Over the past decade, one of the main themes in the Supply Chain Management literature has been the impact of integration on performance. Many authors agree that integrative practices have a positive impact on corporate and supply chain performance. However, very few researchers have considered the different underlying constructs of supply chain integration and different business conditions. Th...

We present a novel model of IT-based supply chain integration that responds to the increasing need for better supply chainwide coordination of resource allocation and offers an alternative to the traditional approach of supply chain integration based on ERP systems. We explore possible governance structures for our model and propose a stylized implementation process. The paper concludes by outl...

Virtual enterprises and virtual supply chain concepts have been presented to propose solution for a seamless integration and data exchange between enterprises in the supply chain. Cloud computing technology enables centralized data storage and processing for operations and supply chain. This paper presents a prototype implementation of cloud-based virtual supply chain. The proposed solution off...

Although a responsive supply chain is an integral part of order-winning manufacturing strategies, it has not been clear how firms build a responsive supply chain in global manufacturing environments. Built upon a synthesis of the existing literature and relevant theories, this paper presents a research model that defines the drivers, strategy, and practices of a responsive supply chain and the ...

the manufacturing organizations today are having a competition of supply chain versus supply chain. existing research work fails to relate human metrics with supply chain performance. the authors intend to empirically assess the effects of human metrics on supply chain performance in the context of indian manufacturing organizations. a rigorous literature review has identified 12 variables. the...

The upgrading of industrial cluster is upgrading along the value chain, improving the added value of products, which is from low-end to high-end in the value chain. Industrial cluster is made up of one or several supply chain in a certain geographic area concentration, and has a coupling between them. The development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei integration has entered a new stage of resource i...

nowadays, in turbulent and violate global markets an agile supply chain (asc) network is frequently considered as a dominant competitive advantage for survival. to achieve the competitive advantage, companies must align with suppliers and customers to streamline operations, as well as agility beyond individual companies. there are many definitions and models about agile supply chain and most of...

regarding to the diversified needs of domestic and global customers and various products of domestic and global competitors, importance of agility in supply chain management becomes more important. suppliers have to provide materials and essential resources of manufacturers in a short time without any lead time.in this research, we identified many criteria for agility in sanitation supply chain...

This paper explores the development of Supply Chain Management studies and identifies three eras: Creation, Integration, and Globalization. The study then focuses on the development of supply chain management in the integration era, and specifically on the identified gap in adoption of web based processes. Electronic Market places are introduced as one of the web based tools that can help with ...