Supply chain governance

Bitran GR, Gurumurthi S, Sam SL (2007) The need for third-party coordination in supply chain governance. MIT Sloan Manage Rev 48 30-37... 

CM4 Activity allocation supply chain process definition CMS Supply chain governance CM6 Supporting activities Project Management and human resources... 

A second option allows one to diminish the scope by reducing the number of content modules considered. Thus, all phases would be applied, but only to a limited number of CMs such as customer segmentation and supply chain strategy, or supply chain governance. 

The chapter commences with a presentation of different supply chain governance types. This is followed by a discussion of the actual management of the two singular types of supply chain partners the customers and the suppliers. The chapter concludes with a discussion of information sharing between supply chain parmers. 

Table 7.1 Supply chain governance typology (Geieffi et al. 2005)...

In order to assess the AS-IS configuration of the supply chain holistically, aspects of customer and supplier segmentation, supply chain strategy, manufacturing-related aspects, supply chain processes, supply chain governance, and the efficiency of supply chain management integration are covered. The contents of these topics are briefly summarized below in Fig. 9.2. 

Supply chain governance Description of the supplier and customer relationships Identification of the level of information sharing... 

Content Module 5 Analyzing the Supply Chain Governance... 

Customer segmentation Supplier segmentation Product modularization Activity allocation Supply chain governance Supporting activities... 

EDI/connection (e.g. XML-based) among supply chain members Real-time exchange of supply chain information between supply chain members collaborative planning systems, internet trading exchanges, B2B integration and application server systems 5-Supply Chain Governance o X X X X... 

Supply chain advance planning system Collaboration among supply chain partners extends outwards to customers, spanning the supply chain. Planning re-planning business rules plan changes 5-Supply chain governance o X X X ... 

B2B integration and application server systems Forecasts are replaced with actual customer replenishment signals and orders where possible 5-Supply chain governance 0 X X ... 

Proactive education of customers to set expectations and encourage close working relationships Knowledge of long-lead items, visibility to supply resources, agreement on levels of flexibility 5-Supply chain governance 0 X... 

Available-to-promise (ATP) check Available-to-promise (ATP) provides an availability and feasibility check concerning a customer request or a customer order 5-Supply Chain Governance 0 X X ... 

Customer relationship management system (CRM) Software that provides customer input and keeps the customer iirformed about the planning of the production and delivery process by managing all contacts and communication with the customer thorough all channels including internet and traditional sales and customer service channels 5-Supply chain governance 0 X X X X... 

Inter-company resource planning with EDI/Intemet communication EDI links integrate supplier resource information (inventory, capacity availabihty, etc.) with own resources 5-Supply chain governance X o ... 

They first chose to filter Fig. (11.6) with the long list of corrective actions for Supply Chain Governance . Thereby they identified 14 different corrective actions which could aU be helpfiil to improve their level of information sharing,... 

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