Competitiveness Of Chemical Industry Research Articles

Effect of ordering strategy of chemical enterprises on supply chain stability

With the development of economic and social, problems of the stability of chemical supply chain appear. Fluctuation of chemical supply chain causes a huge impact on factories and consumers. Because of collapse of its supply chain, many companies come to failure and bankruptcy. Such accidents take severe harm not only to the chemical supply chain upstream and downstream enterprises, but also to the environment and life safety. It always brings immeasurable losses as well. Therefore, the study of chemical supply chain stability is practically significant to strengthen the safety of chemical supply chain operation, promote the sustainable development of chemical supply chain, improve the competitiveness of chemical industry, reduce global energy consumption, and protect social environment. At the same time, theoretical significance is to improve and perfect the theory of supply chain management. From the perspective of lead time, this paper analyses the influence of forecasting methods on supply chain bullwhip effect and supply chain stability. With the simulation and analysis, it can be found that no matter what kind of single prediction method we choose, bullwhip effect and the effect of its own shock will increase with the lead time increasing. This is an important factor affecting the size of the bullwhip effect. Therefore, chemical companies in supply chain should optimize the supply chain design, improve replenishment efficiency, enhance collaboration with other enterprises, and do efforts to reduce the lead time so as to enhance the stability of the supply chain. The results of the model simulation can help policy makers with better decision, as well as provide some management advice.

Management of Sustainable Innovation in an Internationalized Company

The main objective of this study was to identify the main forms of management of sustainable technological innovation and examine the relation of these practices with the increased competitiveness of the Brazilian chemical industry in the international market. To conduct this research, we examined the management practices of a chemical industry located in southern Brazil through the descriptive and qualitative case study, using semi-structured interviews with those responsible for the company’s innovation management and analyzing secondary data. The analyses of the survey results with respect to the relation between the sustainable technological innovation management and the increased international competitiveness of the chemical industry were not conclusive. The data only show that the management practices of sustainable innovation may represent motivations for seeking international partnerships and innovations that can be converted into business opportunities in the domestic and international market.