Supply chains and their management: Application of general systems theory

Caddy, Ian N; Helou, Mammy

doi:10.1016/j.jretconser.2006.12.001

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“…Research study of Caddy and Helou [14] addresses the question of whether the field of general systems theory could make a contribution towards a greater understanding of supply chains. Where the first principle indicates that if organizations are to have "agile" or "quick response" supply chains, simpler supply chains, in terms of their topology, or type and nature of the product being exchanged, should be preferred to more complex ones.…”

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Supply chain management concepts: literature review

Muysinaliyev¹,

Aktamov²

2014

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“…Regular review and change of management practice will also be necessary in order to maintain supply chain effectiveness. [14] …”

Section: Evaluation and Optimization Methods Of Scmmentioning

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Supply chain management concepts: literature review

Muysinaliyev¹,

Aktamov²

2014

IOSRJBM

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“…Both systems improvement and systems design require a model of the real world in order to provide solutions and to be able to evaluate them (Van Gigch, 1991). As an conceptual model there can be different real world implementations of it in which the importance of each of these components, with respect to the others, can differ, this is called the power of abstraction (Caddy and Helou, 2007). A model for describing logistics systems will thus probably lead to different kinds of real-world examples of logistics systems in different businesses and contexts.…”

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“…General systems theory is elaborated by among others (Von Bertalanffy, 1972, Von Bertalanffy, 1950a, Kast and Rosenzweig, 1972, from an organisational or management perspective in for example Rosenzweig, 1972, Johnson et al, 1964) and from a SCM perspective in e.g. (Caddy and Helou, 2007). According to Arbnor and Bjerke (1997), systems theory contains models and/or producerproduct relationships valid for more than one real case.…”

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Logistics management operationalised in a healthcare context : Understanding care chain effectiveness through logistics management theories and systems theory

Wiger

2018

Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations

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Healthcare improvements is constantly relevant and an important topic. Healthcare is frequently being called upon to be more cost-efficient and still fulfil demands regarding waiting times, quality and availability. Experience from structural changes in other contexts gives reason to be positive about the potential for logistics improvements in the healthcare sector as well. From a logistics perspective patients pass different care functions, units, organisations and health facilities. It is assumed that logistics management knowledge applied in healthcare can lead to lower costs, shorter waiting times, better patient service, shorter treatment times and increased capacity. This dissertation therefore presents an exploration of how logistics management theories can be operationalised in a healthcare context to understand care chain effectiveness. Theoretically, the operationalisation is done by systems theory creating compatibility between logistics management theories and the healthcare context. As a first step, features for a logistics system forms features for achieving care chain effectiveness. High care chain effectiveness is thus a desired condition and the care delivery system is the tool to achieve it. As the final step in the operationalisation the features for care chain effectiveness are in turn used to analyse today's practices. Empirically, the research is based on qualitative data from a single case study with multiple units of analysis. It includes four care units at one of Sweden's university hospitals, where the data is gathered through interviews, insight into management systems and document analysis. One of the main results is the 21 areas identified for analysing today's practices by means of features for care chain effectiveness. Another main result is the four important concepts revealed through the operationalisation: Lead time -the episode of care from order to delivery as the amount of time for patient cases between first contact with healthcare and the last.  Patient order fulfilment -fulfilment of patients' needs, broken down into several smaller steps performed over time within different care units in one or several organisations, consisting of five sub-processes -order handling, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and discharge.  True demand -patients' needs that is to be met and thus sets what care to deliver, i.e. the production plan and the subordinate resource plan. System boundaries -defines which care units to include when focusing on the care delivery system's performance as a whole and should be more important than the performance and productivity of each individual care unit.A number of direct suggestions for care chain improvement can also be found in the concluding remarks, for example that objectives linked to economic influx or penalty narrow the system and that lead time data on an aggregated level is needed to cover episodes of care. The theoretical contribution of the dissertation is to the field of logistics management through the methodological development ...

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“…Aware of the limitations presented by these initial definitions, Caddy & Helou [10,11] apply the principles of the Von Bertalanffy's general systems theory [12] to the supply chain and its management in order to appreciate the interaction of the supply chain components. They seek to model the way supply chain operates as a system: "Supply chains are composed of components: people, organizations, technological structure, information flows, flows of physical good so, and flows of intangible services" [10].…”

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The entry of logistics service provider (LSP) into the wine industry supply chain

Fulconis

Bédé

Saglietto

et al. 2014

BIO Web of Conferences

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Abstract. The purpose of this paper is to study the wine industry supply chain (WSC) organization from a social network approach, with an emphasis on the role of logistics service providers (LSP) could hold in the flow monitoring. We try to understand if LSP can be a substitute to traditional actors for intermediation management. This substitution phenomenon must take account of the wine industry culture that may constitute an obstruction or an accelerator for the development of this activity. We present a conceptual model of the WSC, and we discuss the possible future role of the LSP. This paper introduces a framework contributing to understand worldwide WSC organization, mapping tools and strategies to assess the reasons of their evolution. The cultural impact is underlined in this type of industry showing it could present a boundary to market access for LSP.

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Supply chains and their management: Application of general systems theory

Cited by 51 publications

References 56 publications

Supply chain management concepts: literature review

Supply chain management concepts: literature review

Logistics management operationalised in a healthcare context : Understanding care chain effectiveness through logistics management theories and systems theory

The entry of logistics service provider (LSP) into the wine industry supply chain

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