There is a growing literature exploring the increasing fragmentation of production processes and the evolution of internationally-dispersed but functionally-integrated economic activities. However, most of this literature appears to neglect an important part of the story, that is the form and the organization of the relationships the governance among the various...
The concept of a Value Chain has existed for twenty years but the authors find it still is an unclear concept. It has been suggested that the third generation supply chain is based on customer intimacy and is fully synchronized. In this paper, the authors discuss the need to relate...
Loss costs and processing expenses devour three-quarters of every premium dollar, and old-line claims processing systems haven't got what it takes to reduce claims outflows - but replacing them is rarely practical or cost-effective. The paper outlines that staying competitive means embracing integrative techniques and technologies that extend the value...
This white paper addresses the application of lean manufacturing techniques within the enterprise and across the supply chain, and introduces QAD's new Lean Manufacturing module as an effective and comprehensive means of achieving that goal. It explains how lean manufacturing has proved itself in the field - and where we...
Treasury systems enable governments to prepare financial plans, implement annual budgets, handle cash resources, provide fiscal accounts, and ensure control and accountability. The design of these systems varies considerably across countries, reflecting differences in priorities, country capacities, and political traditions. The paper develops a generic value chain for a treasury...
Aerospace represents, more than any other industry, a very extensive outsourced supply chain - about 80 percent of the airplane is now outsourced. Aerospace firms do so little of their own manufacturing, in fact, that companies like Boeing think of themselves more as large-scale systems integrators than airplane manufacturers. This...
When CEO Andrew Liveris talks about restoring a long-term luster to Dow Chemical, he predictably ticks off objectives concerning product innovation, joint ventures and financial discipline. But in the same breath, he'll also mention the company's val When CEO Andrew Liveris talks about restoring a long-term...
Leaders in the study are creating value and gaining competitive advantage from supply markets by focusing on four areas: Innovation and growth, value chain optimization, advanced cost management techniques, risk management and supply continuity. Customer demands for a constant stream of new products and features as well as increased competition...
Forrester's evaluations confirm what companies already know — they deliver subpar experiences to customers. But it's not for lack of trying. Companies say that improving customer experience is a critical objective. Our research uncovered a pattern in the customer experience best practices that we found. Forrester calls this underlying commonality...
The premier real-world roll-out of new information technologies excites an industry. The METRO Group's Future Store FS by a group of companies organized as the Future Store Initiative FSI is such a roll-out. It demonstrates how to significantly change today's worldwide shopping, retailing, and value chain logistics. FS is based...
A systematic unbundling and review of each stage in the value chain can shed some light on the possible future for automotive finance. Unlike the mortgage industry, auto finance in the United States continues to be dominated by a set of vertically integrated competitors, each performing all three major activities...
This paper presents a framework for value chain profiling developed by researchers at Sintef and NTNU, within SMARTLOG, a research program funded by the Norwegian research council. The framework is a first step in an attempt to develop a value chain description scheme, and the purpose of the framework is...
This paper proposes a model for understanding the transformation of the market structure in the recorded music industry value chain due to new forms of digital distribution. It takes into account the traditional music industry's value chain and distribution network, and the product characteristics of digital music as they relate...
There is an increasing trend for firms to use a portfolio approach to govern their business processes using multiple sourcing mechanisms involving multiple firms and geographic sites. Managers need guidance and frameworks to select the right sourcing mechanisms for different business processes. This paper develops two research-driven conceptual frameworks to...
Studies from Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Consulting Company Droege & Comp. revealed that nearly every second industrial company in Germany will relocate partial or total production abroad during the next three years. 70% of all manufacturing companies enquired have already moved parts of their organisation during the last...
The automotive industry faces one of the most demanding phases of its recent evolution. Fierce competition means that some manufacturers and suppliers face mergers or acquisitions, or ultimately exiting the business. Manufacturers' and suppliers' responses as they confront these obstacles will determine which companies will still be part of the...
The automotive industry faces one of the most demanding phases of its recent evolution. Fierce competition means that some manufacturers and suppliers will face mergers or acquisitions, or ultimately exiting the business. Manufacturers' and suppliers' responses as they confront these obstacles will determine which companies will still be part of...
A supply chain simply moves products across multiple trading partners whereas a value chain generates a profit accomplishing this. Measuring true performance, not just hundreds of metrics destined for little use in briefing books, is a major challenge for supply chain managers. Increasingly measures must widen their horizon beyond the...
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