Virtual supply chain

Studies that involve complex modeling of virtual supply chains have shown that the sharing of information provides benefits throughout the... 

Robb, Drew, The virtual enterprise how companies use technology to stay in control of a virtual supply chain, Information Strategy The Executive s Journal, Summer 2003, pp- 6-11. 

Lean Performance ERP Project Management Implementii the Virtual Supply Chain... 

Virtual supply chain units— units that are not dedicated to certain physical locations providing digital products or providing digital value added or critical... 

Information processing velocity in supply chains has increased dramatically thanks in part to mobile and cloud based technologies. This chapter demonstrates that many modem supply chains are a combination ot physical and virtual supply chain units. It proposes methods tor evaluating the combined supply chains and introduces a new concept ot cloud chains. 

Investigating the End-Customers Acceptance of the Virtual Supply Chain The Case of Grocery Retailers in Egypt... 

Keywords Virtual supply chain (VSC) model (TAM) Egypt Grocery... 

There is no doubt that supply chain order fulfilment is the Achilles heel of the e-business economy. At the end of every e-commerce, on-line trading and virtual supply chain there is a factory, a warehouse and a transport. Internet has elevated the performance of information accessibility, currency transactions and data accuracy, but the real effectiveness of supply chain from the source to customer cannot be achieved without the physical efficiency of the supply chain. Web-based software and e-market places are increasing the alternatives available to e-supply chain managers in aU operations including the service industry. More opportunities may also mean more options and complexity. Therefore, it is vital that a process is in place to ensure the performance of e-supply chain for both virtual and physical activities. 

Information technology and the Internet has improved the access to information, enabled cnrrency transactions, and improved data accuracy. However the real effectiveness of supply chain management is the physical movanent of materials from source to customer. Important components for every e-commerce, on-line trading and virtual supply chain are factories, warehouses and transport. 

Presented research are carried out under the LOGOS project (Model of coordination of virtual supply chains meeting the requirements of corporate social responsibility) under grant agreement number PBS1/B9/17/2013. 

Figure 7.2 The extended enterprise and the virtual supply chain...

Cisco Systems, one of the world s leading players in the networking and telecommunications markets, has created a virtual supply chain in which almost all manufacturing and physical logistics are outsourced to specialist contract manufacturers and third-party logistics companies. Only a very small proportion of their 20,000 different stock keeping units are actually touched by Cisco. 

Transparency of information upstream and downstream is essential for synchronisation to work. For example, the supplier must be able to access the customer s forward production schedules, and the customer must be able to see into the supplier s stockroom. The virtual supply chain envisages partners in the chain being linked together by a common information system, so that information replaces the need for inventories. 

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