Supply chain complexity

The type of supplier-customer relationship and the degree of supply chain complexity are likely to determine the opportunities and the recommended strategic approach to value creation. To map the opportunity and the recommended strategic approach to value creation, it is useful to classify segments by the type of sup-... 

In the end, it seems most likely that only these two types of industry networks will survive in this segment, and that the e-distributors may possibly have the advantage in some segments. The individual supplier extranet will probably not succeed in this segment of high supply chain complexity because of the sheer number of websites a customer would have to handle in order to achieve transparency. 

We continue to face ongoing challenges in managing and balancing the business need for more differentiation and variety with rising supply chain complexity. 

Product Lifecycle Management, which comprehends new product introduction and product sunset, in order to reduce supply chain complexity and allow becoming agile. 

It is important to highlight that it is not proposed in this book that all companies need to move to a high level 4 (advanced puU) or 5 (optimized puU) immediately, but instead, companies need to evaluate the competitiveness level of the marketplace where they operate, their organizational structure maturity, its supply chain complexity, which is aligned with the contingency theory described in the literature... 

Bode C, Wagner SM (2015) Structural drivers of upstream supply chain complexity and the frequency of supply chain dismptions. J Oper Manag (accepted manuscript)... 

H2 Supply chain complexity is negatively associated with the level of outsourcing. 

There is a need for a constant review of process structure and a consequent re-engineering if this pervasive source of supply chain complexity is to be kept to a minimum. 

The design of products can have a significant impact on supply chain complexity. It can be argued that the supply chain begins on the drawing board in that decisions on the choice of materials and components can directly or indirectly impact total life cycle costs as well as agility and responsiveness. 

Wilding, R. (1998) Tbe supply chain complexity triangle uncertainty generation in the supply chain. International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logisitcs Management, Vol. 28, No. 8, pp. 599-616. 

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