Dynamic capabilities through continuous improvement infrastructure

We examine the content of continuous improvement strategies and identify infrastructure decision areas that are important for continuous improvement initiatives. We present a framework of infrastructure based on the idea that continuous improvement can serve as a dynamic capability when it includes a comprehensive organizational context. Further, we study continuous improvement initiatives in five companies to investigate the practices used by them in each of the decision areas of our framework. This research adds to the conceptual understanding of continuous improvement and results in grounded propositions about critical areas of infrastructure for continuous improvement.     

A contingent view of e-collaboration and performance in manufacturing

Manufacturers are increasingly utilizing Internet-based tools to more readily conduct collaborative activities with key business customers. While the emerging conventional wisdom suggests that the greater the extent to which manufacturers engage in Internet-enabled commerce with downstream business customers the better the performance, we espouse an alternative view. Consistent with the relational view of competitive advantage and contingency theory, we develop a model and a series of hypotheses that specify how various product and market characteristics may influence the nature of the expected positive relationship between e-collaboration and performance.To test the model, we collected data from 50 manufacturers using a Web-based survey. Our partial least squares (PLS) analysis results do indeed support the notion that e-collaboration is related to better operational and business performance. However, we go on to show that the strength of the relationship between e-collaboration and operational performance diminishes as the level of environmental munificence increases. Notably, we found no such moderating effect with respect to the level of product complexity or market variability. Our findings contribute to the operations strategy literature on supply chain relationships in the e-business arena and offer managers a framework for understanding the conditions under which investments in e-collaboration may be more appropriate and therefore more beneficial.     

基于复杂供应链库存管理策略的系统动力学研究

在分析了具有不同提前期和加工时间的复杂供应链特点基础上，研究了混合CONWIP／Kanban库存管理思想与同步CONWIP库存管理思想在复杂供应链上的应用。同时借助Vensim建模平台。针对这两种管理思想建立了基于复杂供应链系统的动态仿真模型，并对模拟结果进行了分析。     

逆向物流正向化管理策略探讨

从分析逆向物流活动的双重性出发，探讨了企业借助正向化管理经验实施逆向物流管理的策略。     

供应链风险预警指标体系研究

分析了供应链风险及其预警机制，提出了供应链风险预警指标体系设计思路，明确了供应链风险预警指标体系设计四项原则：灵敏性原则、灵活性原则、综合性原则、定性和定量指标相结合原则，构建了供应链风险预警指标体系，最后给出了一种供应链风险预警的综合评价方法。     

基于观念图平面可嵌入性分析的运输型物流企业营销管理

通过对数学中图的可嵌入性理论的引申和应用，提出观念图的概念，建构了观念的要素组合分析方法，为运输型物流企业观念营销的实施和管理提供方法论基础。     

RFID技术在物流仓储管理系统设计中的应用

简要阐述了射频识别技术原理．并对RFID技术在物流仓储管理系统设计中的应用进行了探讨。     

小型物资保障体系的构建分析

分析了小型物资保障体系的形态架构及其物流驱动与管理结构，介绍了库存控制的三种基本方法和仓储管理应注意的问题。     

第三方物流管理系统设计

物流管理软件在我国市场具有巨大的应用前景。由于我国企业的物流支出成本过高、管理水平落后，所以物流服务业市场潜力很大。物流管理软件的出现成为物流业发展的必然。然而，现在出现的各种物流管理软件很多存在自身的弊端和局限性。因此能设计出一个功能比较完备且经济、实用的物流管理系统迫在眉睫。本文主要对第三方物流管理系统的各种功能进行了论述和说明。     

试论企业的终端营销攻略

本文分析了销售终端在企业经营战略中的重大意义，并主要以海尔为例对当今市场经济条件下企业销售终端的建立，提出了若干思路和建议。