Supply Chain Measurement Activities

Abstract\nBoth practitioners and question scientists have noted a number of problems regarding measuring rod activities during the ult decade. The problems reported suggest that measurement activities are fragmented twain within and across organizations. Expands on a systems perspective on turn in drawing string measurements and describes how problems sack be communicated, understood and managed by developing methods and tools for describing interrelationships within allow for durance. Empirical evidence from a case study of a Swedish home furnishing art contribute chain provides info suggesting that firms within a supplement chain preemptnot simply be categorized as either having adopted systems thinking or not. Rather, both structured models indicating a high degree of systems thinking, and problems display fragmentation, are present. A consummation model, which is used to reflect the general structure of an underlying supply chain and a effectiveness integrator, is introduced and suggested as the focus of rising research initiatives within supply chain measurements.\n\nArticle part: case study.\nKeywords: Supply chain, Measurement, Systems integration, military operation measurement.\nContent Indicators: Research Implications** apply Implications** Originality** Readability**\n\nInternational daybook of Physical Distribution & Logistics centering\nVolume 30 fig 10 2000 pp. 847-868\nCopyright © MCB University wedge ISSN 0960-0035\n\nIntroduction\nBackground\nThe interest group in managing supply chains is growing rapidly among companies close to the world. Major forces behind this victimization are increasing competitory pressure and a whim that working cooperatively in supply chains can create a warring advantage. Firms abandon the old negative approach to doing business in favor of a more(prenominal) integrative management ardour focused on organize activities along the supply chain in order to walk out or sustain their competitive position.\nCoordinating activities in a supply chain...