Title :
Strategies for supply chain configurations
Author :
Franchini, Valentina ; Bastos, João ; Azevedo, Américo
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Padova, Vicenza, Italy
Abstract :
The increasing globalization of the past decades forces the companies to update its supply network strategy in line with the new and challenging context of a competitive market and additional uncertainty. This research, through the development of a model, wants to shed light on which are the most important determinants that influence the supply chain configuration and strategy and how they impact on the performance of the whole supply chain.
Keywords :
supply chain management; competitive market; globalization; model development; supply chain configuration strategy; supply network strategy; Collaboration; Companies; Conferences; Customer services; Lead; Supply chains; Technological innovation; Determinants; Performance; Supply chain configuration; Supply chain strategies;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ICE), 2012 18th International ICE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2273-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2274-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICE.2012.6297694