1. OSCM Publications
  2. Volume 1, Issue 1, 2008

Volume 1, Issue 1, 2008

  1. Cover and Table of Contents
    Abstract Full PDF Cite DOI: http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm020008
    No abstract available
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     (2008). Cover and Table of Contents. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 1(1), 0-0. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm020008
  2. Capability and Practice in Procurement Collaboration: A Vendor’s Perspective of Benefits
    Abstract Full PDF Cite DOI: http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm020009
    This paper is based on a study of 105 Australian manufacturing companies focusing on their relationships as vendors with customers. In particular, the focus of the paper was on determining the extent to which collaboration through both Internet based technological capability and collaborative practices involving partnering with customers influenced three separate aspects of firm performance: operational, quality and financial. The results show that vendors perceive collaboration with customers to directly influence operational performance and quality performance. They do not see any direct link with financial outcomes. There is evidence, however, suggesting that financial performance is influenced by operational and quality performance. The findings indicate that vendors may find it difficult to see the real benefits of collaboration due to the nature of the relationship with customers. The results are explained in terms of both transaction cost theory and the knowledge based view of the firm.
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  title={Capability and Practice in Procurement Collaboration: A Vendor’s Perspective of Benefits},
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     (2008). Capability and Practice in Procurement Collaboration: A Vendor’s Perspective of Benefits. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 1(1), 0-0. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm020009
  3. Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Operational Information Sharing within Supply Chain Channels in Malaysia
    Abstract Full PDF Cite DOI: http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm020010
    The literature on supply chain and information has grown consistently over the past few years. This scenario reflects that that academics and practitioners have realized that in order for firms to become flexible, adaptable and efficient, they must focus their resources on managing the information throughout the supply chain channel. On the other hand, the competitive global marketplace requires firms to be flexible, for example they need to be able to share the information so that they can deliver materials with rapid cycle, or driving towards operational excellence. Although information sharing among trading partners is consistently mentioned as a key requirement of effectiveness supply chain management, research on information sharing is scarce particularly in Malaysian cases. This lack of research provides little guidance and support for those managers interested in improving their information sharing with the suppliers and customers. The main aim of this paper is to identify what are the factors influencing the effectiveness of operational information sharing. Questionnaires were sent to supply chain managers at E&E firms in several industries in Malaysia. Five independent variables namely, information quality, IT commitment, SCM commitment, organizational size and trust were significantly related to operational information sharing. This finding indicates that it is extremely important to consider the quality of the information and the ability of the recipients to utilize the information based on differences in technologies being used, apart from their commitment on SCM, size of their organizations and trust among the partners. With the critical role that operational information plays in increasing the collaboration among supply chain partners, these factors are believed can facilitate the effectiveness of operational information sharing by supporting the practitioners to build capabilities to compete globally.
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  title={Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Operational Information Sharing within Supply Chain Channels in Malaysia},
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     (2008). Factors Influencing the Effectiveness of Operational Information Sharing within Supply Chain Channels in Malaysia. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 1(1), 0-0. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm020010
  4. Advanced Available-To-Promise for Order Management in Stock-out Situation
    Abstract Full PDF Cite DOI: http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm020011
    Many authors have highlighted the gap between the supply side and the demand side of the order fulfilment process. Generally, the latter tends primarily to be “agile” by maximising responsiveness and flexibility while the former tends to be “lean” by maximising efficiency. However, the most fundamental trade-offs in supply chain management are between these two properties. This is the “leagile” objective. In stock-out situation, the delivery options that would minimize the customers’ dissatisfaction while reconciling the conflicting objectives of the different actors of the supply network must be defined. Today, no particular method seems to allow managing bulk within this leagile ambition. This paper proposes a non-sequential Advanced Available-to-promise model to tackle this question. The model is applied to a numerical example and the results obtained are used to illustrate the most representative delivery strategies.
    @article{oscm-2008-435,
  title={Advanced Available-To-Promise for Order Management in Stock-out Situation},
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     (2008). Advanced Available-To-Promise for Order Management in Stock-out Situation. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 1(1), 0-0. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm020011
  5. Selecting Green Suppliers with Analytic Hierarchy Process for Biotechnology Industry
    Abstract Full PDF Cite DOI: http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm020012
    The biotechnology industry is recognized as one of the industries of the 21st century with the most potential. The Taiwanese government accordingly has included the biotechnology industry as part of the project entitled “Two-Trillion-Twin-Stars”. Under current environmental protection regulations, the pressures related to the green industrial revolution are being intensified. Enterprises collaboratively executing green supply chain management with suppliers are urgently needed. One crucial step of supply chain management is to select appropriate partners. Green supplier selection is conducted by embedding the environmental protection concept within supplier evaluation processes. The primary intention of this study is to investigate the selection process for green suppliers in the biotechnology industry via utilization of the analytic hierarchy process (AHP). The research study collaboratively establishes a set of green supplier evaluation criteria and designs the evaluation processes. In short, the objectives are twofold: (1) to establish collaborative evaluation criteria of green suppliers utilizing AHP; and (2) to construct evaluation processes according to the aforementioned set of criteria. The findings of this research suggest that the major concerns in terms of green supplier selection for biotechnology companies are currently cGMP certification, established environmental policies, and product acknowledgement. Also, an evaluation form consisting of green criteria and weights is constructed to facilitate the selection process.
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  title={Selecting Green Suppliers with Analytic Hierarchy Process for Biotechnology Industry},
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  journal={Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal},
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     (2008). Selecting Green Suppliers with Analytic Hierarchy Process for Biotechnology Industry. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 1(1), 0-0. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm020012
  6. Collaborative Supply Chain Management: The Hybrid Knowledge-Based Development Approach of Suppliers-Customers Perspective
    Abstract Full PDF Cite DOI: http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm020013
    Using a hybrid (Knowledge Based, GAP analysis and AHP approach) methodology, the Knowledge-Based CSCM (KBCSCM) system was developed to assist in planning and designing a Collaborative Supply Chain Management (CSCM). The KBCSCM system has a capability to identify variables or factors that need to be improved immediately for supply chain collaboration development. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the approach / methodology that used to identify the key components that are need to be improved in developing a CSCM from the supplier and customer perspective. This paper also demonstrates the use of The Gauging Absence of Prerequisites (GAP) analysis and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique that are embedded in the KBCSCM system, which is used to support the CSCM development. This paper deals with the perspective of auto parts suppliers and customers in the automotive industry on the ability to work together among suppliers, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and customers in supply chain management (SCM). A case study approach has been used to gather data from 150 respondents in 8 different organisations through KBCSCM system. Series of questions have been asked and followed by interview to confirm the answers from respondents. By utilising GAP analysis and AHP technique, management could use the result to design the supply chain collaboration environment. The GAP analysis technique, which embedded in the knowledge-based system, is proposed to analyse the gap between the current and the desirable position (benchmark) for an effective implementation. The proposed framework enables suppliers and customers to identify key factors or issues that have greater improvement priority for supply chain collaboration development.
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  title={Collaborative Supply Chain Management: The Hybrid Knowledge-Based Development Approach of Suppliers-Customers Perspective},
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     (2008). Collaborative Supply Chain Management: The Hybrid Knowledge-Based Development Approach of Suppliers-Customers Perspective. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 1(1), 0-0. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm020013
  7. Table of Contents
    Abstract Full PDF Cite DOI: http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm010001
    No abstract available
    @article{oscm-2008-438,
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  journal={Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal},
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     (2008). Table of Contents. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 1(1), 0-0. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm010001
  8. Editorial
    Abstract Full PDF Cite DOI: http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm010002
    No abstract available
    @article{oscm-2008-439,
  title={Editorial},
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  journal={Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal},
  year={2008},
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     (2008). Editorial. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 1(1), 0-0. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm010002
  9. Sustainability and the Future of Supply Chain Management
    Abstract Full PDF Cite DOI: http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm010003
    The global supply chain is embarking upon a new era of challenges and opportunities. Environmental protection, energy availability, and dramatic population increases are placing unprecedented pressure on the abilities of worldwide supply chains to efficiently and effectively provide goods and services. However, modern supply chains and the supply chain of the future also have unprecedented access to technology, particularly communication technology, enabling real-time connectivity to virtually anyone on earth. This paper describes the challenges and opportunities facing the supply chain of the future and describes the various effects these issues have on supply chain design, management, and integration.
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     (2008). Sustainability and the Future of Supply Chain Management. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 1(1), 0-0. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm010003
  10. Is the East Following the West or its own Destiny for Industrial Development? A Research Agenda based on Supply-Chain Integration
    Abstract Full PDF Cite DOI: http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm010004
    We seek to set up a research agenda around the question of whether companies in emerging economies in Asia are following the same industrial development path as those in developed countries. In particular, we compare supply chain integration in these economies through examples of companies known for their supply chain expertise and explore if and how supply-chain integration is different for these companies. These examples indicate that companies in emerging economies in Asia might be focusing on the customer or the front end of the supply chain for integration efforts while those in developed economies might be focusing on the supply or the back end of the supply chain. To explain these or other differences, we provide alternative research hypothesis based on the notion of development cycle and on region-specific development, along with related research questions for further research and their different policy implications.
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  title={Is the East Following the West or its own Destiny for Industrial Development? A Research Agenda based on Supply-Chain Integration},
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     (2008). Is the East Following the West or its own Destiny for Industrial Development? A Research Agenda based on Supply-Chain Integration. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 1(1), 0-0. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm010004
  11. Adoption of Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies: Comparing Small, Medium and Larger Organizations
    Abstract Full PDF Cite DOI: http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm010005
    This paper aims to extend understanding of adoption drivers and outcomes for supply chain management enabling technologies. In order to achieve this data has been collected from two surveys within the Australian Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector two years apart. The focus of this study is to understand how adoption differs for large, medium and small organizations within this sector. Although use of these technologies has been previously researched in FMCG supply chains, few of these studies have focused on why organization size appears to moderate adoption, particularly for Internet based technologies. This study also aims to broaden the analysis to include smaller firms that make up the majority of players in this group, and for whom reduced costs of access and use should provide incentives to adopt. The evidence indicates that although the adoption and use of supply chain management enabling technologies is more attractive to large and medium sized organizations, these same organizations appear to be inherently more susceptible to common impediments to extended adoption. At the same time, however, small organizations do not appear to be as encumbered by outdated processes and cultural inertia yet they do not adopt these technologies readily. There is also evidence found indicating that SME’s should not be treated as a homogeneous group, and that there are significant differences recorded between small and medium sized firms traditionally defined as being SME’s.
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  title={Adoption of Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies: Comparing Small, Medium and Larger Organizations},
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     (2008). Adoption of Supply Chain Management Enabling Technologies: Comparing Small, Medium and Larger Organizations. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 1(1), 0-0. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm010005
  12. Modeling and Analysis of a Reverse Supply Chain Network for Lead-Acid Battery Manufacturing
    Abstract Full PDF Cite DOI: http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm010006
    This paper describes the design of a closed-loop supply chain network for a lead-acid battery manufacturing operation. The planning model encompasses the entire closed-loop business process including purchasing, production, and end-of-life dead product collection and recycling. The model is a multi-objective, multi-echelon mixed integer linear program, which minimizes the total cost of the operations and the total pollution emissions related to transportation, subject to structural and functional constraints. Numerical examples have been provided to present the results regarding raw material procurement, production, recycling and inventory levels, and the transportation activities between the various echelons.
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  title={Modeling and Analysis of a Reverse Supply Chain Network for Lead-Acid Battery Manufacturing},
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     (2008). Modeling and Analysis of a Reverse Supply Chain Network for Lead-Acid Battery Manufacturing. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 1(1), 0-0. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm010006
  13. Applying Design Structure Matrix (DSM) Method in Mass Customizations
    Abstract Full PDF Cite DOI: http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm010007
    Growing demand on product individualization forces manufacturing organizations to react quickly and reducing the cost at the same time. To meet individual customers’ need, competitive enterprises have to adopt both strategies of customer-driven and cost efficient product development. This can only be achieved by raising designers’ awareness of market information, which includes both customer, and competitors’ information. Sharing market situation among concurrent design teams is critical to provide customized products. This paper discusses mass customization approach using Design Structure Matrix (DSM) methodology, which is a valuable tool for producing different product variety quickly and economically. Our focus in this paper is to demonstrate how product-customization could be done efficiently by using DSM. A case example taken from Volvo Company trucks is also included with this paper in order to show how different design rules could be implemented successfully by using DSM, which may be helpful for customization process too.
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     (2008). Applying Design Structure Matrix (DSM) Method in Mass Customizations. Operations and Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 1(1), 0-0. https://doi.org/http://doi.org/10.31387/oscm010007
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