Managing supply chains : challenges and opportunities / / Rene de Koster & Werner Delfmann, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910968077403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Kge, : Copenhagen Business School Press; Portland, OR, : Distribution in North America [by] International Specialized Book Services, c2007
• ISBN: 1-62198-671-3; 87-630-9979-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (260 p.)
• Classificazione: 85.34
• Altri autori (Persone): KosterM. B. M. de <1958->; DelfmannWerner
• Disciplina: 658.5
• Soggetti: Business logistics; Industrial management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Managing Supply Chains ""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Authors""; ""Preface""; ""PART I SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY ""; ""1 Design of Reverse Supply Chains: Centralized or Decentralized Structure""; ""1. Background""; ""1.1. Research Topics""; ""1.2. Methodological Approach""; ""2. Frame of Reference""; ""2.1. Definition of the Reverse SC""; ""2.2. The Challenge of Reverse Logistics""; ""2.3. A Holistic Perspective: Beyond Logistics-related Arguments""; ""3. Main Types of Return Items""; ""4. Centralized versus Decentralized Reverse SC""; ""4.1. Structural Configurations of Actors""; ""4.2. A Decentralized Reverse SC""""4.3. Determinants""; ""5. Conclusions and Research Implications""; ""6. References""; ""2 Implications of Supply ChainMonitoring""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Theoretical Framework""; ""3. Method""; ""4. Case findings""; ""5. Analysis""; ""6. Conclusions""; ""7. References""; ""3 Failing to Measure SCM Maturity""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1. Basics of Supply Chain Management""; ""2. SCM Maturity Model""; ""2.1. Research Method""; ""2.2. SCM Constructs""; ""2.3. The Questionnaire""; ""3. The Panel Group Study""; ""3.1. Results â€? Supply Chain Management""; ""3.2. Results â€? Supply Chain Integration""""3.3. Identifying SCM Maturity""; ""4. The Second Panel Group Study""; ""4.1. Results from the Second Study""; ""5. Conclusions""; ""6. Future Research""; ""7. References""; ""4 Safeguarding Specific Investments in Global Buyer-Supplier-Relationships""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Problem Formulation""; ""3. Development of an Integrated Safeguard Framework""; ""3.1. Components of the Safeguard Framework""; ""3.2. Development of an integrated Framework for the Selection of Safeguards""; ""4. Applying the integrated Safeguard Framework - Case Study of SAS Autosystemtechnik Verwaltungs GmbH""""4.1. Company profile""; ""4.2. Applying the Framework - The Selection Process""; ""4.2. The Evaluation Process""; ""5. Results and Limitations""; ""6. References""; ""5 Relationship Development and Manufacturing Performance""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Theoretical Background and Hypotheses""; ""3. Methodology""; ""3.1. Survey Instrument""; ""3.2. Sample""; ""4. Analysis and Findings""; ""4.1. Descriptive Statistics""; ""4.2. Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Path Model""; ""5. Discussion and Implications""""6. Limitations and Future Research""; ""Appendix A""; ""7. References""; ""PART II SUPPLY CHAIN EXECUTION""; ""6 Research in Logistics Service Providing â€? A Meta-Analysis""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Classification""; ""2.1. Classification Topics of Logistics Service Provider""; ""2.2. Classification Research Methodologies""; ""2.3. Classification Procedure""; ""3. Results for Publications on Logistics Service Provider""; ""3.1. Directions in Research Topics""; ""3.3. Combination of Content and Research Method""; ""4. Conclusions for Research in Logistics Service Provisiding""
• Sommario/riassunto: Supply chain management (SCM) is growing both as a research subject and as a crucial field of importance in companies. In order to obtain sustainable supply chain success, well managed long-term relationships among the supply chain partners turn out to be indispensable. Therefore, the book is divided into two parts: Part I (supply chain relations) focuses on topics such as supply chain design and partner selection, while Part II (supply chain processes) deals with shorter term decisions in executing supply chain processes beyond firm boundaries.