Supply chain management knowledge

The objective of the research presented in this chapter is to formalize the capture and management of supply chain management knowledge accumulated in various domains of science, engineering, and technology, and using various problemsolving techniques. 

Organizational culture Continued) definition of, 956 dimensions of, 958 and new technology, 956-961 process-control-minded, 2002, 2003 propensity towards change in, 1705 and supply chain management, 2126, 2127 for sustaining knowledge management, 216-217... 

Information networks Flexible networks with few physical assets processing a flow of innovations Supply chain managers are network creators and leaders Data is accessed and converted into information, knowledge, and intelligence 4... 

Selecting software packages for supply chain management support requires an in-depth knowledge of business and IT applications. To obtain the best fit at the lowest price in the minimum time requires knowledge of the latest software packages, plus the application of smart buying practices. A sound selection process will ... 

The conunon knowledge refers to industry standards and generally accepted supply chain management concepts. The common knowledge facilitates established mappings between concept definitions in repositories maintained by individual supply chain units, thus leading to easier establishment of the common repository used by the supply chain configuration system. 

The key elements that form the virtual network in terms of supply chain management are suppliers, who actually perform, provide/sell, and deliver the product/ service in demand intermediaries, who own the supplier/customer relationship and knowledge and customers, who directly purchase and acquire the product/service. Their roles tend to change as a supplier or an intermediary in a given business relationship may play the role of a customer in another one. Not all suppliers and business partners are alike. Some suppliers provide materials that are used in production, while others provide indirect goods (Manthou et al. 2004). 

This paper explores the dairy supply chains from the perspective of supply chain management, and in doing so, it integrates operations and marketing processes for enhanced level of value creation. This approach is in line with Karmakar (1996) and Malhotra and Sharma (2002). To the best of author s knowledge, this would be first of a kind study exploring sustainability for dairy operations in an Indian context. 

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