Abstract
As the recent industrial situation is characterized by a growing global competition, decreasing product life cycles and increased levels of global outsourcing, among other challenges, the importance of supply chain integration between companies and its suppliers has become a critical factor for their survival in the international market. The way on how they arrange their supply networks to accomplish a flexible supply chain will define the future of modern enterprises. This article aims to explore Supply Chain Management in the Lithuanian metallurgical industry. More precisely, it will be focused on determining its supply chain and describing actual situation and relationships that affect it. Additionally, this paper looks to analyze the possible improvements that could be made in order to make it more efficient. In addition, to get an overview of the present supply chain in the metallurgical sector, a survey has been sent to a selection of metal-manufacturing companies inside Lithuania. The conducted survey-questionnaire represents the empirical research base for this study.
Highlights
All companies must meet a series of procedures in order to offer to a final consumer, the end product or service and the satisfaction they wish to obtain
The main issue was that most companies are still hesitant to participate in these types of studies
There is a limited amount of information available on the subject
Summary
All companies must meet a series of procedures in order to offer to a final consumer, the end product or service and the satisfaction they wish to obtain. Customer demand is getting stricter, more companies work side by side with others through a very complicated logistic process in order to give the consumers everything they need within range. The metallurgical industry encompasses a great variety of activities that go from iron melting (foundry) to transformation and welding, or surface heat treatment. There can be divided into two main production operations: primary and secondary metallurgy. The first one aims at the production of metal through ore minerals both ferrous and nonferrous by extraction (mining). Secondary refers to the production of metal using ingots and recovery of metal from scrap and salvage
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