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  Managing Supply Risks: A System Theory Approach to Supply Early Warning Systems

  Christopher Jahns, Evi Hartmann, Marco Moder

  …195 Managing Supply Risks: A System Theory Approach to Supply Early Warning Systems Christopher Jahns, Evi Hartmann, and Marco Moder Abstract… …External developments and incidents in the upstream supply chain can lead to a vulnerable Supply Management. To fully cover the existing range of supply… …risks, attention needs to be focused on the early stage of Supply Risk Management. The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into the key factors… …of Early Warning Systems in Supply Management: Why is such a system necessary and how should it be developed and implemented in order to identify… …, analyse, and assess risks in Supply Management? Literature analysis shows the demand for more theoretically grounded and empirical research in this area… …. Hence, based on systems theory, a model for a Supply Early Warning System is proposed. This basic research model alongside with several propositions… …about the influence of a Supply Early Warning System on the total Supply Performance will be tested during a questionnaire-based survey in the… …automotive industry. Keywords: Supply Management, Early Warning System, Risk Exposure, Supply Risk Management 1 Developments in Supply Environment and… …Markets Lead to an Increasing Risk Exposure for the Supply Management Trends and developments in environment and market structures have always been… …to a rising importance of en- terprise networks, where competitive advantages can only be achieved jointly within the whole supply chain (Brindley und…

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  Mitigating Risk during Strategic Supply Network Modelling

  Nikolaus Müssigmann

  …213 Mitigating Risk during Strategic Supply Network Modelling Nikolaus Müssigmann Abstract The purchasing function in many companies has gone… …is to reduce supply risk by facilitating efficient methods for supplier selection and supplier de- velopment. In many branches like the automotive… …industry complex supply net- works arose spanning multiple tiers of suppliers. Therefore a paradigm shift has been discovered in purchasing in managing… …complete supply networks instead of di- rect suppliers. Identifying and mitigating supply risk in entire supply networks is one of the main challenges… …purchasing is exposed to. Keywords: Strategic Supply Network, Supply Network Management, Supply Risk 1 Introduction Reducing vertical integration and… …mitigate risk associated with these nodes. The paper concentrates on the domain of strategic supply net- works, which are defined as hybrid corporate… …markets (Sydow 1992). In chapter 2 a general view on risk and risk management is initially given and based on this general view the supply risk linked to… …strategic supply networks is de- fined and a risk management process for strategic supply networks is deduced. Chapter 3 gives an overview on previous work… …on the identification, evaluation and selection of strategic supply networks. Chapter 4 introduces methods and criteria to identify critical nodes in… …strategic supply networks and chapter 5 gives an overview on potential options for action to mitigate the supply risk associated with these cri- tical nodes…

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  Design Risk Management: A New Framework for Managing Supply Chain Risk

  Omera Khan

  …253 Design Risk Management: A New Framework for Managing Supply Chain Risk Omera Khan Abstract Outsourcing, off-shore manufacturing and the… …globalisation of supply chains have become significant trends in the textile and clothing supply chain. Whilst the po- tential benefits of offshore manufacturing… …to offshore manufacturing. A significant issue arising from this trend is how should companies manage their design capability in a global supply… …network, with the increased lead times that offshore manufacturing often generates. In a dynamic, fast moving sector, where quick response and agile supply… …chain management are the recipe for success, design has become an increasingly important capability for a firm which must be factored in to the supply… …supply chain risk profile and argue the importance of design risk management for mitigating supply chain risk. Keywords: Risk, Supply Chain Risk… …communities such as globalisation highlight the need for much higher levels of supply chain re- sponsiveness and a more co-ordinated network of suppliers to… …promote responsive- Omera Khan 254 ness in supply chains. This paper addresses these fundamental issues from a textiles and clothing industry… …perspective – how can companies from this sector remain competitive and agile in a globalizing economy which is increasingly exposed to supply chain risks?… …design man- agement in the supply chain can provide an effective means to meet these chal- lenges. The results discussed in this paper are based on an…

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  Creating Shareholder Value through Value-Driven Supply Chain Management

  Heimo Losbichler, Markus Rothboeck

  …281 Creating Shareholder Value through Value-Driven Supply Chain Management Heimo Losbichler and Markus Rothboeck Abstract While supply-chain… …excellence has become increasingly important to financial per- formance, many executives remain uncertain about which supply chain strategies, and investments… …create most value. There is a lack of frameworks managing finan- cial performance in SCM. This paper presents a framework for value-driven supply chain… …, based on a large scale European Cash-to-cash (C2C) study the authors have con- ducted. Keywords: Supply Chain Management, Controlling, Shareholder Value… …technology, more demanding customers, and the need to increase shareholder value have made everyone talking about the importance of supply chain management… …extent never seen before in order to focus on their core competencies (Mercer, 2003, p. 4). Therefore, collaborating and improving supply chain… …performance becomes a critical driver for financial performance and expectations about the supply chain initiatives’ financial outcome are high (Cap Gemini… …extraordinary agile supply chain. The company can design, produce and distribute new designs to their stores within 15 days (Ferdows/Lewis/Machuca, 2004, p… …, 2002, p. 30). Singhal/Hendricks show evidence about the direct link be- tween supply chain performance and stock-exchange price in their U.S. related… …stu- dy. Companies that had to announce a glitch in supply chain performance (defined as a disruption in the matching of supply and demand) suffered an…

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