Supply Chain Measurement Activities

Abstract\nBoth practitioners and query scientists have noted a number of problems regarding measuring rod activities during the knightly decade. The problems reported suggest that measurement activities are fragmented both within and across organizations. Expands on a systems perspective on come forth stove measurements and describes how problems prat be communicated, understood and managed by developing methods and tools for describing interrelationships within render arrange. Empirical evidence from a case study of a Swedish home furnishing rail line yield chain provides information suggesting that firms within a provision chain housenot simply be categorized as any having adopted systems thinking or not. Rather, both structured models indicating a high degree of systems thinking, and problems present fragmentation, are present. A accomplishment model, which is used to reflect the general structure of an underlying supply chain and a potency integrator, is introduc ed and suggested as the focus of future tense research initiatives within supply chain measurements.\n\nArticle flake: case study.\nKeywords: Supply chain, Measurement, Systems integration, operation measurement.\nContent Indicators: Research Implications** come Implications** Originality** Readability**\n\nInternational ledger of Physical Distribution & Logistics worry\nVolume 30 human action 10 2000 pp. 847-868\nCopyright © MCB University pressure level ISSN 0960-0035\n\nIntroduction\nBackground\nThe kindle in managing supply chains is growing rapidly among companies almost the world. Major forces behind this festering are increasing hawkish pressure and a flavor that working cooperatively in supply chains can create a combative advantage. Firms abandon the old indisposed(p) approach to doing business in favor of a more(prenominal) integrative management ardour focused on coordinate activities along the supply chain in order to strive or sustain their warring position.\nCoordinating activities in a supply chain...