Abstract
One critical weakness of traditional company-wide business improvement models,
which are often based on systems thinking, is that the focus is largely on a
company’s internal operations and business processes. As a result of the
increasingly complex global supply chains of which companies are part, improving
ones own business is no guarantee of success in today’s business environment. This paper describes an extension of traditional systems approaches beyond the
operations of an individual company to the complete supply chain. The result is the
systems approach to analysing supply chains and improving their performance.
which are often based on systems thinking, is that the focus is largely on a
company’s internal operations and business processes. As a result of the
increasingly complex global supply chains of which companies are part, improving
ones own business is no guarantee of success in today’s business environment. This paper describes an extension of traditional systems approaches beyond the
operations of an individual company to the complete supply chain. The result is the
systems approach to analysing supply chains and improving their performance.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Perspectives on Purchasing for the New Millenium, Proceedings of the 8th International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) Conference |
| Pages | 739-744 |
| Publication status | Published - 1999 |
| Event | Perspectives on Purchasing for the New Millenium, Proceedings of the 8th International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) Conference - Northern Ireland, Belfast, United Kingdom Duration: 1 Mar 1999 → 2 Mar 1999 |
Conference
| Conference | Perspectives on Purchasing for the New Millenium, Proceedings of the 8th International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA) Conference |
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| Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
| City | Belfast |
| Period | 1/03/99 → 2/03/99 |