Originally published as the International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistic Management Volume 36 Number 6, 2006
ISBN: 1 84663 072 X
Guest Edited by: Remko I. van Hoek
For the guest editor Remko I. van Hoek, in the field of logistics the debate between the ‘lean’ thinkers and those who advocate ‘agility’ is still very much alive.
This Special Issue follows the International Conference on Agility in Helsinki, Finland, and is a collection of some of the best of the 50 papers presented there. The papers touch on agility with regards to forecasting, manufacturing, simulation, ERP and Chinese sourcing. The result is that the concept of agility can be considered as a practical path forward, rather than just a topic of academic debate.
Contents:
Plan for supply chain agility at Nokia: Lessons from the mobile infrastructure industry
The purpose of this paper is to describe how demand planning can increase agility in supply chains. The paper builds on a case study from mobile infrastructure industry with explicit focus on project business environment.
A balanced approach to building agile supply chains
Parallel developments in the areas of agile systems and manufacturing, and supply chain management led to the introduction of the agile supply chains (ASC) concept. How to achieve agility in supply chain is, however, a subject of question and research. This paper proposes a framework for the development of ASC that is based on the integration of existing supply chain analysis.
Improving agility of supply chains using base stock model and computer based simulations
The purpose of this paper is to deal with the application of the stochastic inventory model to the three-tier supply chain and verify the values obtained by mathematical model in physical simulation.
Competing in the 21st century supply chain through supply chain management and enterprise resource planning integration
This article investigates the integration of supply chain management (SCM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for competing in the twenty-first century supply chain.
Partnering motives and partner selection: Case studies of Finnish distributor relationships in China
This article studies the motives for partnerships in marketing channels and provides an empirical study on mutual selection between manufacturers and distributors.
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