Control In Supply Relations Between Businesses Theoretical Perspectives And Empirical Evidence
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Control In Supply Relations Between Businesses Theoretical Perspectives And Empirical Evidence
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Author : Rosa Alba Miraglia
language : en
Publisher: FrancoAngeli
Release Date : 2013-10-04T00:00:00+02:00
Control In Supply Relations Between Businesses Theoretical Perspectives And Empirical Evidence written by Rosa Alba Miraglia and has been published by FrancoAngeli this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-04T00:00:00+02:00 with Business & Economics categories.
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Management Control Of Global Supply Chains
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Author : Nils Horch
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2009
Management Control Of Global Supply Chains written by Nils Horch and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
Within global and rapidly changing environments, cooperation and networking offer possibilities for sharing costs and risks, as well as keeping up with constantly renewed information from outside the firms' boundaries. In line with this, an effective management control of supply chain processes seems to be relevant to compete against other supply chains and to get the required information. In this context, an implementation of a management control institution for inter-firm relations, like a supply chain management control (SCMC), that provides relevant qualitative and quantitative data to manage supply chains reflects an important issue. However, a comprehensive approach with regard to the management control of the entire supply chain and how it can be fulfilled has received scant attention in prior research. The aim of this thesis is therefore to analyze management control systems in global supply chains by means of a mixed methods design with special regard to functional, institutional and instrumental issues. In this context, qualitative data are combined with theoretical insights to develop an empirical model which is tested by means of a quantitative study. Following this, insights into management control aspects, organization of the supply chain management control, management control mechanisms, and the integration of suppliers are provided.
The Nature Of Supply Chain Management Research
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Author : Julia Wolf
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2008-08-29
The Nature Of Supply Chain Management Research written by Julia Wolf and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-29 with Business & Economics categories.
Julia Wolf investigates the theoretical aspect of SCM by analyzing the evolution SCM research has undergone and by assessing the question whether SCM research can be considered a scientific paradigm as of today.
Governance Mechanisms In Sustainable Buyer Supplier Relationships
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Author : Stefan Egle
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Governance Mechanisms In Sustainable Buyer Supplier Relationships written by Stefan Egle and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
Companies face the problem that the suppliers' social and ecological performance is often sugarcoated. To resolve this information bias, these companies develop control mechanisms in new contracts with suppliers that allow an improved performance verification and reduce the incompleteness of contracts. From the perspective of transaction costs theory, bounded rationality and a lack of foresight result in incomplete contracts. Empirical evidence supports this hypothesis, indicating an even higher degree of incompleteness of contracts. Only the additional consideration of an emerging learning process leads to a theory-consistent degree of incompleteness as predicted by transaction cost theory when designing contractual controls mechanisms. However, the learning patterns that emerge during this process have remained largely unexplored. This dissertation integrates insights about learning patterns from developmental psychology in transaction cost theory and empirically tests these insights with a structural equation model. I will demonstrate that a U-shaped learning pattern emerges when designing contractual control mechanisms during supplier selection, by means of a survey with a sample size of 125 cases. In this learning pattern, rule-based knowledge and specific knowledge are acquired. However, over the course of time, specific knowledge is initially forgotten, until rule-based and specific knowledge are eventually acquired in the long run. Based on organizational literature, four causal chains are derived and tested separately. The results reveal that general knowledge enters control design through learning from experience, whereby general knowledge refers to biased sustainability performance (#1), learning from company-specific experience decreases trust that requires an additional need for control (#2), experience- and capability-related partner selection induces trust that reduces the need for control (#3), and intensive.
Supply Chain Management In The Mastering Business In Asia Series
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Author : Bowon Kim
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2005-11-04
Supply Chain Management In The Mastering Business In Asia Series written by Bowon Kim and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-04 with Business & Economics categories.
Supply chain management is a broader concept than logistics and extends beyond the company to all branches in the supply chain, including vendors, customers, carriers, facilitators, and channel intermediates. An in-depth understanding of supply chain fundamentals is imperative to create real value for the customer. Bowon Kim's Supply Chain Management examines the issues of effective SCM from the perspective of a dynamic organization, offering theoretical and empirical knowledge to effectively manage this interlocking series of transactions. Key decision dimensions are analyzed to better appreciate and manage the interrelationships between the critical elements of any SCM strategy: configuration, connection, inventory and logistics. Each element is reviewed to understand its dynamics and how it interacts with other factors to influence the overall performance of the supply chain. All linkages are scrutinized, from the optimum characteristics of supply chain coordination to innovative collaboration; the evolution of a supply chain strategy is charted through the course of this unique reference book. By thoroughly studying this book, readers will be able to develop a highly effective and well-balanced perspective to elucidate significant managerial problems in supply chain management.
Supplier Switching Management
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Author : Phillip Kirst
language : en
Publisher: Cuvillier Verlag
Release Date : 2008-07-29
Supplier Switching Management written by Phillip Kirst and has been published by Cuvillier Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-29 with Business & Economics categories.
Current market dynamics have forced industrial companies to realign their value creation processes by concentrating on core competences. These measures have led to outsourcing of areas in which companies have no distinctive capabilities and in turn, they have extensively reduced the net added value ratio. Consequently, a substantial part of performance-critical activities are not under the control of manufactures anymore, they have shifted to suppliers. In order to maintain the influence on the supply side and on the value creation process, the concept of supplier integration has recently been strongly promoted. Supplier integration first requires the reduction of the number of suppliers, in order to intensify the relationship with some of the remaining ones. If the intensification of supplier-buyer relationships comprises mutual adjustments or specific investments, the supplier becomes integrated. The specificity of an investment refers to the degree to which a company can redeploy it to alternative uses without a sacrifice of productive value. Thus, the more specific a certain investment becomes, the lower its value is when put to another use. Integrated supplier-buyer relationships promise benefits and increased competitiveness for both parties. On the other hand, they cause dependencies and hence an inflexibility to switch, which can be a threat for the purchasing organization if the performance of the incumbent supplier weakens unexpectedly. The practical relevance of research on supplier switching relates to the dilemma of the simultaneous need for stability through supplier integration and the flexibility of the supplier structure. This work discusses the possibilities of increasing the flexibility of supplier-buyer relationships without sacrificing the benefits of supplier integration. In the perspective of the research on hand, this can be accomplished through a systematic approach to supplier switches – a business situation, which has been neglected in science and practice. The book is organized in four main chapters and starts with the background of the relevance of supplier switching and the description of the research questions. The second chapter provides in-depth theoretical insight into supplier integration and switching and clusters activities involved in vendor replacements. Afterwards, six supplier switches of different companies are analyzed. It will finish up with good practices and possibilities for smooth and successful supplier switches.
Understanding Supply Chain Digitalization Through Actor Network Theory
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Author : Gianluca Vitale
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2023-06-18
Understanding Supply Chain Digitalization Through Actor Network Theory written by Gianluca Vitale and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-18 with Business & Economics categories.
Combining two different actor-network theory perspectives and relying on the single case study methodology, this book offers important empirical evidence and managerial implications on the use of blockchain for accounting and control purposes. Exploring the first agro-food European case of blockchain application for supply chain management, this research work is among the pioneers in analysing the interaction between this new technology and traditional management accounting and control practices.
Economic Policy Business And Management In The Post Pandemic Perspective
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Author : Anna Ujwary-Gil
language : en
Publisher: Institute of Economics Polish Academy of Sciences
Release Date : 2023-01-01
Economic Policy Business And Management In The Post Pandemic Perspective written by Anna Ujwary-Gil and has been published by Institute of Economics Polish Academy of Sciences this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-01 with Business & Economics categories.
Meeting employee interests depending on the age and form of employment Abstract The aim of this chapter is the identification and assessment of meeting employee interests among the employed in standard and non-standard forms based on the age criterion. An empirical study was conducted using the CAWI technique covering a sample of 1,000 working Poles. Descriptive statistics methods and statistical tests were used to analyze the findings. The analysis of employee interests was performed by comparing the assessed interests by the representatives of four separate age groups. The statistically significant differences were examined. For this purpose, the non-parametric ANOVA Kruskal-Wallis test and the post-hoc test (statistical significance level * p<0.05, ** p<0.01) were used. The conducted analysis showed common strengths and weaknesses in meeting employee interests regarding the standard and non-standard forms. Providing employees with safe and hygienic working conditions was highly assessed, whereas employee participation was rated low. The specificity of Generation Z was evident, whose representatives (compared to older cohorts) frequently rated meeting employee interests higher. Filling the research gap related to the analysis of the authors’ presentation of employee interests regarding the age and form of employment in Poland. The results have practical usefulness for shaping employment, taking into account the above-mentioned variables. The research results covering a representative sample of working Poles fill the empirical data gap, extending beyond the scope of data available in statistical reporting (Statistics Poland, Eurostat). The empirical research used an original concept combining the issue of employee interests with the age and form of employment. Keywords: forms of employment, employee interests, age, cohort. Circular economy in the implementation of the investment and innovation policy of environmental management in post-war Ukraine Abstract The purpose of the study is to develop methodological support for a comprehensive assessment concerning dominants of the investment and innovation policy of nature management based on the circular economy. It also conducts an assessment of current trends and problems in post-war Ukraine. The basic methodological platform introduces the concept of sustainable development. The dominants of the investment and innovation policy of nature management are derivative and closely related to the objectives and indicators of sustainable development goals. To generalize and systematize the categorical apparatus and identify modern vectors of scientific research on this issue, a descriptive analysis was used - based on the sources of the Scopus scientometric database. The modern imperatives of the circular approach in the economy and the possibility of introducing the latest investment and innovation policy of nature management in post-war Ukraine are considered. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the development of methodological support for a comprehensive assessment and is based on: (1) a set of principles (systematicity and complexity, adequacy and dynamism, objectivity and accuracy, effectiveness, purposefulness, scientificity); (2) an expanded system of national indicators of sustainable development within the framework of Sustainable Development Goals 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, which integrates European, author's, economic and environmental indicators focused on an in-depth assessment of investment and natural resource potential in terms of species and structural-sectoral dimension, the relationship between the investment and environmental components of nature management; (3) a 7-stage procedure for quantitative, qualitative and expert assessment of the degree of implementation of the dominants of the investment and innovation policy of environmental management in the internal and external dimensions, the results of which form an analytical basis for adjusting the dominants, substantiating directions, ways and mechanisms for implementing the investment and innovation policy of the circular economy. The prospect of further research in this direction is the development of adaptive mechanisms to stimulate the introduction of eco-investments and innovations in the activities of business entities in various sectors of the economy. Keywords: circular economy, nature management, investment and innovation policy of nature management, sustainable development, Sustainable Development Goals, dominants of investment and innovation policy of nature management. The impact of economic activity zones on local development: The example of Wieliczka Municipality in Poland Abstract The purpose of this chapter is to present the impact of economic activity zones (EAZs) on local development and to identify good practices in the management of EAZs, based on the experience of the commune of Wieliczka, Poland. Nevertheless, beyond the theoretical insights, the empirical evidence of effective local development governance in EAZs is still limited, even in metropolitan areas where a range of instruments are provided to support local development. The chapter attempts to provide evidence of the impact of EAZ on local development by indicating the influence of investments located in economic activity zones on the management of local government units in the Krakow metropolitan area. The analysis of the impact of EAZs on local development has led to findings that a valuable tool for the impact of EAZs on local development are the investments located there, which determine the more effective use of local resources. These are challenging resources (including land and infrastructure) and soft, intangible ones (including location, quality of intellectual capital, and entrepreneurship of residents). As a result of the application of good practices in municipal management, they become key determinants that determine the potential of EAZ and increase competitiveness. The example of EAZs shows that their impact on local development can receive significant support from the EU and public authorities. Nevertheless, the development of EAZs is limited to metropolitan areas and tends to limit their development in peripheral areas far from major growth centers. Exploring further options for the impact of EAZ on local development may be an interesting direction to involve external stakeholders in order to enable the incorporation of their skills and resources. The experience of the municipality of Wieliczka is and will be, to a significant extent, a form of more effective use of a variety of local and external resources. The chapter briefly discusses the impact of EAZ on local development and provides practitioners with areas on the potential challenges of using EAZ. Local development carries certain risks, which have implications for EAZ creation efforts. Keywords: economic activity zones, EAZ, local development, municipal investment, entrepreneurship, innovation, EAZ management. A challenge for sustainable public management: Administrative performance measurement and public sector reform Abstract This chapter proposes a rational approach to administrative performance measurement. As Japan has entered an aged society with a low birthrate, administrative organizations in Japan are required to conduct performance-based public management under tight fiscal conditions. Aiming at efficient management with various schemes for administrative performance measurement based on the theory of New Public Management has been proposed. However, a tangible way of management has not been established due to authoritarianism or political shackles in organizations. In addition, such a performance measurement sometimes involves subjective factors in relation to outcome indices. Therefore, developing a practical evaluation scheme is not straightforward. By applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process, this chapter makes it possible to quantify subjective factors in the evaluation: the degree of contribution of each measure for the achievement of a policy. In order to verify the effectiveness of the application, a case study is performed in a local government in Japan. The proposed approach practically supports public service evaluation based on subjective judgment by executives of administrative organizations in addition to extant project appraisal. The results obtained from the case study show the practical effectiveness of the proposed approach. Based on the evaluation procedure, this chapter further considers a possible scheme of public sector reform in conjunction with a prospective way to transfer authority from an administrative organization to substitutable sectors. The implication of the scheme of reformation illustrates sustainable public management. Keywords: public management, sustainability, publicness, analytic hierarchy process, administrative performance measurement, public sector reform. Plan or die: Entrepreneurs' response to crisis situation Abstrac Thanks to the COVID-19 epidemic, the last two years have been filled with changes for entrepreneurs. As a result, the change leads to a new level, much higher than the previous one. It is a long-term strategy focused on debt levels, risk-advantage approaches, reinvestment in profits, and organizational changes. The purpose of this chapter is to present the results of the entrepreneurs’ response to the situation within and nearly after COVID-19 restrictions. Research findings are based on primary research in more than 300 companies in the Czech Republic (2 rounds of survey – 2020 and 2021). The comparison contrasts the change in strategic thinking due to long-term crisis. The results showed that measurable goals are extremely important during the crisis to maintain discipline in business (an increase of 91%). On the other hand, the exit strategy as a response to crisis is not the preferred solution (the lowest preference). Findings could be applied in managerial practice as a recommendation when research findings illustrate a possible combination of optimal business behavior within a crisis environment. Originality could be seen in the importance of ongoing profit investments and planning of individual activities in the company and the need for an active approach of the entrepreneur. Keywords: COVID-19, crisis behavior, changes in future goals, planning activities, entrepreneurs Hydraulic supplier selection: An Analytic Hierarchy Process approach Abstract In industrial environments, hydraulic systems work in continuous operation, for several applications that may demand control of large loads and high-power density. The inputs used in the maintenance of this type of equipment should follow the policies and procedures established by ISO standards, which may guarantee safety and operational reliability. The supplier selection for hydraulic components is a subject that involves several factors with complex decisions. Efficient and reliable suppliers can be decisive for the company's success. The aim of this study is to propose an evaluation framework for supplier selection of hydraulic equipment in the steel industry. The methods of multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) facilitate the decision-making, including the supplier selection strategies for hydraulic equipment. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is the MCDA method applied to select suppliers by a Brazilian industrial plant. This chapter presents a case of supplier selection of hydraulic equipment, with four suppliers evaluated regarding five criteria and more than 20 sub-criteria, according to three experts. The AHP, the most widely used MCDA method, proved to be a reliable and useful MCDA method even in a case of more than nine criteria. In this case, Quality was the most important criterion, and Price was the less important. The main contribution of this study is to prove that a simple MCDA model, with the AHP application alone, may be enough to solve a practical decision problem, without increasing its complexity with hybridism. Keywords: Analytic Hierarchy Process, multi-criteria decision analysis, hydraulic systems, supplier selections. Strategic business planning technology for weakly-structured subject domains Abstract The purpose of this study is to create a technology and respective software tools for collegial (group) development of strategic plans for businesses in weakly structured domains. Strategic planning in such domains is an often challenging task, as quantitative (or even quantifiable) deterministic data is scarce or unavailable, uncertainty levels are high, and expert knowledge often represents the key information source (potentially, alongside open data). The technology is intended to overcome these challenges. It is based on group construction of a goal-oriented model of the system (subject domain), which is built through the decomposition of the main strategic goal and considers the terminal and resource properties of the system’s components, as well as mutual connections between them. The software toolkit allows knowledge engineers and their invited experts to remotely provide knowledge for building the system model. Then, based on the developed model, using the method of target-oriented dynamic estimation of alternatives and evolutionary methods of optimization, a set of measures (projects) is selected, complete with suggested funding allocated to them within the limited resource volume during the specific planning period. The selected set of measures guarantees the maximum level of achievement of the strategic goal within a given time perspective under limited funding and become the basis of the strategic plan. Methods of group knowledge acquisition and processing have been developed. They became the basis for the development of the original technology and software tools for strategic business planning. Theoretical foundations and methods for reliable obtaining of (thorough and undistorted) collective knowledge in a subject domain, ensuring their concordance and aggregation for further application in various areas, have been suggested. This research aims to solve a global problem of knowledge transfer from people with expertise (experience, intuition) in a certain field to people who need this knowledge to solve practical problems. This theoretical basis is intended for strategic planning practice in various areas, including business. An original way of automating the process of group subject domain model construction and the suggested application of existing and newly developed knowledge-oriented methods to strategic planning are proposed. All material presented in the chapter, is the result of ongoing original research led by the author. Keywords: strategic business-analysis, knowledge transfer, goal dynamic estimating of alternatives, rational distribution of resources, genetic algorithm, technology, subject domains
Supply Chain Information Sharing In The Context Of Agency Theory Perspective
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Author : Anonym
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-02-23
Supply Chain Information Sharing In The Context Of Agency Theory Perspective written by Anonym and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-23 with categories.
Governance Of Buyer Supplier Relationships In Supply Chains
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Author : S. Sapukotanage
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Governance Of Buyer Supplier Relationships In Supply Chains written by S. Sapukotanage and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
Buyer -supplier relationships in supply chains are becoming increasingly important as buyers realize that their success is often tied to the capabilities and performance of suppliers. However since the manufacturer and the supplier are separate entities with each having individual goals, it is not definite that the supplier will support the manufacturer's request and vice versa. As a result exchange partners are said to be more confident about cooperative activities when they feel that they have an adequate level of control over the actions of their partners. Therefore, the need to manage a manufacturer's relationship with its suppliers has been discussed in literature over a long period of time. Thus the aim of this paper is to discuss how the supplier governance mechanisms have been identified in literature during the last decade. According to the literature, the manufacturing firms can draft legal contracts or create formal structures allowing suppliers' financial resource (formal governance) or establishing strong ties that serve as part of the social control mechanism (relational governance) which governs partnership behaviours or maintains a combination of both. Many argue that formal contracts actually undermine trust and thereby encourage the opportunistic behavior which they are supposed to discourage. The benefits of relational ties are also questioned in the case of repeated partnerships. Reviewing the literature it could be concluded that it is important for organizations to understand the organizational context (power relationship and competition intensity) in which the relationship exists, the complexities introduced by uncertainty and the circumstances in which they are applied in order to establish a win-win situation through the governance mechanisms.