularly important for tour operators, as the product depends on the activities of suppliers, such as accommodation, transport and activities. Therefore, tour operators' contribution to sustainable tourism will be more effective through the definition and implementation of policies that acknowledge responsibility for the impacts of suppliers. Exploratory research of SSCM practices amongst tour operators generated a wide range of examples of good practice across the whole supply chain, and recommendations are made for more widespread engagement. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.     

军事供应链管理系列连载之四实施军事供应链管理的可行性研究

军事供应链管理是一个全新的研究领域,也是新军事后勤变革的重要组成部分,它的系统集成、整体优化、资源整合、信息共享、扁平化管理、非核心业务外包、配送式保障、军事供应链战略合作伙伴等先进理念必将对我军大联勤改革提供新的思路.经过多年的理论研究和实践探索,实施军事供应链管理已具有一定的可行性.     

条码跟踪系统在企业供应链管理中的应用

W公司在引入货品条码跟踪系统后,配送中心的运作管理得到明显改善,供应链管理水平显著提高.     

军事供应链管理系列连载之一实施军事供应链管理势在必行

加强军事供应链管理，是新时期加强军地物流协作，加快我军后勤发展，提高保障能力，打赢现代信息化战争的重大理论和现实问题。军事供应链管理是军事物流理论研究的一片未开垦的处女地，也是新军事后勤变革的重要组成部分，对其进行深入研究，对于降低军事供应链总成本、提高军事供应链综合效益具有非常重要的现实意义。本连载分为5篇：实施军事供应链管理势在必行；实施军事供应链管理的可行性研究；军事供应链的基本内涵；军事供应链管理的核心理念及其主要目标；实施军事供应链管理的对策研究。[编者按]     

Essential tools of supply chain management

At a recent conference, the keynote speaker provoked an incredulous response when he said, "Today, competition among individual firms is dead." He then went on to explain that today, competition is supply chain against supply chain. Whichever firm has the superior supply chain will win out in the marketplace. Given the global marketplace in which we all operate, most of us would agree that his statements are true. How does a firm establish a world-class supply base? What kinds of contracts and agreements are necessary to support the diverse requirements of today's firms? How should a firm select from among the available contract types? These are foundation questions for supply chain management.     

浅析绿色供应链管理的实施

绿色供应链是在供应链管理的全过程采取与环境和谐相处的理念和措施。文中分别从政府、企业以及企业家的角度,阐述了绿色供应链管理实施过程中的具体措施及安排。     

跨国供应链管理及其解决方案

"中国制造"的成功,把世界带进了中国。"中国制造"的下一步应是"中国创造",把中国带向世界。相信中国企业在跨国供应链管理解决方案的帮助下,能够尽快达成这一目标。     

打造供应链提升物资管理水平——访浙江宏伟实业有限公司副总经理吕惠芳

浙江宏伟实业有限公司是一家集工程物资贸易、仓储管理、供应链管理为一体,提供服务外包、职能外包的现代化企业。其主要服务于核电、石化、火电、天然气等能源行业,是该行业专业的工程物资集成供应商。公司通过了英国摩迪ISO9001：2008质量管理体系认证,具备先进的管理思想和安全的质量控制理念;目前拥有浙江宏伟工业总部以及十四家项目部。     

Strategic management perspectives on supply chain

In the second decade of the twenty-first century, supply chain management (SCM) practices have gained an increasingly strategic character. The focus has shifted from an operational perspective to a strategic one, and SCM is repeatedly cited in the literature as a strategic management tool with a profound effect on the survival of the organizations. SCM domain is well-supported to be closely linked with a number of strategic management views and theories. This study investigates the main strategic management views and theories relevant to SCM and their interactions. It reveals how they complementarily explain supply chain management characteristics of being customer-driven, process-oriented, global, strategically coupled, complex, dynamic, adaptive, multi-agent, IT-intensive, value creating, collaborative and networked. Based on a comprehensive literature taxonomy, a mapping of the main supply chain characteristics to these management views and theories is provided. A conceptual clustering of different management perspectives is developed, and their interactions are analyzed.

     

Strategic value of RFID in supply chain management

At present, a gap exists between the actual and potential values of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in industry. In recent years, academic researchers have recognised the importance of closing this gap, but the existing studies have not yet explicitly dealt with competitiveness as the value of RFID. This paper provides insight into the strategic value of RFID by building a theory on how RFID used in supply chain management may create and sustain a competitive advantage. Four propositions are developed based on a theory of organisational learning and the theory of first-mover advantages.     

Role of supply chain management in target costing

Standard costing is used as a control for product costing. But with life cycle becoming shorter, costing should be done at the design and development stage of a product. This is achieved through target costing.The implementation of target costing and target pricing is done with the ultimate purpose of cost reduction, cost understanding, continuous improvement, competitiveness, early purchasing and supplier involvement, and improved design and accountability by manufacturers. The study explores the participation of the purchasing and supply chain management＇s role in target costing and target pricing process. Supply management plays an active role in monitoring the ongoing cost and performance of suppliers during the early stages of product development. Implementation of target costing and target pricing in various organizations are also explored. Leading Japanese manufacturers have used target costing and target pricing systems to their advantage and the paper also examines the adaptation of the Western companies to these proactive cost management techniques to improve their product development processes.     

论企业的生态化供应链管理

随着全球性环保意识的高涨,对产品环保性要求日益强烈,供应链体系也因此发生了很大的变化,只有把环境问题和环保理念融入整个供应链,建立合理科学的生态化供应链管理模式,才能迎接接踵而来的生态化浪潮的挑战。     

面向供应链管理的ERP

文章指出供应链管理是企业经营模式的战略性改变,其技术要求是构造战略合作企业之间的信息共享平台,但一般的ERP软件只做到了企业内部信息资源的集成与共享,要满足供应链管理的更高要求,ERP产品仍需要向集成化方向发展。     

军事供应链管理系列连载之二军事供应链的基本内涵

军事供应链目前尚未形成统一的定义，笔者认为军事供应链是围绕军事物资供应部门，从军事物资生产开始，经由筹措、运输、储备、维修保养、配送等军事物资供应环节，将军事物资供应商、第三方物流企业、军事物资供应部门、各级军事物流基地（或中心）直到部队最终用户连成一个整体的功能网链结构模式。     

电子化采购与供应链管理浅谈

当今经济环境中的激烈竞争和市场不确定性的增加为企业带来了越来越大的压力。企业纷纷转向战略供应管理,加强与供应链上、下游企业的合作,改善与供应商的关系,使供应链流程自动化以降低成本、缩短采购提前期,最终赢得市场竞争优势。电子化采购则是企业实现上述运营目标的关键管理模式。文中首先简要论述了供应链管理相关理论和电子采购的基本内涵,然后阐述了实施电子采购的必要性,最后提出了电子化采购的构成因素并分析其在供应链管理中的作用。     

大众汽车公司供应链管理之道

汽车制造公司与纺织、化工、冶金等其他行业一样，非常关注以强劲的竞争实力经营最大化效率的供应链，从而获得最佳企业的投资回报率。为此，德国大众汽车公司在新加坡建立了一座大型地区性备件配送中心，与其辛克物流公司（Schenker）合伙人实行一体化经营管理，使得最大化效率的供应链管理从期望变成了现实。     

网络优化是供应链管理的基础

5年前,作为咨询公司,欧麟物流在业务拓展上面临着两个挑战,一个是业务层面上如何从一般的工程设计提升到战略规划上;另外一个是如何突破仓库的四堵墙,将咨询业务扩展到配送中心以外。很显然,供应链咨询就成为我们的必然选择。但是什么样的服务产品会成为国内企业未来最迫切需要的?我们不得不将     

Using integrated information systems in supply chain management

The aim of this paper is to empirically test not only the direct effects of information and communication technology (ICT) capabilities and integrated information systems (IS) on firm performance, but also the moderating role of IS integration along the supply chain in the relationship between ICT external and capabilities and business performance. Data collected from 102 large Iberian firms from Spain and Portugal are used to test the research model. The hierarchical multiple regression analysis is employed to test the direct effects and the moderating relationships proposed. Results show that external and internal ICT capabilities are important drivers of firm performance, while merely having integrated IS do not lead to better firm performance. In addition, a moderating effect of IS integration in the relationship between ICT capabilities and business performance is found, although this integration only contributes to firm performance when it is directed to connect with suppliers or customers rather than when integrating the whole supply chain.