Chain Collaboration Research Articles

Green supply chain management under uncertainty: a review and content analysis

ABSTRACT This study reviews the literature in the field of green supply chain management (GSCM) under uncertainty published from 2011 to 2020. Following the systematic review process, 198 articles are analyzed and classified according to the content framework. This study contributes to the related literature in the following ways. Firstly, it focuses on the bibliometric analysis of the GSCM under uncertainty, which provides a better understanding of this research field. Second, it identifies the uncertainty factors and highlights the research directions in this domain. The proposed uncertainty factors mainly consist of internal uncertainty, external uncertainty, and hybrid uncertainty. In addition, it shows that the current research covers the following themes: green supply chain network design (GSCND), collaboration, transportation optimization, supplier evaluation and practice and performance. Third, this study draws attention to uncertainty management methods. The fuzzy method, the stochastic method and the grey theory method are the main methods to solve the uncertainties of GSCM at present. Finally, it also identifies the gaps existing in the literature and proposes research agendas that can be expanded in the future.

The role of collaboration in reducing quality variability in Brazilian breweries

This paper aims to analyse how small-scale breweries undertake vertical and horizontal collaborations to manage their quality performance (when measured by reducing quality variabilities). While vertical collaborations are overemphasised, horizontal and simultaneous collaboration efforts have been understudied. Our contribution lies in proposing an interplay of vertical and horizontal collaborations through information sharing, joint decision-making, and knowledge exchange with intra- and inter-supply chain partners to address quality variability issues. We draw attention to supply chain relationships being predominantly informal, which contribute strongly towards accessing external sources of knowledge. Additionally, such collaborative efforts have led companies to achieve mutual gains in their relationships. Finally, a framework is presented that consolidates the supply chain actors, collaboration types, socialisation mechanisms, and relationship types.

Analyzing the effect of supply chain strategies and collaboration on performance improvement using MIMIC model

Analyzing the effect of supply chain strategies and collaboration on performance improvement using MIMIC model

The role of the airline as a logistics provider in the passenger travel chains involving air transport

The article is devoted to the classification of air carrier as a logistics provider. Therefore, in the outsourcing pyramid of logistics providing, the place of the air carrier was determined taking into account its business model: legacy, low-cost, hybrid. Based on this, insourcing pyramid of airline logistics services involving air transport was developed and varieties of 3PL providers were identified: 3–PL, 3PL, 3+PL air carriers. 3–PL air carrier is a logistics provider that provides a range of services within the air supply / travel chain. 3PL air carrier is a logistics provider that provides a range of services in the full supply / travel chain, when booking individual components of such a chain is carried out through the websites of the air carrier and its partners. 3+PL air carrier is a logistics provider that provides a range of services in the full supply / travel chain, when booking such services is carried out integrated through the air carrier's website, and business processes are performed by the air carrier and its partners. It was studied the websites of airlines in order to find out the providing level of modern global passenger airlines operating on legacy, low-cost and hybrid business models and to identify the main trends among air carrier to ensure a complete passenger travel chain. The main feature of the world's air carriers is that most of them provide services at the level of 3PL-provider, and only the world's leading air carriers provide the organization of the passenger travel chain at the level of 3+PL-provider. The generalized scheme of providing for a passenger travel chain involving air transport for the purpose of definition of a role of each type of logistics provider and their collaboration in such chains was constructed. For example, 3–PL, 3PL, 3+PL air carriers can involve 2 PL-companies in the performance of business processes in the passenger chain. At the same time, the air carrier of 4PL-level will involve performers from 2 PL 3-PL, 3PL levels in the processes of the travel chain. On the virtual 5 PL platform, the passenger will independently choose performers from different levels of providing according to their own needs.

Impact of Supply Chain Human Capability, Responsive Design, and Collaboration on Supply Chain Resilience

This paper adopts supply chain perspective to examine the impact of human capability in supply chain (SC) on SC resilience and business performance. Based on literature review, this paper expands understanding of factors, which contribute to SC resilience and competitive performance. The authors have operationalized elements of human capability in supply chain, SC collaboration, and SC responsive design to achieve this. Questionnaire was developed and was circulated to more than 600 organizations out of which 158 organizations responded and were useful. Hypotheses were formulated on studying the impact of these aspects on SC resilience and were tested using structural equation modelling. The study and the analysis support the hypothesis on the positive impact of supply chain human capability on SC collaboration and SC responsive design. Similarly, the hypothesis on SC collaboration and responsive design have tested positive impact on supply chain resilience which in turn has positive influence on organizations' performance that gives competitive edge.

A Lean Logistics Framework: A Case Study in the Wood Fiber Supply Chain

There are opportunities for improvement within the wood fiber supply chain. A significant amount of these opportunities are related to waste reduction. The body of literature focuses on what are the causes of waste and supply chain inefficiency. Conclusions suggest this is partially due to improper supply chain management and collaboration. There is a gap within the research regarding applications of lean tools in the wood fiber supply chain, especially tools that help suppliers and consumers work together to reduce waste. A value stream map (VSM) tool that focused on identifying lean waste in logistic operations was developed and applied. The VSM for the paper mill case study includes three processes: supplier, transportation to the wood yard, and receiving operations at the wood yard (consumer mill). Once the tool was applied, the following cost reductions were projected: the inbound logistics cost was reduced from $2.8 million to $2.3 million and the inventory carrying cost was reduced from $98,400 to $79,600 annually. The possible annual savings reported totaled $320,000 approximately by the introduction of lean principles that reduce the waste in transportation and carrying cost.

Effects of Supply Chain Design and Collaboration on Customers’ Satisfaction of Instant Noodles in Ekiti State, Nigeria

The degree of collaboration among supply chain partners and the structure of the network are important determinants of the level of satisfaction customers derive from the products or services. However, the effects of these dimensions on customer satisfaction at the downstream section of the supply chain remain under-researched in Nigeria. This study precisely examined the effects of collaboration and supply chain design on customers’ satisfaction at the downstream end of the chain using Ekiti State as study area. The study employed descriptive survey design with the use of structured Likert scale questionnaire administered to 381 retailers of noodles in Ekiti State. The research hypotheses were analysed using simple linear regression as statistical technique with the aid of SPSS version 22.0. At the end of the study, it was observed that both collaboration and supply chain design were significant predictors of customers’ satisfaction of instant noodles in Ekiti State. However, collaboration among supply chain partners emerged as stronger determinant of customers’ satisfaction than supply chain design. The study concludes that these two practices of supply chain management are highly important criteria any manufacturing firm especially in the noodles industry must pay close attention to in order to satisfy her consumers.

Collaboration in humanitarian supply chains: an organisational culture framework

The purpose of this study was to determine the impact that institutional logics and, more specifically, organisational culture can have on humanitarian supply chain (HSC) collaboration. A framework was developed that explicates buyer–supplier collaboration in a humanitarian setting. Twenty-nine semi-structured interviews were conducted with buyers and suppliers. The data indicated that in a HSC, collaborative outcomes, such as new product development, inventory management, and product/service delivery, are influenced by the buyers’ and suppliers’ organisational cultures. Based on suppliers’ characteristics, they can be classified as humanitarian suppliers, commercial suppliers, and humanitarian and commercial suppliers. These groups have distinct organisational cultures. An unexpected finding is that suppliers that serve commercial buyers primarily claim to have encountered no issues in supply chain collaboration with humanitarian buyers, although they have different types of organisational cultures. The factors that lead to successful collaboration are identified as trust, commitment, information sharing and mutual respect. Simultaneously, dominant institutional logics are observed in the dyadic relationship.

Investigation Through System Dynamics for the Benefits of ICT Intervention in Distribution

The objective of the paper was to investigate through Systems Dynamics (SD) methodology, the impact and benefits of information and communication technology (ICT) tools' intervention in the supply chain process of distribution. Accessing information in a timely and actionable manner as also negotiating and managing relationships within and between organizations in the supply chain has become a source of competitive advantage for businesses. ICT deployments and interventions across the supply chain have become a performance enabler and determinant of competitive advantage for many corporations. These improve supply chain visibility, collaboration, coordination and integration, and thereby dramatically improve the supply chain performance. One process in supply chain management, namely distribution, was described using SD. Introduction of a parameter, ICT capability dramatically changed the status quo and gave rise to new positive balancing or reinforcing loops. This parameter was measured in terms of an index, ICT capability index, which depends on knowledge, social, and economic dimensions.

CSR collaboration in multi-level supply chains: a conceptual model

ABSTRACTThis paper aims to study the role of supply chain (SC) collaboration in improving the performance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) implementation in a multi-level supply chain. By using a system dynamics approach, it attempts to find out the best form of CSR collaboration for a sustainable supply chain. The results show that SC collaboration via three sharing schemes – resources-sharing, cost-sharing and profit-sharing – plays a decisive role for efficient CSR implementation by improving the interests of individual members and the whole supply chain as well. This work allows the authors not only to have more insights into determining the best strategies to implement CSR in the supply chain but also to propose important solutions to build and boost supply chain management.

Measuring performance at the supply chain level: the role of the chain director

<p class="Abstract">Supply chains lack their own across-the-board managers that can design and implement a performance measurement system (PMS), nor do they have an explicit overall strategy from which the PMS can be derived. The focus of this article is to develop a qualitative theoretical model on PM in supply chains to explore how to adopt PMS as a tool to implement collaboration and integration in chains. The exploratory nature of the research question determined our use of a multiple case study. Two focal firms in the agro-food sector from Spain and the Netherlands, serving a total of five different chains, illustrate the message of the model.</p>The findings show when an attempt to implement a PMS at the supply chain level might be appropriate and effective (if a chain exists and has a director), and how the system’s content should be focused on what is needed to improve chain performance (with end customers’ demands as a starting point). The paper highlights the benefits obtained by the other partners if they comply with the best informed supply chain member in the development of the chain’s PMS, as well as how a PMS cannot be developed when none of the partners can be labelled as chain director.

大数据下物流园区间协作研究综述

物流园区的构成实质为物流产业集群，本文从供应商-客户关系驱动产业集群协作、网络式协同效应驱动产业集群协作和互联网经济驱动产业集群协作三个层面对物流园区间协作关系的演进进行综述。进而从大数据的视角，分析物流大数据下的供应链协作关系，同时以集群式供应链为背景，综述不同物流产业集群间跨供应链协作方式与途径。在大数据技术下，物流园区间合作越来越常规化，对集群式供应链间的横向跨链协作进行系统的、深入的研究是一个必然趋势。 The essence of logistics park is logistics industry cluster. There are three driving forces of the lo-gistics industry cluster: supplier-customer relationship, network synergistic effect, and Internet economy. Then the paper makes a review of the evolution of the collaboration in logistics parks. Moreover, from the perspective of big data, the paper analyzes the collaboration in the supply chains, and summarizes the ways and means of cross supply chain collaboration among different logistics industry clusters based on the cluster supply chain. With big data technology, the co-operation between the logistics parks is more and more routine, and the study of cross-supply- chain collaboration in the cluster supply chain system is an inevitable trend.

Outcome, interaction, environment and relationship quality in service quality interfaces gaps and supply chain competitiveness: a conceptual framework

The aim of study is to explore and propose the role of outcome, interaction, and environmental quality in the interfaces gap of service quality in the presence of third party logistics on supply chain competitiveness with mediating role of relationship quality. It is a propositional paper, in which the implications of service quality parameters in the interfaces within the supply chain are hypothesised and proposed to study and empirically investigated in future. A very few studies of service quality in the context of whole supply chain integration, collaboration, and performance exist in the supply chain literature. This study posits a significant contribution towards the managing service quality within supply chain context.

A note on the legal considerations in decision science models of collaboration, information sharing and integration in supply chains

In this research note, we suggest that models, which ignore pertinent laws (including but not limited to competition laws) cannot approximate the risks and rewards of collaborative behaviour. This article discusses potential legal violations and seeks to encourage multidisciplinary approaches to the future development of decision science models of collaboration, information sharing and integration. It identifies future questions for research and proposes that a multidisciplinary team may be best equipped to explore them.

Retracted: A Conceptual Model of the Relationship Between Market Orientation and Supply Chain Performance

Addressing a lack of research on the relationship between marketing and supply chain management, a new conceptual framework incorporates organizational learning, supply chain innovation, trust, supply chain management strategy, commitment, and collaboration as mediating factors in the relationship between market orientation and supply chain performance. Only by identifying the dimensions of effective performance and assessing their impact on each other can organizational leaders strengthen the bonds among partners in the supply chain toward generating the efficiencies that improve its management and performance. The proposed framework can also be used to facilitate further research into the link between market orientation and supply chain performance. ©2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Study on the Alignment of New Product Development and Supply Chain

Based on the review of related literature about the alignment of new product development (NPD) and supply chain (SC), the related decision variables of NPD and SC are summarized. In order to explore the alignment relationship between NDP and SC, we propose a study framework and the some relationship assumptions. Taking use of questionnaire investigation and Structural Equation Modeling, the relevant assumptions are verified and the mechanism and strategy of the alignment of NPD and SC are explored for Chinese manufacturing enterprises. The research result shows that the modularity and variety of NPD have close relationship with the complexity of supply chain configuration, collaboration and coordination. And the degree of the alignment has an important influence on the supply chain performance of the end product. The relevant conclusions would provide some theoretical reference and practical guidance on the decision of aligning the NPD with SC.

Impact Factors on Collaboration and Delivery Success in Professional Service B2B Supply Chains

Throughout times of market turbulences and even a financial crisis the service sector has established itself as the most important economic sector with a predicted ongoing growth in industrialized countries (Busse & Wagner, 2008; Leseure, 2010; Bouwman & De Vos & Hakker, 2008; Schniering, 2009; Walters 2012). With this there is also a growth in competition within the sector as well as an enlargement and enrichment of customer requirements (Peschl, 2010; Schroedl, 2011; Camarinha & Afsarmanesh & Koelmel, 2011). But these requirements are not a one-way-street: interdependencies between customers and service suppliers make relationships within the market of services very complex (Kotler & Keller, 2008). The study described in this article aims to shed light on these interdependencies that will later define, if a collaboration between a professional service company and its customer is successful and what the measures of success are in terms of evaluating and intangible product. Also these interdependencies will be translated into success factors that both customers and suppliers must apply in order to secure an attractive market position.

Gestão do relacionamento em uma indústria de peças plásticas da cadeia automotiva

A gestão da cadeia de suprimentos considera vários aspectos das relações entre organizações. A gestão do relacionamento na interface fornecedor-cliente é um dos elementos analisados que abrangem variáveis complexas, as quais podem afetar a sustentação de elos críticos da cadeia produtiva. Esta pesquisa delimita-se ao estudo da gestão do relacionamento em uma cadeia de suprimentos do setor automotivo. O objetivo deste artigo é estudar a gestão do relacionamento em uma indústria de peças automotivas de plástico de São Paulo. A metodologia de pesquisa utiliza a pesquisa de campo, limitada a um estudo de caso, cuja análise utiliza uma metodologia de avaliação proposta por Simon (2005). Essa metodologia avalia o grau de aderência da gestão do relacionamento de uma empresa ao modelo de gestão da cadeia de suprimentos de Cooper, Lambert e Pagh (1997). Os resultados mostram os fatores de gerenciamento do relacionamento que contribuem para a eficiência da gestão da cadeia e destacam aspectos que podem ser melhorados em relação à colaboração na cadeia, no que se refere à comunicação informal e falta de planejamento conjunto entre os parceiros da empresa.

The Building of Accounting Information System Based on REA Model

REA model based on accounting information system accounting and business events will organically blend in with the help of advanced computer and Internet technology, change the "accounting information island" situation, the integration of business processes and information processing, the integration of financial information and non-financial information, the integration of accounting and management ,accounting information in order to achieve the business and internal and external supply chain and community collaboration, ultimately upgrade accounting information system for management control system.

The impact of using e-business technologies on organizational collaboration and performance in supply chain

Internet technologies have enabled the realization of revolutionary treads in business world by creating a global online marketplace. As a result of this, in recent years, e-business has become an unignorable concept related to good business practice results. Different design and application fields have been revealed and significant acquisitions in functional and nonfunctional business fields have been achieved in supply chains with the solutions exposed by e-business technologies. This study aims at examining empirically the effect of e-business technologies on organizational collaboration and performance in supply chains. Accordingly, a study on Turkey’s the first 1000 manufacturing firms, which are determined by Istanbul Chamber of Industry, is conducted in the context of descriptive and relational survey models. Questionnaire method is employed in the study as data collection method. The survey questions are adopted from previous studies. Data gathered from firms are analyzed with univariate and multivariate statistical analysis techniques. The regression results show that almost all hypotheses are supported and although, e-business applications do not affect organizational performance, collaboration in the supply chain has a significant effect on the organizational performance. Key words: E-business, organizational collaboration, performance, supply chain.