Supply Chain Innovation for Competing in Highly Dynamic Markets: Challenges and Solutions

Supply Chain Innovation for Competing in Highly Dynamic Markets: Challenges and Solutions

Pietro Evangelista, Alan McKinnon, Edward Sweeney, Emilio Esposito

Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 350

ISBN13: 9781609605858|ISBN10: 1609605853|EISBN13: 9781609605865

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-585-8

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Rapid changes in technological development are forcing businesses to continuously innovate to improve their competitiveness, which is particularly evident in logistics and supply chain management (SCM), where innovation impacts both the strategic and operational levels.

Supply Chain Innovation for Competing in Highly Dynamic Markets: Challenges and Solutions investigates the role of innovation in the management of supply chains of today. This book focuses on supply chain integration from both strategic and operational perspectives and the impact of information technology-related innovation in supply chain and logistics service industries. It also analyzes how environmental innovation affects logistical decisions throughout the supply chain and the strategies employed in managing logistics-related environmental impacts. Finally, the book explores theoretical and practical implications of innovation in the management of supply systems.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

Chapters

Innovation in Supply Chain Integration

Chapter 1

Supply Chain Integration: Challenges and Solutions (pages 1-26)

Edward Sweeney

Since its introduction by management consultants in the early 1980s, supply chain management (SCM) has been primarily concerned with the integration of processes and activities both within and between organisations. The concept of...

Chapter 2

From Integration to Alignment: Challenges and Solutions (pages 27-32)

John Gattorna

Supply chain integration in its various forms has been talked about in the literature for nearly two decades. But the impediments to improved integration have been difficult to overcome, and progress has therefore been painfully...

Chapter 3

Integration Strategies for Electronic Device Supply Chains (pages 33-46)

Claudia-Maria Wagner, Colm Ryan

The growth in the manufacture and distribution of electronic devices is one of the most significant sources of continuing innovation of the last half-century. These products are notable in that they integrate physical elements (i.e....

Chapter 4

Supply Chain Integration in the Textile and Garment Industries: Some Observations from Thailand (pages 47-61)

Ruth Banomyong

Supply chain integration has been theoretically posited as a key requirement that enhances supply chain competitiveness and innovation. However, there has been a lack of empirical evidence related to the level of supply chain...

Chapter 5

Supply Chain Integration and Port Competitiveness: A Network Approach (pages 62-77)

Marcella De Martino, Alessandra Marasco, Alfonso Morvillo

The chapter addresses the issue of port value creation from a supply chain integration (SCI) perspective. Based on the concept of supply chain management (SCM), a theoretical model is proposed aimed at identifying the sources of...

Chapter 6

Implementing Integrated Supply Chain Management (pages 78-96)

Dermot Carey

The concept of supply chain integration (SCI) has been widely set out in the academic literature in recent years. The advantages associated with the integrated approach have been articulated, as have possible approaches to planning...

ICT Supply Chain Innovation

Chapter 7

Adding Value to Logistics Services using ICT: A Case Study Analysis of Small Logistics Companies in Italy (pages 98-122)

Pietro Evangelista

The adoption of information and communication technology (ICT) is one of the most critical areas of innovation for third-party logistics service providers (3PLs). ICT is seen as tool for achieve service differentiation and improving...

Chapter 8

Innovative ICT Applications in Transport and Logistics: Some Evidence from Asia (pages 123-136)

Mark Goh, Kym Fraser

This chapter examines the applications of innovative information and communication technology (ICT) applications in transport and logistics in Asia. Specifically, the authors examine two case studies of how a Logistics Service...

Chapter 9

Using Sensor-Based Measurement Technology to Reduce the Environmental Impact of Perishable Goods (pages 137-154)

Alexander Ilic, Thorsten Staake, Elgar Fleisch

Perishable goods are still a major challenge for supply chains. Temperature fluctuations and other disruptions can occur at various stages of a distribution network. Without sensor technologies, these disruptions are often not...

Chapter 10

Managing Uncertain Inventory in Supply Chain with Neural Network and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) (pages 155-170)

CKM Lee, Ng Wenwei Benjamin, Shaligram Pokharel

Demand uncertainty leads to fluctuations in inventory position at each echelon of a supply chain causing bullwhip effect, which can lead to significant cost and loss of efficiency and waste of resources. One of the aspects that can...

Chapter 11

Intelligent Freight Transportation System: The Effects on Transportation Operations Performance (pages 171-183)

Gunnar Stefansson

The purpose of this chapter is to identify the necessary components of Intelligent Freight Transportation System (IFTS) and analyze the potential effects on transport operations performances in all the three pillars of...

Sustainability Innovation

Chapter 12

Improving the Sustainability of Road Freight Transport by Relaxing Truck Size and Weight Restrictions (pages 185-198)

Alan McKinnon

Increasing legal limits on the size and weight of trucks allows companies to achieve a higher degree of load consolidation. This reduces the total number of vehicle-kilometres required to distribute a given quantity of goods, saving...

Chapter 13

The Role of Urban Consolidation Centres in Sustainable Freight Transport (pages 199-214)

Julian Allen, Michael Browne, Jacques Leonardi, Allan Woodburn

The chapter considers the role that urban consolidation centres (UCCs) can play in helping to reduce goods vehicle traffic and its environmental impacts in urban areas. A UCC is a logistics facility that is situated in relatively...

Chapter 14

The Role of Logistics Service Providers in the Development of Sustainability-Related Innovation (pages 215-223)

Maria Huge-Brodin

Logistics service providers (LSPs) are important actors in the supply chain, and due to the transport intensive activities they manage, they can make a large contribution to the development of sustainable supply chains. They are...

Chapter 15

Reverse Logistics for Sustainable Waste Management Processes (pages 224-237)

Fraser McLeod, Tom Cherrett

This chapter highlights some of the innovative approaches that have been taken by businesses involved in reverse logistics for the removal of waste from urban areas. The chapter reviews some of these approaches and suggests which...

Innovation in Supply System Management

Chapter 16

Discontinuous Innovation in Supply Relationship Management: Two Cases and a Future Research Direction (pages 239-252)

Richard Lamming, Fu Jia

Innovation may be divided into two types: incremental and discontinuous (Tidd et al. 2009). The first of these refers to ‘doing what is already done but better.’ The latter may come through the emergence of a new technology, a...

Chapter 17

How to use the Evaluation of Suppliers to Develop the Supply System (pages 253-268)

Emilio Esposito, Renato Passaro

In recent decades several studies have highlighted that the competitive advantage of large customer firms arises significantly from their ability to achieve a successful supply system through the adoption of effective tools and...

Chapter 18

Being a Preferred Customer of Leading Suppliers and Its Impact on Supplier Contribution to Innovation (pages 269-289)

Holger Schiele, Jasper Veldman, Lisa Hüttinger

In this chapter, the authors introduce the concept of preferred customer status as a means for creating supply-side induced advantages in highly competitive supplier markets. For the authors, being a preferred customer means that a...

Chapter 19

The Human Side of Supply Chains: A Behavioural Perspective of Supply Chain Risk Management (pages 290-314)

Alessandro Ancarani, Carmela Di Mauro

The adoption of the behavioural approach for the study of OM and Supply Chain Management is still fairly novel. However, there is evidence that in order to improve supply chain management it is crucial to develop models that...

Chapter 20

Risk Management: A New Way to Improve Logistics Outsourcing (pages 315-331)

Thierry Sauvage, Mohamed Haouari

In recent years, logistics outsourcing has shown a strong development. However, despite the benefits associated with logistics outsourcing, there are many relationships that do not last as long as they were initially planned. In this...

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