Inter-enterprise

Tata, S., Chebbi, L A bottom-up approach to inter-enterprise business processes. In Proceedings of the 13 IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies (WETICE 2004), Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, Modena, Italy, June 14-16, 2004, pp. 129-134. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos (2004)... 

Most companies understand that supply chains have complex processes. They also know all too well that the underlying processes are growing more complex. They live it every day. However, what most companies fail to realize is that supply chains are complex systems with finite trade-offs. These choices happen up and down the supply chain. Leaders make them consciously while laggards make them by default. They are both horizontal (cross-functional) and vertical (within a function). They are also intra-enterprise (within the company) and inter-enterprise (external to the company within a trading network). 

As a result, they have stumbled forward. As companies have outsourced the supply chain, they have had to build inter-enterprise processes to ensure that they are able to achieve better levels of quality, customer service, and corporate social responsibility through their network as they did when all functions reported through their organization. As a result, the focus of the supply chain has become outside-in. 

Responses Customer responses form the central theme of the supply chain strategy. The market value of the supply chain can be dramatically enhanced by jointly creating profitable revenue growth through integrated inter-enterprise solutions and responses. 

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Level 4, external value chain, focuses on the consumer with partners and establishes inter-enterprise synchronization. 

Figure 5.8 Inter-Enterprise Demand Management and Capacity Planning...

Finally, we see how a very few Level-5 firms have taken the time and expended the effort to create full network connectivity through design and implementation of e-business models that span a single inter-enterprise network. With these most advanced models, we look at the future state of supply chain modeling and what it holds for those needing to be in the frontmost position. 

Verdecho, M., Alfaro-Saiz, J., Rodriguez-Rodriguez, R., Ortiz-Bas, A. (2012). A multi-criteria approach for managing inter-enterprise collaborative relationships. Omega, 40(3), 249-263. 

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