Operational complexity and supplier–customer integration: case study insights and complexity rebound

Sivadasan, Suja; Smart, Janet; Huatuco, Luisa Huaccho; Calinescu, Anisoara

doi:10.1057/jors.2009.138

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“…Based on the Council of Supply Chain Management Professional (CSCMP), supply chain is identical to a complex system with a series of activities including planning and managing the entire process in supply chain network. Supply chain also consists of simultaneous interaction between companies and channel or partners in uncertain conditions (Sivadasan et al, 2002(Sivadasan et al, , 2006(Sivadasan et al, , 2010(Sivadasan et al, , 2013Motiwalla and Thompson, 2012). The main key to effectively manage a supply chain network is to manage the process of coordination and integration between supply chain network component (channel/partner) and supply chain network flow (Motiwalla and Thompson, 2012).…”

Section: Supply Chainmentioning

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Product Variety, Supply Chain Complexity and the Needs for Information Technology: A Framework Based on Literature Review

Huddiniah

2019

OSCM: An Int. Journal

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Recently, many companies are competing against each other to be the first to offer new product in the market, even when offering new products brings additional challenges for their operations. At the same time, information technology is chosen as the most effective solution to help company facing supply chain problems that arise due to increasing flow of materials and information in the supply chain. However, many companies still do not fully considered the importance of aligning the needs of information technology with the supply chain and business conditions. This paper conduct a structured literature review on the influence of product variety, supply chain complexity, and the needs level of information technology. Based on the literature review a conceptual framework is developed that highlight three propositions: the potential relations between product variety and supply chain complexity, supply chain complexity and information technology, and the importance of aligning the implementation of information technology with the company's business condition. Finally, the main propositions from this study is that there are potential connections among product variety, supply chain complexity, business condition and information technology.

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Section: Supply Chainmentioning

confidence: 99%

Product Variety, Supply Chain Complexity and the Needs for Information Technology: A Framework Based on Literature Review

Huddiniah

2019

OSCM: An Int. Journal

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“…In this context, complexity is estimated by analysing the deviation between observed and scheduled resource states (in other words, the probability of a resource being out of schedule) which is captured through real-time process observations taken at regular intervals. This symptom is a consequence of dynamic complexity and investigated by means of Shannon entropy in numerous studies (Alfaro and Sepulveda, 2006;Calinescu et al, 1998;Calinescu, 2002;Frizelle and Suhov, 2001;Frizelle and Woodcock, 1995;Huaccho Huatuco et al, 2009;Sivadasan et al, 2010;Smart et al, 2013;Wu et al, 2007;Zhang and Efstathiou, 2006;Zhang, 2011Zhang, , 2012. The third symptom in this class is the uncertainty in handling increased product variety which is often linked to the risk factors associated with operator's choices of tools, fixtures, and assembly procedures.…”

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Complexity in manufacturing systems and its measures: a literature review

Alkan

Vera

Ahmad

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Complexity in manufacturing systems still remains a challenge and leads to operational issues and increased production cost. In this paper, drivers of complexity and typical symptoms of complex manufacturing systems are identified. A comprehensive review of studies published within the last two decades to assess manufacturing system complexity are presented. The key contributions of this review are: 1) a classification of complexity assessment methods based on perceived complexity symptoms; 2) a comprehensive review of assessment methods with cross-evaluation to identify appropriate use based on available data; 3) recommendations for the wider academic and industrial community, based on research trends identified in the literature, as to how complexity assessment should be addressed in the future. It is concluded that the assessment of complexity is necessary so that it can be controlled effectively, however the industry suffers from a lack of practical tools to support in this endeavour. [

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“…Ulrich and Eppinger [10] assigned performance parameters to product configurations and their variations, development, purchase, logistics, production, IT, but practically to every facility sub-process. Finally authors [11,12] developed an information-based measure applicable in complexity assessment of any manufacturing system.…”

Section: State Of the Art In Manufacturing Complexity Managementmentioning

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Modeling and Determining Product Variety for Mass-customized Manufacturing

2014

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A great challenge facing final manufacturers of final products and OEMs today is product variety management which is crucial for masscustomized manufacturing. Product variations in most industries tend to be very numerous and firms often find themselves under pressure to solve problems with over-inventories, planning and product assembly complexity. In this paper, we investigate and present an approach to creating all possible product configurations and variations based on a given number of base components and optional number of complementary components. The idea of determining all possible product architectures is to investigate the influence of product variety on complexity of assembly processes.

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Operational complexity and supplier–customer integration: case study insights and complexity rebound

Cited by 41 publications

References 29 publications

Product Variety, Supply Chain Complexity and the Needs for Information Technology: A Framework Based on Literature Review

Product Variety, Supply Chain Complexity and the Needs for Information Technology: A Framework Based on Literature Review

Complexity in manufacturing systems and its measures: a literature review

Modeling and Determining Product Variety for Mass-customized Manufacturing

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