Industrial Management & Data Systems · 2001 · 148 citations · 7 references
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Supply chain management coordinates information, material flows, plant operations, and logistics, and its core premise is synchronizing autonomous business entities to improve coordination within and between members. The study proposes an architecture that structures, controls, and optimizes supply chain synchronization. The architecture is illustrated through a collaborative system model applied to the textile industry. The architecture yields flexibility and agility in responding to demand shifts without extra resource costs, and increased coordination reduces lead times and costs, aligns decision‑making, and improves overall performance.
Abstract The concept of supply chain is about managing coordinated information and material flows, plant operations, and logistics. It provides flexibility and agility in responding to consumer demand shifts without cost overlays in resource utilization. The fundamental premise of this philosophy is; synchronization among multiple autonomous business entities represented in it. That is, improved coordination within and between various supply‐chain members. Increased coordination can lead to reduction in lead times and costs, alignment of interdependent decision‐making processes, and improvement in the overall performance of each member as well as the supply chain. Describes architecture to create the appropriate structure, install proper controls, and implement principles of optimization to synchronize the supply chain. A supply‐chain model based on a collaborative system approach is illustrated utilizing the example of the textile industry.
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Operations Research -- An Introduction
Antony Unwin, H.A. Taha · Journal of the Operational Research Society · 1980 · 1.6K citations