Construction Supply Chain Performance Management

PurposeWe examine how design and implementation practices for supply chain performance management that have proven successful in commercial organisations apply to humanitarian organisations (HOs) to guide the process of designing and implementing performance management in humanitarian organisations.Design/methodology/approachWe identify from the literature ten successful practices regarding the design and implementation of supply chain performance management in commercial businesses. We apply these, using action research over a four-year period, at Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) Belgium and draw conclusions from this.FindingsWe find that tools and techniques, such as workshops and technical sheets, are essential in designing and implementing supply chain performance measurement projects at HOs. Furthermore, making a link to an IT project is crucial when implementing performance measurement systems at HOs. Overall, our case study shows that performance management practices used in business can be applied and are relevant for humanitarian supply chains.Originality/valuePrevious research has argued that there are few empirical studies in the domain of performance management at humanitarian organisations. To the best of our knowledge, this paper is the first to provide a longitudinal understanding of the design and implementation of supply chain performance measurement at HOs.

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An environmental balanced scorecard for supply chain performance measurement (Env_BSC_4_SCPM)

Benchmarking An International Journal ◽

10.1108/bij-08-2013-0087 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 23 (6) ◽

pp. 1398-1422 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Luís Miguel D. F. Ferreira ◽

Cristóvão Silva ◽

Susana Garrido Azevedo

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Supply Chains ◽

Performance Management ◽

Balanced Scorecard ◽

Environmental Performance ◽

Supply Chain Performance ◽

Content Type ◽

Proposed Model ◽

Novel Model

Purpose – Companies need to excel in many areas to achieve a competitive advantage. This, together with pressure imposed by regulators and customers regarding sustainability concerns, leads companies to address sustainability in an integrated fashion across all management processes. The purpose of this paper is to suggest a model for the assessment of the environmental performance of a supply chain, based on four perspectives used in the balanced scorecard. Performance indicators are proposed based on the literature, as well as on the ISO 14031 and GRI standards, and were validated by a panel of experts. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a literature review on models for environmental performance management a novel model to assess the environmental performance of the supply chains (Env_BSC_4_SCPM) is proposed. Data collected from the first tier suppliers of an automotive industry case study are used to test the proposed model. Findings – The model developed was tested in a case study company, showing it ability to benchmark the company first tiers suppliers and products. The model is also useful as a decision support tool to define actions to be taken in order to improve the global environment performance of the supply chain. Research limitations/implications – The proposed model was developed to evaluate the environmental performance of supply chains. Nevertheless, the case study only takes account of the first tier suppliers, due to difficulties associated to data collecting for the other elements in the supply chain. Widening the frontiers, the next phase may include the application of this model to second, third and lower tier suppliers, as well as the final customer. Improvements in the model could also include the construction of a composite index to measure the environmental supply chain performance. Practical implications – The paper provides a model that can be used by practitioners to evaluate the environmental performance of their supply chain and to decide on actions to be taken to improve it. Originality/value – As stated by several authors, there has been limited research conducted in the field of environmental evaluation of supply chains. This paper proposes a novel model for the environmental performance of the supply chain and tests it using industrial empirical data.

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BUSINESS ANALYTICS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN: A DYNAMIC-CAPABILITIES FRAMEWORK

International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making ◽

10.1142/s0219622013500016 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 12 (01) ◽

pp. 9-26 ◽

Cited By ~ 59

Author(s):

BONGSUG (KEVIN) CHAE ◽

DAVID L. OLSON

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Data Management ◽

Performance Management ◽

Dynamic Capabilities ◽

Process Capability ◽

Supply Chain Performance ◽

Chain Process ◽

Business Analytics ◽

Management Capability ◽

Supply Chain Process

Supply chain management has become more important as an academic topic due to trends in globalization leading to massive reallocation of production related advantages. Because of the massive amount of data that is generated in the global economy, new tools need to be developed in order to manage and analyze the data, as well as to monitor organizational performance worldwide. This paper proposes a framework of business analytics for supply chain analytics (SCA) as IT-enabled, analytical dynamic capabilities composed of data management capability, analytical supply chain process capability, and supply chain performance management capability. This paper also presents a dynamic-capabilities view of SCA and extensively describes a set of its three capabilities: data management capability, analytical supply chain process capability, and supply chain performance management capability. Next, using the SCM best practice, sales & operations planning (S&OP), the paper demonstrates opportunities to apply SCA in an integrated way. In discussing the implications of the proposed framework, finally, the paper examines several propositions predicting the positive impact of SCA and its individual capability on SCM performance.

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Study on Manufacturing Engineering with Supply Chain Profit Model of Fast Moving Consumer Goods Based on TOC Operation Mode

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.345.473 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 345 ◽

pp. 473-476

Author(s):

Shou Wen Ji ◽

Cong Cong Li ◽

Jia Juan Chen

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Performance Management ◽

Comprehensive Evaluation ◽

Operation Mode ◽

Research Result ◽

Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation ◽

Theory Of Constraints ◽

Supply Chain Performance ◽

Profit Model ◽

Manufacturing Engineering

The article introduces Theory of Constraints to supply chain of manufacturing engineering field and establishes a FMCG supply chain fuzzy comprehensive evaluation model, then use a practical research to support the research result. Through FMCG profit model, comparing TOC model and non-TOC model FMCG supply chain performance, demonstrate the advantage introducing TOC model in FMCG supply chain performance management field.

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