A TAXONOMICAL STUDY OF AGILITY STRATEGIES AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Since the turn of the century, manufacturing industry has witnessed significant structural changes, characterised by the increased intensity of global outsourcing and global marketing, the rising energy and materials costs, and problems associated with the quality and security of the supply networks. Agility, that aims to provide enterprises with competitive capabilities to prosper from dynamic and continuous changes in the business environment, has become a prevailing manufacturing strategy. However, how to develop a manufacturing strategy based on agility, and how to design and manage global supply chain networks effectively to implement the strategy, is not fully understood. This paper presents initial work on a taxonomical study of relationships between agility strategies and supply chain management. The work aims to identify different types of agility strategies that may exist in todays industry and explore how these strategies differ in terms of the ways of supply chain design and management. The paper discusses motivations for the research, the literature review, and the development of a theoretical framework for the study.
Agile manufacturing Supply chain management Manufacturing strategy Agility.
R. Wang D. Z. Zhang
Zhang(School of Engineering, Computing and MathematicsUniversity of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, United K School of Engineering, Computing and MathematicsUniversity of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QF, United Kingdom
国际会议
上海
英文
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2009-08-02（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）