Constructing Supply Chain Networks Based on the Adaptation Point of View

Over the past few years, analysis of successful manufacturing and retail companies shows that in today´s hyper-competitive business environment, supply chain efficiency is a necessary condition for survival. Falling margins, globalization, and accelerating innovation cycles are forcing businesses to switch from traditional supply chains to new pattern of supply chain which needs to respond to their environment in near real time. During the transition, companies must map the three key process enablers-the management of visibility, velocity, and variability-to the three key information enablers-quality, timeliness, and depth of information. Therefore, to create the new supply chain networks from the adaptation point of view, companies must advance through three specific stages to the evolution which are integrated, collaborative, and adaptive.