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Assessing supply chain flexibility: a conceptual framework and case study.
- Source :
- International Journal of Integrated Supply Management; 2004, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p79-97, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 2004
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Abstract
- Flexibility has been considered as a major determinant of competitiveness in an increasingly intense competition in the marketplace. A large body of literature has been addressing various issues of flexibility in the last two decades. However, the discussions have mainly been from the viewpoint of a manufacturing company as a single entity in a supply chain. The flexibility related to machine, process, routing, part, worker and the like are all associated with a manufacturing or a production system. With the advent of the supply chain management concepts, business communities have been realising that being flexible in a production system only is insufficient. Thus, flexibility concepts should be broadened from the perspective of a production system into a supply chain system. However, the study addressing supply chain flexibility is still limited. This paper presents a framework for assessing flexibility of a supply chain. Four main parts of flexibility are identified including flexibility of the product delivery system, production system, product development, and supply system. In each of these parts, a number of pertinent elements are defined. A general guideline for conducting flexibility assessment is also presented. In an attempt to assess the model validity, a case study also forms a part of the paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SUPPLY chains
ECONOMIC competition
COMMERCE
MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14775360
- Volume :
- 1
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Integrated Supply Management
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 15016267
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1504/IJISM.2004.004599