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Rusinga, Nectar. "Value chain analysis along the petroleum supply chain." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10839.
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The wide range of the petroleum industry's products as well as the varied value of these products coupled with the global nature of the petroleum industry presents both challenges and opportunities within the petroleum supply chain. It is along this supply chain that challenges for creating value for the customer exist as well the opportunities for reaching this goal. Value chain analysis methodology has been hailed as being capable to lend itself to process improvement challenges faced along supply chains. To achieve this objective, a case study method was used to collect and analyse data. This dissertation identifies and follows one of the supply chains of a petroleum company operating in South Africa to investigate how value chain analysis can be implemented along its supply chain.
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El-Moslimany, Rasheed 1966. "ComfortChoice : bringing value to the value chain." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84331.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 91-93).
by Rasheed El-Moslimany.
S.M.
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Tavshikar, Milind (Milind Murlidhar). "Value chain dynamics in the RFID technology." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37256.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 66).
RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology has been one of the oldest renewed technologies with a promise of becoming a foundation of "The Internet of Things" in future. MIT's Auto-ID labs and EPCGlobal have been instrumental in advocating standards, making mass scale adoption a reality. The early adopters were found to be in the retail supply chain industry followed by many interesting applications in areas ranging from Fish Tracking to authentication of currency notes. Projects implemented till 2006 were mainly pilot in nature with a desire to understand the technology, given its limitations and challenges and conclude with value propositions or return on investment analysis for corporations. This work has attempted to study such phenomenon in greater detail, bring together the dimensions of technology and business as related to the current state of RFID. We found a very different set of value dynamics applicable to each individual component in the RFID business landscape. Analysis on presented in more detail for manufacturers (Suppliers) of goods as well as Sellers (Retailers) of goods. Further work may be in the form of analyzing the remaining components like logistics players and end customers in a similar fashion.
(cont.) Case studies and interview were done to collect data. Secondary sources of information in the forms of published reports and articles are also used and referenced. Management science techniques like Systems Dynamics are used to model some of the value parameters for each component in the retail supply chain. In conclusion, we think although each component of the studied landscape has shown value enhancement and erosion (primarily to cost factors), the overall system shows net gains. As all other technologies, RFID will become cheaper with increased adoption and has a very high probability to be prevalent and ubiquitous in near future.
by Milind Tavshikar.
S.M.
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Teich, Tobias. "Extended Value Chain Management (EVCM) als Betreibermodell hierarchieloser Produktionsnetzwerke." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-210515.
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Hierarchielose regionale Produktionsnetzwerke sind die Vision eines Virtuellen Unternehmens (VU), das im Rahmen eines Sonderforschungsbereiches (SFB) an der TU Chemnitz verfolgt wird [Wirt99]. Im Zentrum des Interesses steht die Entwicklung eines virtuellen Unternehmensmodells, das bestehende Unternehmungen entsprechend ihrer Kompetenzen in sehr kleine Leistungseinheiten, die als Kompetenzzellen (KPZ) bezeichnet werden, zerlegt. Das Modell wurde entworfen, um die Wettbewerbsposition kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen (KMU) nachhaltig zu verbessern. Die Ziele einer Zusammenarbeit dieser Unternehmenskategorie können sehr unterschiedlich sein und von der Bündelung von Beschaffungsaktivitäten bis zur Herstellung sehr komplexer, selbstentwickelter Produkte innerhalb der Kooperation reichen. Die Umsetzung gemeinsamer Ziele durch unterschiedlich intern organisierte Unternehmen vereint zu einem Netzwerk und stellt neue Anforderungen an die Organisation der Geschäftsprozesse innerhalb der Kooperation [TeNe01].
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Teich, Tobias. "Extended Value Chain Management (EVCM) als Betreibermodell hierarchieloser Produktionsnetzwerke." Josef Eul Verlag GmbH, 2001. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A29835.
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Hierarchielose regionale Produktionsnetzwerke sind die Vision eines Virtuellen Unternehmens (VU), das im Rahmen eines Sonderforschungsbereiches (SFB) an der TU Chemnitz verfolgt wird [Wirt99]. Im Zentrum des Interesses steht die Entwicklung eines virtuellen Unternehmensmodells, das bestehende Unternehmungen entsprechend ihrer Kompetenzen in sehr kleine Leistungseinheiten, die als Kompetenzzellen (KPZ) bezeichnet werden, zerlegt. Das Modell wurde entworfen, um die Wettbewerbsposition kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen (KMU) nachhaltig zu verbessern. Die Ziele einer Zusammenarbeit dieser Unternehmenskategorie können sehr unterschiedlich sein und von der Bündelung von Beschaffungsaktivitäten bis zur Herstellung sehr komplexer, selbstentwickelter Produkte innerhalb der Kooperation reichen. Die Umsetzung gemeinsamer Ziele durch unterschiedlich intern organisierte Unternehmen vereint zu einem Netzwerk und stellt neue Anforderungen an die Organisation der Geschäftsprozesse innerhalb der Kooperation [TeNe01].
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Munsinger, David B. (David Blake) 1960. "The evolution of the wireless equipment value chain." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8470.
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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-124).
Mobile wireless telephone systems require enormous investments in land-based radio, transmission, and switching systems in order to provide the coverage and capacity to efficiently operate a regional or nationwide cellular phone network. This wireless equipment is manufactured by an oligopoly of Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM). These "wireless OEMs," in turn, depend upon a growing number of "upstream" component and subsystem suppliers and "downstream" wireless operators. Together these firms compose the "Wireless Equipment Value Chain." As in many industries where technology is changing rapidly, wireless telephony has seen waves of change in industry structure. This thesis surveys the forces currently driving change in the industry, outlines scenarios that describe potential directions for reorganization of the industry structure, and lists a set of warning signs that may provide clues to future trends within the industry. In addition, the thesis provides a model for the structure of the industry, which is used to construct the scenarios. Finally, it compares the strategies of two large OEMs using the models and scenarios.
by David B. Munsinger.
S.M.M.O.T.
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Teich, Tobias. "Extended Value Chain Management ein Konzept zur Koordination von Wertschöpfungsnetzen /." [S.l. : s.n.], 2004. http://www.bsz-bw.de/cgi-bin/xvms.cgi?SWB11312532.
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Zhang, Qi M. Eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Muching Zhang. "Unlocking value in healthcare delivery channels." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112857.
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Thesis: M. Eng. in Supply Chain Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Supply Chain Management Program, 2017.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Pharmaceutical supply chains are strictly regulated and work within unique constraints. Traditionally, innovator companies that are manufacturing the product have no direct interaction with the end users (treatment sites or individual patients); rather, over 90% of the orders go through intermediary wholesalers and distributors. However, with the introduction of new technologies for patients to manage their own health, federal regulations coming into effect on supplier responsibility for tracking drugs down to the user, and ever more pressure to cut costs and justify the high cost of medicine, manufacturers are actively reshaping their role in the pharmaceutical supply chain. Our objective in this thesis project was to support our Sponsor Company, a "Big Pharma" company with a wide range of medicines, to understand the key cost drivers of their current distribution channel and to explore the impact that a shift to an alternative distribution channel would have from a financial and operational standpoint. We first conducted a literature review to examine the existing research on costing methodologies, the impact of home delivery for clinical care and the drug distribution landscape. The literature shows some evidence that home delivery improves patient adherence and reduces inventory costs for suppliers. We then analyzed a targeted product's distribution network within the US by building a cost-to-serve model, which maps out the end-to-end service components conducted by the Sponsor Company. With this model we were able to test the supply chain impacts of volume change and a gradual shift to alternative distribution channels. The results of the model showed that for this particular product, working capital was a key cost driver, shifting volume to incorporate alternative distribution channels is highly beneficial; even some significant increases in operating costs are effectively neutralized by reductions in working capital for the entire channel. Aside from the model results, we recommend validating the assumptions and suggest that this 'bottom-up' costing model be extended for other products and geographies and used to inform the company's overall corporate strategic planning exercise. The cost-to-serve model framework can also be extended beyond the pharmaceutical industry to benefit consumer facing industries considering an omni-channel strategy.
by Qi Zhang and Muching Zhang.
M. Eng. in Supply Chain Management
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Robertson, Jessica. "Value added to the beef cattle chain through genetic management." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4591.
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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (February 23, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.
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Teich, Tobias. "Extended Value Chain Management : ein Konzept zur Koordination von Wertschöpfungsnetzen." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2004. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:ch1-200401108.
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Die Habilitationsschrift ist in den Sonderforschungsbereich SFB 457 "Hierarchielose Produktionsnetze" eingebettet. Innerhalb des SFB leitet der Autor das Teilprojekt C2 "Koordinations- und Betreiberstrukturen". Im Oktober 2002 wurde der SFB für den zweiten Antragszeitraum (2003-2005) positiv evaluiert. Ein Gutachtergremium, dem u.a. Prof. Wiendahl (Universität Hannover, Institut für Fabrikanlagen und Logistik), Prof. Bellmann (Universität Mainz, Lehrstuhl für Produktionswirtschaft), Prof. Westkämper (Universität Stuttgart, Institut für Industrielle Fertigung und Fabrikbetrieb ) und Prof. Kuhn (Universität Dortmund, Lehrstuhl für Fabrikorganisation) angehören, bewerteten dieses Teilprojekt als Spitzenprojekt des SFB mit dem Prädikat "Exzellent". Die Gutachter des SFB und der Habilitationsschrift sind sich darüber einig, dass das Konzept des Extended Value Chain Managements eine wesentliche Erweiterung des bisherigen SCM-Konzeptes darstellt und die Forschung in diesem Bereich in den nächsten Jahren grundsätzlich beeinflussen kann.
Die Habilitationsschrift dokumentiert auf insgesamt 690 Seiten mit über 200 Abbildungen und knapp 1000 Literaturreferenzen zunächst den aktuellen Stand der Forschung zur ERP/SCM-Systemen und zu Netzwerken allgemein. Aus den theoretischen Defiziten bestehender Konzepte wurde ein Phasenmodell für die Aufbau- und Ablauforganisation virtueller Produktionsnetze postuliert, welches einer kompetenzorientierten Betrachtungsweise folgt und schichtenweise die fach-, methoden- und sozialkompetenten Facetten eines derartigen Netzwerkes - erstmalig im internationalen Maßstab - in einem gemeinsamen Modell vereint. Die Arbeit beschränkt sich dabei keineswegs auf verbale Formulierungen, sondern führt alle Komponenten in einer quantitativen Betrachtung zusammen. Zahlreiche mathematische Modelle (angefangen bei Growing Neural Gas über Genetische und Ant Colony Algorithmen bis hin zur Betrachtung algebraischer Strukturen) führen letztlich dazu, dass die Ergebnisse innerhalb eines informationstechnischen Modellkerns tatsächlich auch durchgängig operationalisiert werden konnten.
Die Habilitationsschrift spannt den Bogen von sozial- und betriebswirtschaftlichen über ingenieurtechnische bis zu informatorischen Wissenschaftsdisziplinen, die zur vollständigen Bewältigung der konzeptuellen Denkleistung für ein Managementkonzept hierarchieloser Produktionsnetzwerke erforderlich sind. Die Kapitel dokumentieren ihrerseits nur die wichtigsten bearbeiteten Aufgaben des Autors innerhalb des SFB.
Die Arbeit bietet eine inhaltliche Struktur zu den über 70 Publikationen der letzten drei Jahre zu Themen des Extended Value Chain Managements, die der Autor allein oder als Mitautor verfasst hat. Diese Beiträge sind zu einem Großteil "doppelt blind" begutachtet und sowohl einem betriebswirtschaftlichen als auch einem informatischen wissenschaftlichen Fachpublikum zugänglich gemacht worden. Über die Hälfte der Beiträge wurde im Ausland publiziert und referiert, wobei der Anteil der internationalen Tagungsbeiträge mit über 30 Publikationen sich dadurch begründet, dass zu den entsprechenden Fachtagungen die Diskussion mit den "Vordenkern" der jeweiligen Wissensgebiete gesucht wurde. Im Rückblick haben diese Diskussionen das Konzept des EVCM auch stark positiv beeinflusst. Vor allem die Konzepte zur Soft-fact-Integration (Kapitel 8) über die Polyedrale Analyse einerseits und die automatische Generierung einer Tupelmenge von Antworten auf eine Lieferanfrage und der Quantifizierung einer Lieferwahrscheinlichkeit als Transparenzfaktor (Kapitel 7) haben neben dem EVCM-Konzept als Ganzem international Anerkennung gefunden und sind als Weiterentwicklung der entsprechenden Wissenschaftsgebiete besonders zu würdigen. Diese Einschätzung deckt sich sowohl mit der der Gutachter der Arbeit, als auch mit der der Gutachter des SFB, welche, wie oben bereits erwähnt, das Teilprojekt mit dem Prädikat "Exzellent" bewerteten.
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Chivaka, Richard. "Value creation through strategic cost management along the supply chain." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5630.
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Tiwari, Tarun (Tarun K. )., and Anthony Toteda. "The value of monitoring in supply chains." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112858.
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Thesis: M. Eng. in Supply Chain Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Supply Chain Management Program, 2017.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Logistics providers process millions of packages daily and collect an incredible amount of data from these shipments. As new sensors are added to more and more packages, companies will now have increasingly fast access to even more data. However, how will logistics companies leverage this idea of big data to generate the most business value for their customers? Using a qualitative approach by interviewing current users of real-time monitoring devices, we were able to understand how customers perceive the value added by this technology. Moreover, we scoured a significant amount of literature on sensors, the logistics industry, and upcoming technological breakthroughs. We quickly discovered that customers do not perform extensive quantitative analysis to determine the trade-offs and financial benefit of using real-time sensors in their shipping processes. Additionally, we found that customers are unwilling to analyze this big data themselves, but instead want their logistics provider to interpret the data to provide value-added services. Therefore, logistics providers should leverage all of the data they collect, instead of simply creating value when shipments become exceptions, e.g. out of temperature range. We propose using smart contracts on a permissioned blockchain to automate business processes and reduce frictions within the shipping parties and other intermediaries.
by Tarun Tiwari and Anthony Toteda.
M. Eng. in Supply Chain Management
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Gregory, David. "Shifting the Paradigm: Agricultural Marketing in a Product Conscious Age." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9548.
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Australian agriculture needs a new business model. The traditional broad acre food and fibre industries (wool, meat, grains)are coming under increasing competitive pressure. Effective resource management is one side of the competitive response. Improving returns through innovative marketing is another. Value chain development and management is an increasing focus by innovative food and fibre businesses. These industries have been slow to adopt alternatives to the traditional auction and trading arrangements. What then are the critical considerations underpinning the development of a value chain approach? And how can value chain development and performance be monitored and improved?
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Boxler, Oliver Rudolf. "Value Chain versus Value Constellation - Wertschöpfung mit der Unterstützung von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien in interorganisationalen Geschäftsprozessen." Zürich, 2000. http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/show?type=diss&nr=13574.
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Baker, Jeffrey A. (Jeffrey Arthur). "Effect of override size on forecast value add." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117920.
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Thesis: M. Eng. in Supply Chain Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Supply Chain Management Program, 2018.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-68).
Business forecasting frequently combines quantitative time series techniques with qualitative expert opinion overrides to create a final consensus forecast. The objective of these overrides is to reduce forecast error, which enables safety stock reduction, customer service improvement, and manufacturing schedule stability. However, these overrides often fail to improve final forecast accuracy. Process mis-steps include small adjustments, adjustments to accurate statistical forecasts, and adjustments to match financial goals. At best, these overrides waste scare forecasting resources; at worst, they seriously impact business performance. This report offers a framework for identifying overrides that are likely to improve forecast accuracy. A new class of metrics, Dispersion-Scaled Overrides, was developed as an input to the framework. Other inputs included statistical forecast accuracy and auto-correlation. Classification techniques were used to identify whether an override was likely to create forecast value add. These techniques were found to be approximately 80% accurate in predicting success. This result suggests that using Dispersion-Scaled Overrides alongside common forecast accuracy metrics can reliably predict forecast value add. In turn, this can maximize the value that experts add to the business forecasting process.
by Jeffrey A. Baker.
M. Eng. in Supply Chain Management
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Emuze, Fidelis Abumere. "The impact of construction supply chain management on value on projects." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/1209.
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Much research work has assessed the construction process and discovered that the process is ineffective and besieged with problems. Analysis of these problems has shown that a major part of them are related to the state and workings of the supply chains. Prior research justifies that waste and problems in construction supply chains are extensively present and persistent. This anomaly may be ascribed to the nature of the industry. Horizontal integration that is common place in the construction industry tends to fragment the supply chain, resulting in an unstable production environment occasioned by high unpredictability, much rework, low profits and eventual low level of value creation in the process. Therefore, an increased level of integration of interfaces and processes has been canvassed. The purpose of supply chain management is to achieve the expected increased level of integration of the whole supply chain. Supply chain management is a concept that has flourished in the manufacturing industry through Just in Time production and logistics. Supply chain management represents an autonomous managerial tool, though still largely dominated by logistics. Supply chain management has long been advocated as a means of improving the performance of supply chains in construction. This research study reports on an investigation into the impact of supply chain management on value creation in the South African construction industry. The research discovered that collaborative working is already in the industry and contractors consider supply chain management important for project success. Here construction supply chains were approached from the relationship view point. All issues are encouraged to be viewed and resolved in the supply chain from the relationship perspective.
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Wu, Shih-Lung 1963. "Industry dynamics within semiconductor value chain : IDM, foundry and fabless." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29721.
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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 60).
This thesis intends to analyze the semiconductor value chain and identify critical factors, which impact the future industry structure. The main focus is in the dynamics among IDM (Integrated Design Manufacture), foundry and fabless companies. This analysis will utilize double helix [1] model with consideration of economics of scale, fixed cost and product life cycle. Furthermore, the cost and time-to-market factors involved in SoC (system-on-chip) and FPGA/PLD development will be explored. Based on the analysis, a tool will be developed to evaluate make-or-buy (developing own SoC or using off-shelf FPGA/PLD) decision.
by Shih-Lung Wu.
S.M.M.O.T.
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Kawashima, Masahisa 1967. "Telecom value chain dynamics and carriers' strategies in converged networks." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8471.
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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 101-104).
This thesis predicts the dynamics of value chains in the telecommunication industry and proposes telecommunication carriers' strategies in future converged networks. It predicts that large carriers will vertically integrate chains for the supply and management of network services. This will dis-integrate network service providers into back-end network providers and front-end service providers, pushing niche network service providers to outsource network operations from large carriers. Building on these forecasts, the thesis proposes the following strategies: First, carriers should do business as both front-end service providers and back-end network providers. Second, as a front-end service provider's strategy, carriers should reinforce their base of loyal customers by providing tailored supply and management services like "Dell Premier". Third, as a back-end network provider's strategy, carriers should create the value of a back-end network like "VISA", by providing services for the inter operation between front-end service providers. Fourth, carriers should also build complementary assets, such as "design-for-manageability" know-how/patents and the position to aggregate contents/applications/ ASPs, taking advantage of their operation volume in back-end network services.
by Masahisa Kawashima.
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Demetz, Julian. "Value chain concept for power electronics based products." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117984.
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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2018.Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2018.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-149).
Integration of renewable energy, general decentralization of generating power and a high degree of automation may trigger a technological change in grid infrastructure, away from electromechanical products and towards more flexible power electronics based products. Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR), a premium manufacturer for specialized components and equipment for the electrical distribution and transmission grid, is seeking to expand its capabilities within the power electronics domain. The goal for this thesis was to provide MR suggestions for the design of a value chain for power electronics based products for the mid-voltage distribution grid market. Such suggestions have been developed based on the analysis of external market forces with Porter's Five Forces Model, the assessment of a possible level of vertical integration based on MR's current technical capabilities, and the analysis of uncertainties of market parameters with a NPV model and Monte Carlo Simulation. The thesis shows further how the deployment of FMEA and reliability engineering can effectively address the high costs of power electronics based products and concerns of customers regarding the reliability of the technology..
by Julian Demetz.
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Gu, Xiaoyuan (Xiaoyuan Goodman). "Toyota recalls : revealing the value of secure supply chain." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59241.
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Thesis (S.M. in System Design and Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, System Design and Management Program, 2010.Vita. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-121) and index.
Summary: The warning bells are ringing. Once a global auto giant with a gold-plated reputation for safety and reliability, Toyota has stumbled. Its engineering excellence and traditional craftsmanship are being watered down by years of nips and tucks. With a torrent of high-profile recalls at the beginning of the new decade and a series of highly publicized legal charges, Toyota is all over the headlines. Following a business strategy that sacrifices its customer-first focus but in favor of driving shareholder value, Toyota gradually has shifted away from the tenet of lean manufacturing. Seeking cost leadership and market leadership has gone too far, and differentiation through quality, reliability and fuel efficiency becomes blurred. The execution of such business strategy in the past few years has lured Toyota to rush into relationships with suppliers it has not adequately vetted and to apply questionable security measures as it sourced parts from all around the world. In so doing, Toyota has been constantly adding stress to the security of its supply chain. In the end, its risk mitigation capability does not improve and quality standards have lapsed. Globalization and commoditization have forced today's businesses to focus on cost-cutting and growth to achieve profits of struggle to survive. Consequently, offshoring and outsourcing have become common practice. In such a competitive environment, supply chain is the lifeblood of a business and supply chain security is well-recognized as a competitive advantage and even a marketing tool. Security Secure supply chain is critical in product quality assurance and combating counterfeit, for which authoritative product attribute service represents an urgent need. For a long time, product attribute service is considered a Business-to-Business application. Trading partners of a supply chain build and share product information amongst themselves. Consumers are basically excluded from accessing such information. On the other hand, typically, product information provided to the end consumers are maintained by individual retailers. Such an approach is heterogeneous, error-prone, inaccurate, incomplete, and it undermines consumer confidence. There is a gap for authoritative product attribute service (APAS) that can provide uniform, validated, timely and complete product info to the end consumers. With APAS, consumers will play an active role in monitoring and contributing to the security of the supply chain. With a mobile barcode scanner or mobile RFID reader in hand, consumers will become a vibrant force in combating counterfeits, detecting 'bogus' status and reducing illegal trade. Consumers will benefit from such new capability by protecting their rights to buy genuine products with correct status and through legitimate channels. In addition, a spectrum of important mobile commerce applications will be made possible, such as trustful product attributes retrieval, attribute-based product search and comparison, product rating and commenting. With APAS, brand owners and other supply chain partners will see unprecedented possibilities such as direct customer-facing product marketing e.g. product recommendation, individualized coupon promotion, as well as direct user feedback on feature request and defect report. All of this will allow them to build competitive advantages with shorter user interaction cycles, more fragile to user demand variation, targeted and efficient product design, responsive product recall, and more effective in attacking counterfeits. In this thesis, I strive to provide a timely in-depth analysis on the mechanisms behind Toyota's crisis, especially the linkage between business strategy and supply chain security. I will relate secure supply chain to competitive advantage, and authoritative product attribute service to secure supply chain. Based on this, I perform strategic analysis and propose an architectural design for product attribute service. As a proof of concept, I design and implement a prototype of APAS with decent size of APAS repository and support for both mobile and PC clients. To this end, I first formulate the problems and explain the motivations behind secure supply chain and product attribute service. I then give an overview of the journey of Toyota from the synonym of quality to the reminder for product recalls. To provide further more background knowledge, I will examine business strategy and competitive advantage, together with secure supply chain, in the following two chapters. In particular, I will be deliberating on the causality between business strategy and supply chain strategy, and how supply chain vision and strategy can lead to operational executions that are sources of QA crises. In the next section, I provide details on architectural design for Authoritative Product Attribute Service. Afterwards, I describe the prototyping and implementation of APAS that covers the backend product attribute repository, the web backend that powers the APAS, as well as the Android-based mobile frontend. Finally, I summarize with concluding remarks and outline directions for future research.
by Xiaoyuan Gu.
S.M.in System Design and Management
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Uchida, Takashi. "Study of change of power balance in mobile telecom value chain." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29719.
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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-102).
The 3rd Generation mobile telecommunications industry, which changes rapidly, is one of the best examples for the study of the balance of power in the value chain. Three dynamic factors are keys that can change the balance of power in the mobile operator's industry: sociopolitical factors, technological factors, and alliance factors. These factors collectively increase the bargaining power that mobile operators have over vendors. In addition they impact how vendors compete with each other. This thesis advances the discussion of power with an analysis of the Vodafone Group. It also explores the idea of how network suppliers respond to the increase in the bargaining power of buyers, through a discussion of Nokia. The focus of this thesis is not whether, but how the mobile telecommunications value chain, and specifically the bargaining power of buyers, has evolved thus far and will continue to evolve over the next few years.
by Uchida, Takashi.
S.M.M.O.T.
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Finney, Angus. "Project management and the film industry value chain : the impact of cognitive biases on value creation and learning." Thesis, City University London, 2014. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/13708/.
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This thesis applies an ethnographic, qualitative research approach to a central question: In what ways does the presence of cognitive biases impact negatively on project management decision-making in the film industry? Are there ways that biases can best be avoided or at least reduced? This thesis cites evidence that managers are consistently unable to devise ways of effectively escaping the impact of cognitive bias, and that the majority are unaware of potential negative bias. My study explores whether and in what ways a deep knowledge of cognitive bias helps surmount the apparent limitations it imposes. My findings suggest that strategies involving cognitive behavioural theory provide researchers with significant insights into our understanding of creative management strategies to manage projects. Building on an extensive body of literature focused on biases in decision-making and their impact on forecasting, implementation and strategy, my thesis explores the concept that deep-seated cognitive habits have a direct impact on entrepreneurs’ ability to manage creative projects successfully. Drawing on my ethnographic and participant observer data over two decades of film industry research and practitioner-derived experience, I examine how useful cognitive bias theory is from a practical perspective. The film industry provides a rich seam of research and an intriguing case site. It provides a relevant environment to interrogate because film companies are essentially organised around projects. I cite evidence that suggests that managers capable of ‘switching gears’ and who openly acknowledge and embrace the role cognition plays in the leadership process gain both a creative and a competitive advantage. By testing this concept through the lens of the value chain model, we can begin to develop a cognitive methodology that inspires practical tools capable of navigating uncertainty and capturing value and knowledge.
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Derbyshire, Kevin. "Analysis of revenue management within Lukhanji Local Municipality : a value chain approach." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/19813.
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Thesis (MBA) -- Stellenbosch University, 2007.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The study was motivated by the widely reported problem of poor financial management within South African local government and, more specifically, the deteriorating status of revenue management, especially in medium to smaller municipalities. The reasons for the alleged poor financial management are complex and involve issues of management capacity, inappropriate systems, and socio-economic circumstances. It is obvious that a holistic approach will be required to address such a multi-ciimensional problem. This research proposes to suggest solutions to the revenue management problems facing South African municipalities. If this issue is not resolved urgently, local government will impede service delivery rather than improve it. Service delivery is key to the integration of South Africa's first economy into a second economy. The specific objectives of the research are; firstly, to develop a revenue management value chain model specific for municipalities; and, secondly, to conduct an analysis of the Lukhanji Local Municipality's financial status against the value chain model. To attain the objectives of this study existing literature and the scope of the problem must first be examined and understood. It is evident that the prevailing revenue management problem experienced, lie with the local government themselves in terms of their inadequate financial management. These problems have placed Significant pressure on municipalities' cash flows and eroded their financial resources. In turn, this has resulted in questionable sustainability and financial via bility, as the problematic cash position of municipalities has impacted negatively on their capital and maintenance expenditure. One of the greatest challenges facing local government is the collection of revenue raised for services rendered to various consumers. Of the various actions taken by government to address the current crisis situation in municipalities in the short to medium term, national grants to sponsor capital projects and services have been key in Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za iv ensuring that the decrease in municipal expenditure has not been greater, preventing the potentially disastrous consequences. The Municipal Finance Management Act, together with the Municipal Structures Act, Municipal Systems Act; and also the Constitution provide a well -defined financial framework within which local government can function. The research also reviewed all four main revenue sources of local government, namely own revenue {utility fees and property tax}; subsidies through intergovernmental transfers; loans; and private-sector equity. Despite the improvement in intergovernmental transfers, it is important that all municipalities maximise their own revenue, while considering those that cannot afford basic services. The research proposes the following revenue management value chain model, specifically for South African municipalities: Revenue Planning Indigent Management Tanff Setling ~ Metering Billing Customer Database Management Revenue Coliection I) Credit Control Loss Management In the analYSis of the Lukhanji Local Municipality's financial status against the value chain model, it became evident that problems existed in all elements of the value chain. General financial and viability assessments supported the above finding and indicated financial difficulties and serious cash-flow problems. The research present several recommendations regarding the improvement of poor financial management in South African municipalities and the Lukhanji Local Municipality. However, in brief, urgent attention is required in terms of the Lukhanji Local Municipality's cash-flow in the short term, while a performance-driven culture needs to be developed in the long term. Lastly, local government in general, and the Lukhanji Local Municipality specifically, will succeed in improving their revenue management if they harness the collective will and skills of all the stakeholders involved in the provision of services.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die studie spruit voort uit die negatiewe publisiteit oor die probleem van swak finansi~le bestuur in plaaslike regering en, meer spesifiek, die verslegtende stand van inkomstebestuur, veral in mid del slag- tot klein munisipaliteite. Die redes is ingewikkeld en behels probleme met bestuursvermo~, onvanpaste stelsels, 'n kultuur van nie-hetaling, en sosio-ekonomiese omstandighede. 'n Holistiese benadering is ooglopend nadig om die vee/dimensionele probleem op te los. Die doel van die navorsing is om by te dra tot die vind van oplossings vi r die inkomstebestuursprobleme wat munisipaliteite in die gesig staar. Indien die situasie nie dringend omgekeer word nie, bestaan die gevaar dat ons munisipaliteite in bankrotskap gebring kan word , wat beteken dat hulle nie hul grondwetlike verpligting sal kan nakom nie en dat hulle dienslewering sal belemmer en dit verbeter nie. Goeie dienslewering is die sleutel vir die integrasie van Suid Afrika se eerste ekonomie met die tweede ekonomie. Die doelwitte van die navorsing is; eerstens, om 'n spesifieke inkomstebestuurs-waardekettingmodel vir munisipaliteite te ontwikkel; en meedens, om Lukhanji Plaaslike Munisipaliteit se finansiele status teen die model te meet. Om die doelwitte te bereik moet die probleem vestaan word deur bestaande literatuur te bestudeer . Oit is duidelik dat die heersende inkomstebestuurs probleme h§ by die plaaslike regering in terme van hul onvoldoende finansiele bestuur. Die probleme het geweldige druk op munisipaliteite se kontantvloei gesit en sodoende hul hulpbronne gedreineer. Oit het 'n vraagteken geplaas op die volhoubaarheid en finansiele lewensvatbaarheid van munisipaliteite as gevolg van die kontant probleme se negatiewe impak op die kapitale en instandhouding bestedings. Een van die grootste uitdagings waarvoor plaaslike regering te staan kom, is die invordering van inkomste wat gehef word vir dienste wat aan verskeie verbruikers gelewer word . As dit nie vir die Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za vii nation ale tussenregeringsoordragte, vir beide dienslewering en kapitaal projekte was nie, sou munisipaliteite met baie erger probleme gesit het. Die Wet op die Bestuur van Munisipale Finansies, tesame met die Wet op Munisipale Strukture; die Wet op Munisipale Stelsels; asook die Grondwet verskaf 'n goed omskrewe finansif!le raamwerk binne plaaslike regering. Die studie behandel die vier vernaamste inkomstebronne van plaaslike regering, wat eie inkomste (utiliteitsgelde en eiendomsbelasting), subsidies deur tussenregeringsoordragte, lenings en privaatsektor-ekwiteit insluit. Ten spyte van die verbetering van tussenregeringsoordragte vir sommige jurisdiksies, is dit belangrik dat aile munisipaliteite huJ eie inkomste maksimeer, met die fokus op diegene wat wei basiese dienste kan bekostig. Die navorsing doen die volgende inkomstebestuurs-waardekettingmodel spesifiek vir munisipaliteite aan die hand: Inkomstebeplanning Bestuur van hulpbehoe- Tarief· wendes vasstelling C. Metenesing Fakturering Klante- Databasisbestuur Inkomsteinvordering ~ Kredietbeheer Verliesbestuur By die ontleding van die Lukhanji Plaaslike Munisipaliteit se finansiele status teenoor die waardekettingmodel het dit duidel ik geblyk dat probleme in al die elemente van die waardeketting bestaan. Die algemene finansiele ontleding en finansiele lewensvatbaarheidsmodel ondersteun die bostaande bevindinge en toon dat die Munisipaliteit in ernstige finansiele moeilikheid verkeer. Die navorsing sluit verskeie onderling velWante aanbevelings oor die verbetering van swak finansieJe bestuur in Suid Afrikaanse munisipaliteite en die Lukhanji PlaasJike Munisipaliteit in. Die Munisipaliteit se kontantvloei het veral dringende aandag nodig in die korttermyn, terwyl die Munisipaliteit 'n kultuur van prestasiebestuur in the langtermyn moet ontwikkel. Plaaslike regering oor die algemeen en die Lukhanji Plaaslike Munisipaliteit in die besonder sal net in hul inkomstebestuur slaag as hulle die gesamentlike wil en vermof!ns van al die belanghebbendes wat by die verskaffing van dienste betrokke is, kan aanwend.
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Campestrini, Sandro. "Cash Management in Supply Chains." St. Gallen, 2007. http://www.biblio.unisg.ch/org/biblio/edoc.nsf/wwwDisplayIdentifier/02600252002/$FILE/02600252002.pdf.
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Mwansa, Martin C. "Value accruing to Zambia’s bean supply chain participants." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16499.
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Master of AgribusinessDepartment of Agricultural Economics
Vincent Amanor-Boadu
The purpose of this thesis was to estimate the value accruing to Zambian bean supply chain participants with the view to showing that value at the different stages is a function of the value addition and risk incurred at those stages. The data used in the study came from two different surveys done under the Pulse Value Chain Initiative – Zambia focusing on producers and bean traders. The surveys used structured questionnaires for both producers and traders. The producers were sampled from three principal bean producing provinces in Zambia: Lundazi, Mbala and Kalomo. The traders were sampled from the largest consumer region in the country – Lusaka – and focused on traders operating in the three principal markets in the city: Soweto; Chilenje; and Mtendere. The analyses were conducted using STATA®, employing both statistical and econometric methods. Value was defined as a function of transaction costs and value addition as well as the risks borne. In the Zambian mixed bean trade environment, where traders travel to remote locations where producers live and produce, they are seen to incur higher levels of risk and undertake higher levels of value addition – assembling the grain, bagging them and moving them from the rural areas where production occurs to the cities where customers reside. As such, it is expected that value creation and distribution would increase away from the farm. The results confirmed this expectation. The total average value created at the farm level was ZMK3,391.06/kg. However, the average value accruing to traders who only undertook wholesaling was ZMK7,405.75/kg while that accruing to traders going further down the chain to retail was ZMK9,663.56/kg. Traders who engaged in institutional trade produced an average value of ZMK8,750.75/kg. The share of total value produced accruing to producers in the producer-wholesaler-retailer chain was about 16.6 percent because of the higher value addition and risk that occur further downstream in the chain. The share of total value produced accruing to producers in the producer-wholesaler-institutional buyer chain was about 17.3 percent. The study showed that female producers’ share was not different, statistically speaking, from male producers’ value. It also showed that the average value created in thin (smaller) markets was higher than the value created in larger markets, probably because of the level of competition that occurs in the latter markets. Interestingly, the results showed that the larger the land holdings of producers, the lower the value created. This is in line with the foregoing results of size, competition and value. The study suggests that producers’ share of total value created may be enhanced by helping producers undertake specific activities that increased the value they added and reduce the risks that traders bear in their search for grain. One of such activities could be the formation of horizontal strategic alliances among producers that allowed producers to aggregate grain at particular locations in significant lots and bag them. This service would allow them to extract higher value from the exchange with traders. Any attempt to address the perceived “unfair” distribution of value along the supply chain by administrative fiat could result in higher costs to the whole supply chain and crate adverse unintended consequences for producers and the treasury.
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Choi, Keetag. "Evaluating the value chain model for service organisational strategy : international hotels." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2000. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/843570/.
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Strategic models like Porter's (1985) value chain have not been fully evaluated in the strategy literature and applied to all industries. To theoretically redefine the value chain technique, this research evaluates the value chain's use with various strategic issues by applying it to a specific aspect in the service field, namely the hotel industry. The study defines five key questions by which to evaluate a strategic model and the value chain model is examined using them. This research is a strategic theory-based study involving in depth field work on five hotels in order to seek answers for the five key strategic questions. In particular, the value chain of the hotel rooms divisions is discussed based on the field research findings. The research results show that the value chain technique is a useful strategic tool in most areas and that it can be also developed for hotel strategy. However, some of the commonly accepted issues about the value chain model have been challenged by this research. To further the theoretical development of the value chain, these issues are argued in each answer of the five strategic questions. Applying the value chain model for hotel strategy seems to require somewhat different factors from applying it for manufacturing. These are the key findings of this research. First, for strategic process, the hotel value chain model can be developed in the combination approach which combines the planning school and the incrementalism school. Second, the value chain is a very useful tool analysing most strategic issues, especially a firm's internal analysis, designing structure and performance measurement. Finally, unlike the traditional value chain for manufacturing, this study identifies that the value chain technique for service could be a more useful strategic tool for soft factors such as politics, culture and leadership than hard factors such as cost and margin.
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Xue, Zhaoyang. "Using value chain analysis to make a choice of international marketing strategy." [S.l. : s.n.], 2005. http://www.bsz-bw.de/cgi-bin/xvms.cgi?SWB11759399.
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Welman, Abraham Jacobus Frederik. "The development of an integrated value chain cost reduction methodology." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012954.
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The reason for the existence of any company is to make a profit, which means increasing turnover and keeping costs as low as possible. Optimisation of the Value Chain and Procurement were identified as the two largest contributors when one needs to improve the bottom line of any company. The purpose of this research was to develop an integrated Value Chain and Procurement cost reduction methodology and system specifications for a software solution which captures, tracks and accurately reports the impact of the improvement initiatives. The main research question was structured as follows: What should the specifications of a software solution be that will integrate the cost reduction processes of the Value Chain and of Procurement, in a manner that will ensure maximum sustainable bottom-line savings for companies in the manufacturing or service industries? The objective was to define the key phases in the Value Chain and Procurement cost reduction process and to determine how and where they integrate. It is important to note that according the literature review and the survey, both the Value Chain and Procurement cost reduction processes consist of seven phases. The phases of the Value Chain cost reduction process were: Phase 1: Budget/ABC costing and data analysis; Phase 2: Generate ideas; Phase 3: Evaluate and approve ideas; Phase 4: Implementation planning and approval; Phase 5: Development of project (idea) specific KPI's; Phase 6: Implementation of ideas; Phase 7: Track and report savings. The phases of the Procurement (Strategic Sourcing) cost reduction process were: Phase 1: Team selection/data collection/spend analysis/work plan development Phase 2: Access requirements/internal and external analysis; Phase 3: Develop strategy/shape value proposition; Phase 4: Screen suppliers, issue RFI/P/Q, implementation planning; Phase 5: Conduct commercial event/negotiate/finalise contract; Phase 6: Implement contract; Phase 7: Contract management/track and reporting. The above two cost reduction processes integrate at each phase of the respective processes and should thus be implemented at the same time due to their interdependencies. Based on the findings of the research it was clear that an integrated Value Chain and Procurement cost reduction process alone is not going to solve the cost reduction problems of companies. It is essential for the successful implementation of the integrated cost reduction process to develop skills and knowledgeable resources to implement the integrated cost reduction process, improve collaboration between the Value Chain and Procurement, and to implement a system to track and report performance during implementation. Further research should include how to adapt the current company processes, structures, procedures and systems in order to gain maximum benefit from the implementation of an integrated cost reduction process. The integrated Value Chain and Procurement cost reduction process, supported by a software system, should improve the success of cost reduction projects in companies. It is, however, important to note that the application of the methodology will vary between industries and that service-related industries might put more emphasis on Procurement cost reduction, while the manufacturing industries might place a bigger emphasis on cost reduction in operations. In conclusion, irrespective of the industries, it is evident that this methodology will enhance the cost reduction results previously obtained from similar efforts.
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Limbach, Felix [Verfasser], Rüdiger [Akademischer Betreuer] Zarnekow, and Axel [Akademischer Betreuer] Küpper. "Cooperative value creation and cost reduction strategies in a disintegrated telecommunications value chain / Felix Limbach. Gutachter: Rüdiger Zarnekow ; Axel Küpper." Berlin : Technische Universität Berlin, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1073940926/34.
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Ghazaryan, Artavazd. "The physics of the value chain towards a dynamic theory of strategy." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111474.
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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2017.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 32-35).
Understanding the evolution of a firm's competitive advantage in a changing environment over time remains one of the most important topics in competitive strategy. We build on a recent stream of research in the arena of the dynamic resource-based view to propose a simple heuristic for strategic corporate foresight powered by Little's Law. Notably, we propose a throughput equality required to align and synchronize resources in the value chain. We borrow the terminology of the supply/demand chain and assembly process representation to propose a fundamental construct for manifold decomposition of the value chain. Our proposed heuristic simplifies the dynamic complexity of the value chain.
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Takahashi, Yoshihito 1967. "New value chain in the precription drug industry : a mandate to change." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9232.
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This thesis focuses on an analysis of strategy in the prescription drug industry. For prescription drug companies, the ultimate consumers are patients, but intermediate customers are physicians. Because of regulations and the particular decision making process of choosing pharmaceuticals, the marketing activity of drug companies have focused on physicians and introduced their products to them. However, because of deregulation, the emergence of health maintenance organizations (HMOs), which aim to reduce health care costs, the value chain of prescription drug industry has been changing. Accordingly, prescription drug companies have been re-evaluating the traditional value chain of the industry. They have to invest in a more important part, and to establish a new business model. This paper will focus mainly on a prescription drug market, discussing a new value chain and its demand for change. This paper explains the increasing need for direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising, which includes information technology and e-commerce, in contrast to the industry's traditional marketing.
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Rodgers, Cheryl. "Producer responsibility and the role of industry in managing waste from electrical and electronic equipment." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.264632.
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Käschel, Joachim, Hendrik Jähn, Matthias Zimmermann, Thomas Burghardt, Marco Fischer, and Lars Zschorn. "Auftragsspezifische Produktionsnetzwerke Bilden und Betreiben unter Verwendung des Extended Value Chain Management-Ansatzes." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-139841.
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Ausgehend von den aktuellen Herausforderungen und Defiziten etablierter Supply Chain Management (SCM)-Ansätze wurde an der Technischen Universität Chemnitz ein Gesamtkonzept entwickelt, welches das Bilden und Betreiben von Produktionsnetzwerken bestehend aus kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) fokussiert. Dieses als Extended Value Chain Management (EVCM) [1] bezeichnete Betreiberkonzept unterstützt die Vernetzung der zur Herstellung eines Produktes notwendigen Kompetenzen und Ressourcen und koordiniert sämtliche dafür erforderliche Prozesse im Netzwerk. Zu den Problemfeldern des SCM [2], welche gleichzeitig die Defizite der gängigen SCM-Ansätze offenbaren, gehören schlechte Kundenbindung, mangelhafte Planungsverfahren, fehlende konsistente Zielsysteme, auftretender Bullwhip-Effekt, d.h. geringe Bedarfsschwankungen führen durch Aufschaukeln zu erheblichen Bedarfsschwankungen entlang der Lieferkette. Weitere Defizite sind in der fehlenden Flexibilität bzgl. Variantenvielfalt, Änderung der Kundenwünsche oder durch Wegbrechen von kooperierenden Unternehmen zu sehen. (...)
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Xia, Diwei, and Kaiye Lu. "Application of Supply Chain Risk Management through visualization and value-at-risk quantification." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92116.
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Thesis: M. Eng. in Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2014.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-47).
Supply Chain Risk Management ("SCRM") is often discussed in business and academia but is still underdeveloped as a practical tool. Many studies have examined the effects of supply chain disruptions, and many studies have also produced tools for mitigating risk. However, there is still a need for an integrated, practical approach for SCRM that businesses can implement on an enterprise scale. Our thesis attempts to bridge this gap and produce a practical approach for corporations to deploy a SCRM strategy on an enterprise level. Through the use of supply chain visualization and catastrophe modeling software, we have developed a SCRM strategy for a large multi-national chemical company. Our SCRM framework focuses on four key steps: 1) defining the scope of supply chain disruptions; 2) mapping and visualizing the supply chain; 3) evaluating the probability of disruption; and 4) developing a strategy to create an economically resilient supply chain.
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Käschel, Joachim, Hendrik Jähn, Matthias Zimmermann, Thomas Burghardt, Marco Fischer, and Lars Zschorn. "Auftragsspezifische Produktionsnetzwerke Bilden und Betreiben unter Verwendung des Extended Value Chain Management-Ansatzes." Technische Universität Dresden, 2006. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A27844.
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Ausgehend von den aktuellen Herausforderungen und Defiziten etablierter Supply Chain Management (SCM)-Ansätze wurde an der Technischen Universität Chemnitz ein Gesamtkonzept entwickelt, welches das Bilden und Betreiben von Produktionsnetzwerken bestehend aus kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) fokussiert. Dieses als Extended Value Chain Management (EVCM) [1] bezeichnete Betreiberkonzept unterstützt die Vernetzung der zur Herstellung eines Produktes notwendigen Kompetenzen und Ressourcen und koordiniert sämtliche dafür erforderliche Prozesse im Netzwerk. Zu den Problemfeldern des SCM [2], welche gleichzeitig die Defizite der gängigen SCM-Ansätze offenbaren, gehören schlechte Kundenbindung, mangelhafte Planungsverfahren, fehlende konsistente Zielsysteme, auftretender Bullwhip-Effekt, d.h. geringe Bedarfsschwankungen führen durch Aufschaukeln zu erheblichen Bedarfsschwankungen entlang der Lieferkette. Weitere Defizite sind in der fehlenden Flexibilität bzgl. Variantenvielfalt, Änderung der Kundenwünsche oder durch Wegbrechen von kooperierenden Unternehmen zu sehen. (...)
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Martinsson, Kristina, and Gustav Olsson. "Customer value analysis of mass customization." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-780.
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Research show that customer patterns in the textile industry are changing and the degree of personalization of products is getting more important to meet personal needs and preferences. Mass customization is a strategy named to create higher customer value by customizing products through a close interaction during the design and production process, high production flexibility and efficient logistics. The lack of research on the implementation of mass customization strategies and an identified gap between customer expectations and perception (customer value) of these types of products, are the incentives to conduct this research. The thesis has the purpose of identifying the drivers of customer value of mass customized garments and assess the value chain of the company Brohall & Son from a perspective of mass customization as a strategy, and from the results draw conclusions of customer value aligned with the implementation mass customization strategies. In order to perform the research a quantitative approach, doing a customer value analysis through a self-completion questionnaire, was conducted. Attributes of price, quality, fit, service and delivery capacity were investigated to get an understanding of what drives value for the customers. In addition a qualitative method was used, doing interviews with the CEO of Brohall & Son to gain a deeper understanding of their operations and value chain. The results show that quality, fit, delivery capacity and service are the most important attributes of customer value. Price is the least important attribute and also the least correlated/dependent variable to the rest of the attributes, showing a high willingness to pay for the garments. The analysis of the value chain indicates some areas of improvements regarding logistics, design process and production process. Solutions are brought up to get the value chain to get more aligned with the strategies of mass customization.
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Farid, Muhammad S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Bayu 1969 Hanantasena. "B2B E-commerce : value chain transformation, enablers and barriers, technology, privacy and security." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8887.
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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-141).
The Internet is changing the way we do business. Today's conventional wisdom says that in order to survive in the new economy era, companies must transform from and align their old business practices, processes and culture to suit the new business requirements. This thesis examines the dynamics of channel shift from traditional supply chain to on-line e-commerce, in particular the enablers and barriers, as well as the value transformation due to the channel shift. The scope of this thesis is limited to B2B E-commerce. This paper took global perspectives to analyze value transformation, enablers and barriers, technology, privacy and security due to channel shift from traditional channel to e-commerce.
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Ramirez, Manuel Jesus, Ivonne Eliany Roman, Edgar Ramos, and Andrea Stefano Patrucco. "The value of supply chain integration in the Latin American agri-food industry: trust, commitment and performance outcomes." Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/653832.
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El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado.Purpose: This paper aims to explore the antecedents and performance outcomes of supply chain integration in the agri-food industry in Latin America, a context that the literature on supply chain management has not extensively addressed. The quinoa supply chain, an industry that has encountered a boost in market demand in the past year, is selected as the unit of analysis. Supply chain integration dynamics are analyzed to provide recommendations about integration strategies and benefits in the agricultural sector. Design/methodology/approach: A conceptual model was designed in this study, which includes the drivers (i.e. trust and commitment) and outcomes (i.e. operational and economic performance) of supply chain integration. The relationships were verified through a unique survey, the data of which were collected from 79 respondents operating at different levels of the Peruvian quinoa supply chain (i.e. suppliers, producers and customers). The proposed hypotheses were tested through the partial least squares (PLS) regression. Findings: The results underscore the relevance of trust and commitment as enablers of supply chain integration initiatives in the agri-food industry. These factors are particularly essential for involving the farmers who are the most upstream actors in the supply chain and characterized by unstructured organizations. A high level of integration in these types of supply chain enhances the capacity to improve operational performance, which in turns positively affects the main economic indicators. Originality/value: This study contributes to the discussion of supply chain integration in the agri-food industry, which remains unexplored thus far. It relies on a multitier collection of responses, which is extended to all the levels of the quinoa supply chain, thereby providing the study with a unique depth of analysis. Furthermore, this work contributes to the ongoing discourse on the performance impact of supply chain integration, which several SCM scholars have recently questioned.
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Moore, Karla. "VALUE MAPPING FRAMEWORK INVOLVING STAKEHOLDERS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN IMPROVEMENT WHEN IMPLEMENTING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS." Doctoral diss., University of Central Florida, 2008. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3993.
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Successful Supply Chain Management (SCM) depends on how well an organization performs internal and external communications with trading partners, executes the logistics component, and understands/monitors related costs of conducting its business. The use of information technology (IT) is considered a prerequisite for the effective control of today's complex supply chains. Increased communication technology has redefined how businesses work together, raised customer expectations, and placed new demands on supply chain performance. IT components with proven and rapid return-on-investment are favored to support critical supply chain processes such as leaner manufacturing processes, consumer-driven supply chains, and customer responsiveness. The use of IT in the digital era has become critical and it is treated as a major competitive tool for success. Complex and comprehensive IT infrastructures support the firm's communications network, databases, and operating systems. Information technology facilitates the creation of value. However, the creation of value is defined by the different groups of stakeholders. Therefore, stakeholders must be integrated into this process of change management that uses IT as the enabler. Supply chains are due to change when higher levels of performance and/or adaptation are required as mandated by changes in the business structure and/or benchmarking and/or regulations. One of the major problems for any supply chain executive is to understand and manage these changes. These changes usually require the implementation of an IT project. Therefore, the successful design, execution, and completion of these IT projects are important for the supply chain. SCM is now a strategic function addressed at the highest levels of the organization in concert with multiple stakeholders on both the supplier and customer side of the table. The aim of this dissertation is to develop a value mapping framework involving stakeholders to improve supply chain performance when implementing IT projects. The framework has components that help define the supply chain, measure the size of the issues, identify necessary changes in the metrics to improve performance, measure the organizational consequences of these changes, and develop and follow a plan to implement IT projects to achieve the new goals of performance. Through this new framework, these IT projects will be able to bring the supply chain from a current state "As is" to a future state "To be"; capturing the existing and desired states of the proposed changes which are aligned with the objectives and goals of the organization. Therefore, the IT project can be designed, executed, and completed. One unique component of this framework is the inclusion of the stakeholders at different stages. This framework identifies the group of stakeholders to be taken into consideration in order to define the future "To be" state. In addition, the framework identifies the value creation of the "To be" system as seen by the stakeholders.Ph.D.
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Eyenga, Doline Pulchérie Marie-Hortense. "Le supply chain management : un levier d'intégration des global value chains : le cas de la xylo-industrie au Cameroun." Aix-Marseille 2, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009AIX24008.
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Cette recherche doctorale s’interroge sur les stratégies d’orientation possibles dans une situation de changement survenant dans la structure d’un secteur d’activité. La xylo-industrie du Cameroun est le cas d’étude qui retient l’attention de notre travail. La loi N°94/01 portant organisation des forêts intervient en 1994 pour signifier la nouvelle dimension des enjeux portés par ce secteur d’activité face au développement du pays. Or, l’industrialisation de la xylo-industrie place les entreprises face à des défis auxquels des stratégies nouvelles adaptés sont indispensables. La recherche d’une performance économique en contexte de Gestion Durable des Forêts résume ces défis. L’objectif de la recherche est de comprendre le fonctionnement de la xylo-industrie pour améliorer le management logistique et favoriser son intégration dans les GVC. Pour y parvenir, un diagnostic des difficultés a été jugé pertinent. Des entretiens semi-directifs ont été conduits auprès des trois catégories d’acteurs qui ont été identifiés. L’issu de ce diagnostic a permis de formuler l’hypothèse que la logistique était capable d’aider les entreprises à surmonter une grande partie des difficultés auxquelles elles étaient confrontées. Aussi, une revue de la littérature autour de la logistique et de la valeur a t-elle été mobilisée pour mieux appréhender la problématique de la recherche, guidé par des concepts tels que le Supply Chain Management et les Global Value Chains. Dans un deuxième moment, les propositions de recherche élaborées à partir de la littérature ont été confrontées avec les acteurs de terrain à l’aide d’un questionnaire. L’expression des acteurs professionnels sur des items théoriques a enrichi l’interprétation des résultats. Finalement, des recommandations ont été préconisées pour une amélioration du management logistique dans la xylo-industrie au Cameroun pour favoriser son intégration dans les Global Value ChainsThis research in doctorate degree rely on the law N°94/01 of 20th January 1994 bringing the forests regime, which compel the enterprises of exploitations of forests in Cameroon to realize henceforth, the first level of transformation of woods locally. The signature of passage to the industry in sector of the Xylo-industry imposes then, a structural changing of the initial channel of transformation of tropical woods going out from Cameroon. This structural changing causes a logistical problem which retains the attention of researchers. The circulation of the flows between the industries of the first localized transformation in Cameroon and the second industrials transformation localized in the developed countries should have intensified and the logistics demands will become stronger. How does one succeed the integration of channel between the enterprises of a developening country and that of developed countries? The objective of this research is to understand the functioning of the xylo-industry in Cameroon to reach at the actionable propositions centered on the logistics and the SMC. To reach it, a diagnosis of difficulties was realized by the three categories of actors which have been identified. It has been rely on a study of unique case. A literature review around the logistic of SMC and the Global value chains was judicious for better comprehension of our research. The propositions of elaborated research from the literature have been putting into test the facts towards the enterprises of the first industrial transformation in Cameroon by a questionnaire. In conclusion, an amelioration of logistic management in the enterprises of the industry of the first transformation of woods in Cameroon is an indispensable condition of their integration in the global value chains
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Simán, Siri Gerardo J. "Analysis of international construction joint ventures between general contractors using the value chain framework." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/38162.
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Wala, Tomasz P. (Tomasz Piotr) 1971. "Integrating the value chain : a step-by-step approach for creating a world-class supply chain for Kodak professional digital cameras." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9446.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1999.Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-75).
Manufacturers of electronic equipment today face a new competitive battle. This battle does not just focus on the most efficient methods of production, but also the effectiveness of the entire supply chain. The next competitive advantage in manufacturing will shift from competition between leaner production systems to fully integrated and optimized supply chains. To assimilate the effectiveness of their supply chains, manufacturers must answer the following questions: What is the appropriate supply chain model for the type of product and volume? How should inventory levels be calculated and optimized for the entire supply chain? Is the distribution network designed toward the needs of the final customer? How can communication in the supply chain be managed most effectively? This thesis focuses on each question as they relate to the development of a more integrated supply chain. It is important to note that there is no one optimal solution because much depends on product characteristics. The thesis is based on research done at Eastman Kodak Company on the supply chain for the professional digital cameras. The goal is to provide a framework and model that can be used in improving any supply chain based on optimizing inventory levels and modifying the structure of the supply chain. The tools utilized include the MIT Strategic Inventory Placement (SIP) Model and improved communication via the Internet. By applying the framework described in this thesis, the digital camera manufacturing and supply chain team identified opportunities to double inventory turns and reduce its worldwide finished goods inventory by approximately $1.8 million. Furthermore, a newly designed communication management system will improve supply chain delivery performance and customer service.
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Goebel, Christoph Michael. "The value of item-level RFID in the supply chain." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/16082.
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Diese Dissertation beschäftigt sich mit den Auswirkungen der Radiofrequenzidentifikation (RFID) auf das Lieferkettenmanagement. Wir entwickeln mehrere ökonomische Modelle zur quantitativen Evaluation der RFID-Technologie und den strategischen Implikationen ihres unternehmensübergreifenden Einsatzes. Dabei wenden wir uns insbesondere folgenden Forschungsfragen zu: (i) Welcher ökonomische Wert kann durch den Einsatz von RFID entlang der Lieferkette realisiert werden? (ii) Welche ökonomische Anreize haben die Teilnehmer von Lieferketten, RFID gemeinsam zu nutzen? (iii) Welche innovativen Praktiken im Bereich des Lieferkettenmanagements wird RFID ermöglichen und was ist der jeweilige Nutzen? Im Gegensatz zu früheren Untersuchungen konzentrieren wir uns auf die Bestimmung des Informations- bzw. Transformationsnutzens von RFID auf der Einzelteilebene in der Lieferkette bestimmter Konsumgüter. Das erste Kapitel der Dissertation enthält die notwendigen Hintergründe über die Möglichkeiten der RFID Technologie und ihr erwarteter Einfluss auf das Lieferkettenmanagement. Das zweite Kapitel untersucht die strategischen Konsequenzen der Möglichkeit, den Güterfluss in Lieferketten auf der Einzelteilebene zu überwachen. Im dritten Kapitel veranschaulichen wir den Wert der durch RFID ermöglichten Sichtbarkeit von Produkten in Einzelhandelsfilialen wenn die logistischen Prozesse durch verschiedene Fehlerarten, speziell Fehlplatzierungen, Schwund und Transaktionsfehler, beeinflusst werden. Im vierten Kapitel quantifizieren wir den Wert von Bestandsreallokationen zwischen Einzelhandelsfilialen – eine Praktik, die durch den Einsatz von RFID auf der Einzelteilebene ermöglicht werden könnte. Das fünfte Kapitel beschäftigt sich mit der Rolle des Austauschs von Logistikinformationen im Kontext der Vorwärtsintegration. Kapitel sechs beschließt die Dissertation und bietet Hinweise für weitere Forschungsvorhaben im Bereich des Wertes von RFID und entsprechender Einführungsstrategien an.This dissertation investigates the impact of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) on supply chain management. We develop several economic models that allow for a quantitative evaluation of RFID’s value and the strategic implications resulting from its inter-organizational use. Although the ongoing hype about RFID has lead to a high availability of general literature on RFID technology as well as numerous value propositions, the amount of quantitative research about RFID’s business value is still small. We address this research gap by investigating three research questions: (i) What economic value can be realized by deploying RFID along the supply chain? (ii) What economic incentives have supply chain participants to use RFID cooperatively? (iii) What innovative supply chain practices will RFID enable and what is their economic value? In contrast to earlier research, we constrain our research focus to the determination of the information and transformation value of item-level RFID in the supply chain of certain "high-impact" consumer products. The first chapter of this dissertation provides the necessary background about RFID’s capabilities and expected impact on supply chain management. The second chapter analyses the strategic consequences of being able to monitor the flow of goods in a supply chain on the item-level. The third chapter demonstrates the value of RFID-enabled visibility in retail stores if logistical operations are subject to certain kinds of error, in particular misplacements, shrinkage, and transaction errors. The fourth chapter investigates the value of item-level transshipments between retail stores – a practice that could be enabled by the use of item-level RFID. The fifth chapter deals with the role of logistical information sharing practices in the context of vertical integration strategies. Chapter six concludes the dissertation and provides hints for further research on RFID value and strategy.
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Zhang, Sheng Hao. "Replenishment sequencing and the value of information in a supply chain with balanced ordering /." View abstract or full-text, 2005. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?ISMT%202005%20ZHANG.
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Kadangwe, Samual Ronald. "The relationship bewtween the value chain and project success in the Malawian construction industry." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020053.
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The construction industry in Malawi plays a vital role in developing the infrastructure of the country that is in need of improvement. Thus, in order to improve the quality of infrastructure in Malawi, the construction industry has to perform better than the status quo. The construction industry is characterised by a complex value chain that comprises of clients, consultants, contractors, and material manufacturers, suppliers, financing institutions, knowledge organisations and regulatory authority. This research looks at the relationship between construction value and project success in the Malawian construction industry. A qualitative research method was used for compiling the primary data for the study. Twenty-nine (29) participants were interviewed. These participants represented clients, consultants, contractors and material suppliers. The findings reveal that value creation in Malawi is characterised by lack of harmonised standards and specifications, inconsistent project management practices, existence of non-value adding activities, corrupt practices, lack of a skilled labour force, and lack of commitment to best practices in H&S as well as environmental management. Further, logistical problems affect the supply of construction materials to the country; while an unfavourable economic environment makes pricing of materials a challenge in the country too. Poor communication and limited use of information technology (IT) is very common in the industry and project implementation is also affected by a poor road network, an intermittent power supply, and a lack of cooperation from other service providers. In terms of supply chain structures in use, the research revealed that the traditional procurement method that is based on the lowest bidder / price is the most dominant method in use and very few members of the construction industry are conversant with other procurement methods. The method is also the preferred procurement method used by public sector clients. The performance of the traditional procurement method largely depends on the competence of the project design and supervision team, the adequacy of the documentation, and the capacity of the contractor. However, in most cases the system has failed to perform due to the poor contract management skills of the supervising consultant and the lack of timely guidance from the public sector clients. The findings also revealed that most of the suppliers or subcontractors are engaged on project based relationships, and members of the industry are unwilling to engage in long terms relationships due to mistrust and greed among members of the industry, and also largely due to lack of proper frameworks that can support such relationships. It is therefore recommended that other procurement methods should be explored and the engagement of the lowest price bidders should be discontinued on small and medium scale projects. The criteria for upgrading contractors to higher categories should equally be revisited to eliminate incompetent contractors. The NCIC should take a leading role in harmonising the various standards and specifications in use in the country. Promotion of the usage IT services should be encouraged to facilitate faster information dissemination. Usage of risk management in construction and evaluation and monitoring of projects should be encouraged and benchmark best practices. Finally, the members of the industry should take up the responsibility to take leading entities in the industry to task, if fundamental changes are to take place in the industry.
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Sekonyela, Malira Patience. "Integrating Lesotho economy into the regional automotive value chain : manufacturing of car-seat covers." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17421.
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Includes bibliographical referencesThe purpose of this study was to analyse the Automotive Industry in Southern Africa, to assess how best Lesotho can contribute to this supply chain. This analysis was done to better understand the sector, to identify Lesotho's potential to produce car seat covers for South African automotive assembly plants, and find the best trade policies and programmes to support value chains in the sector. The plan was to assess the possibility for Lesotho made automotive components manufacturers to supply the Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs - the main automotive assembly plants), and use the South African Automotive Industry as the entry point for the Lesotho components to penetrate the Regional Automotive Value Chain. The main focus of this study was the manufacturing of car-seat covers to supply the seven Original Equipment Manufacturers namely: Volkswagen, BMW, Renault, Toyota, Daimler Chrysler, Ford and Mercedes Benz. The impact of Motor Industry Development Programme (MIDP) and Automotive Production and Development Programme (APDP) on the industry was assessed. The impact of the APDP on relocation of components manufacturers to other Southern African Customs Union (SACU) countries was assessed, Lesotho being used as a case study. It set out to find out if Lesotho firms have the potential to contribute to the automotive value chains through manufacture of car seat covers.
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Siefering, Brian W. "Reducing inventory and order delivery time in an internal extended value chain." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34866.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 79).
The extended value stream for the ABB Power Technologies Medium Voltage Business Area consists of numerous factories situated across various different countries. Most of these facilities were originally acquired by ABB to provide an established presence in local markets. In an effort to consolidate and align the Business Area's materials resources and reduce internal competition between similar factories, PTMV assigned specific products to specific factories on a regional basis. As a result, factories that use to have broad control of their entire manufacturing process from raw material to finished products are now either internal suppliers or internal customers of other ABB factories. The Business Area must now develop internal processes across these factories that focus on achieving timely delivery balanced with low inventory. In order to do so, it is essential for the Business Area to inspire individual factories with different cultures and languages to cooperate and work for a common goal. 'This thesis describes how Value Stream Mapping can be used to analyze current order processes in individual factories and across multiple factories in a single value chain.
(cont.) Value Stream Mapping reveals the areas where non-value added time is the greatest in the overall order delivery process. Using this information, recommendations are formulated to reduce materials 'work-in-progress (WIP), and subsequently, system lead-time. This internship looked at the inventory management control of key components between two factories in the internal value chain. The impact of inventory cost due to inventory location, transportation, and production decisions is investigated and documented. Additionally, this thesis studies the strategic, cultural, and political challenges that ABB faces as it attempts to implement operational change management in a new organizational structure.
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Amati, Michael Martin 1976. "Modeling the value to retailers due to redesigning the grocery supply chain." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34751.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (p. 89).
ES3, a wholly owned subsidiary of C&S Holdings, is a third party grocery and consumer goods distribution company operating a large distribution facility in York, PA. Under the traditional model for grocery distribution, manufacturers ship products to their manufacturing distribution centers (MDCs), where several products from the same manufacturers are combined in shipments and sent to retail distribution centers (RDCs). The distributors operating the RDCs combine product from several manufacturers to be shipped to individual retail outlets. Currently, in Phase I of its operations, ES3 improves on this model by replacing MDCs from several manufacturers with a single facility, consolidating orders from several manufacturers and reducing lead time and optimal lot sizes for distributors. Eventually, ES3 will reach Phase II of its operations, where certain products will bypass RDCs completely and be delivered directly to individual retail outlets. This thesis is concerned with efforts to build a model to quantify the benefit distributors receive from using ES3 in both Phase I and Phase II of its operations. The model was built using shipping, receiving, operations, and transportation data from C&S under the assumption that C&S was a good proxy for other distributors which are potential customers for ES3. The purpose of building the model was two-fold. First, ES3 would like to recruit distributors as customers and charge them for its services. The model will help demonstrate the savings these distributors can achieve. Second, distributors' savings increase as the number of manufacturers stored at ES3 increases. ES3 hopes to demonstrate this effect through the model and momentum for growth. The model quantifies savings in inventory costs,
(cont.) transportation costs, and operations costs as a function of the number and types of products the user chooses to source from ES3. These savings vary dramatically depending on the size of the distributor using the model, but can be very significant, especially for large distributors.
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Constance, Scott C. (Scott Charles) 1975, and Jeffrey R. 1970 Gower. "A value chain perspective on the economic drivers of competition in the wireless telecommunications industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/8891.
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We address aspects of uncertainty brought about by the rapid pace of change in the wireless telecommunications industry. We draw upon elements of value chain theory in developing a systematic historical perspective on these changes in wireless telecommunications. We draw upon elements of classical economic theory in understanding the dynamics driving these changes. A System Dynamics model is constructed to bridge the theoretical and empirical gap between value chain theory and classical economics. We use this model to understand the dynamics of possible future changes in the wireless telecommunications industry. Model validation results show that our economic and value chain analyses are insightful in explaining the growth, innovation paths, and competitive dynamic of wireless communications value chain participants.
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Da, Silva Duarté Natalia. "L’insertion des coopératives issues de l’agriculture familiale dans une global value chain : le cas des apiculteurs du Nordeste du Brésil." Thesis, Pau, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PAUU2033/document.
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Notre thèse traite des compétences nécessaires à acquérir afin que les agricultures familiales puissent être incluses durablement dans une Global Value Chain. Nous y développons une grille de lecture de ces compétences, afin de rendre les coopératives capables de gérer leur Supply Chain Management. L’approche par compétences consiste en un apprentissage plus concret, plus actif et plus durable. Il met donc l’accent sur la capacité d’utiliser concrètement ce qui a été appris dans des tâches et situations nouvelles et complexes.Les difficultés des petits agriculteurs remontent à longtemps. Plusieurs études sont été développés pour résoudre leurs principaux problèmes. Ceux-ci comprennent la production à petite échelle, l’obtention du marché pour ces produits, la gestion de leur petite 'entreprise', l’acquisition d’un rendement financier. Le but de notre thèse n’est pas de transformer les petits agriculteurs aux grandes, cette erreur a déjà été commise précédemment par diverses politiques publiques dans les pays en développement. Notre objectif est proposer une voie dans laquelle ils peuvent, même si petite, assurer leur qualité de vie a partir de la production et de la vente de leurs produits.Cependant, nous savons qu’un petit agriculteur n’est pas en mesure d’entrer individuellement dans le marché mondial. Le marché de la consommation a besoin d’une production continue, en volume et en qualité. Alors, ils ont besoins de développer des actions collectives qui puisse les insérer dans ce supply chain global.Pourquoi parlons-nous de l’introduction des producteurs dans les marchés mondiaux, et non pas son introduction dans les marchés locaux ? Eh bien, notre contexte est basée sur les petits agriculteurs de régions sous-développées, ça implique que, les régions dans lesquelles ils sont incorporés n’on pas la capacité économique d’acheter leurs produits pour assurer le durabilité de leurs affaires, de sorte que le défi est d’insérer les agriculteurs dans les circuits globales.Afin que les agriculteurs peuvent avoir un paiement plus équitable pour leur production, et soit capable de 'voler de ses propres ailes', a partir d’un approche capabilités, ils devraient chercher une forme d'organisation qui permet une production avec caractéristiques et qualité similaire, assurer le processus d'emballage et de transport, en plus avoir un potentiel financier et de gestion pour mener des négociations avec les client et fournisseurs. L’option la plus discutée dans la littérature est la coopérative.A partir d’une étude de cas comparative qualitative nous analysons deux territoires dans la région Nordeste du Brésil, dont l’un réussit (le Piauí) et l’autre échoue (le Ceará). Nous élucidons que c’est entre autres la gestion du SCM, le soutien aux apiculteurs et le contrôle de qualité qui sont à l’origine du succès de la coopérative centrale du PiauíThe difficulties of small farmers go back a long time. Several studies have been developed to solve their main problems. These include small-scale production, obtaining the market for these products, managing their small 'business', acquiring a financial return.The purpose of our thesis is not to transform small farmers to large, this mistake has already been made previously by various public policies in developing countries. Our goal is to provide a way in which they can, even if small, ensuring their quality to improve its product life cycle from production to sale in the market.However, we know that for a small farmer is not easy to enter into the world market individually. The consumer market needs continuous production, in quality and quantity. So, they need to develop collective actions that can insert them into this global supply chain.Why are we talking about the introduction of producers into the world market and not their introduction into local markets? Well, our context is based on small farmers in underdevelopment regions which do Not have the economic capacity to buy their products in the way to ensure the sustainability of their business, so the challenge is; insert farmers into global circuits.In this case, farmers will have a more equitable payment for their production and be able to 'fly on their own', from a capabilities approach, they should look for a form of organization that allows production with characteristics and quality similar, ensuring the packaging and transportation process, in addition to having financial and management potential to conduct negotiations with customers and suppliers. At that moment, we are wondering what is the apropriate legal form “Cooperative” or not.From several case studies we analyze two territories in the Northewest region of Brazil, one (Piauí) and the other (Ceará). We are clear that the management of SCM, support for beekeepers and quality control department are, among others, those that are at the origin of the success of the central cooperative of Piauí