An international comparison of supply chain practices and performance: Thailand, Celtic, English and New Zealand

Childerhouse, P., Thomas, A. J., Towill, Denis Royston and Banomyong, R. 2008. An international comparison of supply chain practices and performance: Thailand, Celtic, English and New Zealand. Presented at: 13th International Symposium on Logistics (ISL 2008) Integrating the Global Supply Chain, Bangkok, Thailand, 6-8 July 2008. pp. 210-219.

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Abstract

The vast majority of supply chain theory and publications are based around a US and European context. The central question of the research is to investigate how organisations from other countries are adopting these Western concepts. We have studied supply chain practices and their resultant performance in a wide range of industrial sectors and international settings. To date, 79 value streams have been examined over nine years of ongoing investigation, predominantly via a rigorous supply chain diagnostic approach known as ‘Quick Scan’ (Naim et al., 2002). Supply chain integration maturity has been assessed through close examination of four types of uncertainty; demand, process, supply, and control (Mason-Jones & Towill, 1998). While an overall assessment indicates that the majority of value streams studied are struggling with the concept, a limited number of exemplars do demonstrate the feasibility of supply chain integration. The original contribution of the research is the international comparison of supply chain practices and performance between Celtic, English, Thai and New Zealand value streams.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Completion
Status:	Unpublished
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HE Transportation and Communications
Uncontrolled Keywords:	logistics and operations management
Related URLs:	Organisation
Last Modified:	19 Mar 2016 22:44
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/25866

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