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In view of existing situation of Green Supply Chain (GSC) and the control issues of coordinate management with large scale systems for GSC, the control channels of large scale systems for coordinate development of GSC are discussed by applying the theory and method of large scale systems based on large system cybernetics. The theoretical basis and available means for the scientific design and effective...
This paper introduces the analogy method, applying management thoughts of customer relationship management to the supplier relationship management. The paper presents the definition and function of SRM firstly, then classifies the materials, on the basis of the class categorize the suppliers, adopting reverse auction or reverse marketing to different suppliers, bring forwards supplier sort and management...
Based on the basic principle of vendor managed inventory (VMI), this article applies VMI in the supply chain of automobile spare parts to seek its operation mode in the supply chain of automobile spare parts and introduces VMI of automobile spare parts supply assisted by third party logistics (TPL).
Textile and clothing industry is an important industry that exporting products and earning foreign exchange for China. However, the application of advanced management method, like supply chain management, is very little in Chinese textile and clothing enterprises. Aiming at this situation, this paper, according to the practical operational mode and the difference of products, discussed the purchasing...
Credit term is taken as an instrument participating coordination surplus generated by credit extending by the supplier. We model trade credit determination as a Nash bargaining problem between supplier and retailer. Sensitivity analysis of a numerical example shows relativity of supplier's financing cost to the retailer's is the key determinate of credit term offered by the supplier. This result directly...
Using the thought of the value -chain to represent the valuable activities of information management, also importing the concept of the important contribution of the knowledge activity , thus lays the foundation on the theory for the performance prism to evaluate information management, pointing out the framework of the performance prism. Point out the concrete indices of every panel. Calculate the...
Supplier management is an important problem with strategic meaning in the automotive supply chain of China. However, the complexity of the auto product makes difficulty of the supplier management in the auto industry. From the view of cooperation and collaboration, the essence of the supplier management is analyzed and the concept of supplier service optimization is proposed in this paper. Also, the...
Traditionally, visibility and control are recognized as key elements of resilient supply chains. In a business environment of increasing complexity, firms must look beyond visibility and control to complementary competencies that enable rapid, collaborative response to supply chain disruptions. In this paper, an attempt has been made to analyze sources of supply chain risk and their managerial counterparts...
For the problem of supply-chain supplier selection based on unknown index weight and interval number for index attribute, first, this paper constructs the index system for supply- chain supplier selection based on the concerned literatures; Then, it transfers interval number decision-making matrix into leave degree matrix and gets the objective weight of interval decision-making matrix through using...
In the supply chain management, main manufactures attach increasing importance to their partnerships' effect. In order to select partnerships properly, certain attributes of the partnerships should be carefully analysis. Supplier selection is a multi criteria problem which multi attributions of the suppliers should be considered in SCM (Supply Chain Management). We models supplier evaluation problem...
From implementing a closed-loop supply chain, companies can generate more value and profits. However, closed- loop supply chains add complexity to overall supply chain management. It is a feasible way for companies to outsource all or part of logistics to third-party providers. The selection of a proper provider, which suits the needs of the outsourcing company, is not an easy task. The complexity...
A framework for dynamic decentralized supply chains was established, and this framework was able to reproduce the amplification problem observed in real systems, and was able to reproduce the tradeoff observed between the stability and customer satisfaction level vs cost. The systematic decision making processes for improving the performance of supply chains was designed. The implementation of a hybrid...
Manufacturer-supplier joint R&D basing on MICK resource integration is an effective method for new product development. However, the relationship risk in manufacturer-supplier joint R&D is particularly acute because the problems happened during the joint R&D such as different goals, uneven distribution of benefit, opportunism and so on. In this paper, relationship risk in manufacturer-supplier...
This paper is based on the framework and proposes an approach of SCM performance measurement via the balanced score card (BSC) in manufacturing industry. The findings of this case study in this paper will benefit companies seeking to create a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
From the supply chain perspectives, this article proposes the proposition on collaborative management of supply chain enterprises intellectual property. It discusses the necessity of collaborative management on intellectual property of supply chain enterprise-forming mechanism of conflict on intellectual property of supply chain enterprise. It analyzes its transformation from non-cooperation condition...
Supply chain management seeks to enhance competitive performance by closely integrating supplier, manufacturer and other channel agents. The supply chain agents' behavior features will be influenced by their attitudes on risk. In this paper, we consider the cooperation contract about a risk-neutral manufacturer as a core enterprise coordinating the downside-risk-averse supplier and retailer in a three-tier...
Based on the theory of structure entropy, an analysis model was put forward from two aspects of time-effect and quality of information flow to evaluate the order degree of the supply chain structure. In the comparative research, this paper took a large-scale coal enterprise for example, and applied the model to evaluate the order degree of the supply chain structure between the single central coal...
Container terminal and other related enterprises have formed a service chain spontaneously because of market mechanism, but the cooperation along the chain is loose due to the lack of relevant service supply chain theories. In order to introduce some best practices from manufacturing to service processes, this paper proposed a totally new perspective-container-terminal-centered logistics service supply...
Food safety issues in China have been highlighted by both the rejection of food product exports in overseas markets and a series of food safety incidents in the domestic market. The existing monitoring and control mechanism of Chinese government and China's current information sharing modes of food supply chain can not handle the problems in the process of food safety management effectively and efficiently...
Bullwhip effect is a common phenomenon existing on supply chain. After studying the bullwhip effect in multi-echelon supply chains. This paper examines the beneficial impact of information sharing on supply chains. Finally, some effective IT supported platforms for the information sharing amongst supply chain are discussed.
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