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Firm Integration and Supply Chains

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2019
Vertical integration is central to understanding patterns of economic activity, but there has been limited empirical work measuring the extent to which firms own and utilize direct upstream and downstream production links for sourcing physical inputs. We use administrative data from Karnataka, India on the movement of goods, both within and outside the
Brandon Joel Tan, Shresth Garg, Pulak Ghosh   +2 more
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The urge to integrate [supply chains]

Engineering Management, 2003
A survey of UK manufacturers looked at how relationships between customers and their suppliers were set to change. It showed that the trend towards greater integration in supply chains is likely to continue. The major emphasis is on companies focusing their core activities while farming out everything else.
J. Efstathiou, G. Frizelle
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Influence of System Integration and Supply Chain Integration in Supply Chains: Virtual Integration Theory Perspective [PDF]

Advanced Science and Technology Letters, 2016
This study develops a model to examine whether inter-organizational compatibility has cross-boundary effects on virtual integration (system integration and supply chain integration), thus leading to better supply chain performance. We empirically tested the research model using data collected from senior managers of 116 manufacturing firms in South ...
Sungbae Kang, Taesoo Moon
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Semi-integrated Supply Chains: Towards the New Era of Supply Chain Management [PDF]

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 2001
This paper discusses trends in contemporary management that reflect the need for reassessing the notion of supply chain integration. Recent developments in the areas of strategy, channels, processes, relationships, organisation and performance measurement show pressures that call for attention to the various dimensions and varying intensities of ...
Bask, Anu, Juga, Jari
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The Supply Chain Network Integration

2019
Supply Chain Network (SCN) is one of the most important elements of Logistic nowadays. One of the aspects, which is not covered very well in literature, is the one concerned to the mechanisms behind the connections that are established among players. In this work it was analysed the impact of the variation in the probabilities in being a member of a ...
Luis Antunes, Nuno Trindade Magessi
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Arcs of supply chain integration

International Journal of Production Research, 2011
Integration is posited by many authors as a supply chain utopia. Indeed, it is claimed as being synonymous with supply chain management excellence. The primary aim of this research is to verify the link between supply chain integration and competitive performance. Detailed information collected via an 8-year international field study of 50 products and
Childerhouse, Paul, Towill, Denis R.
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e-Business and Supply Chain Integration [PDF]

, 2004
e-Business has emerged as a key enabler to drive supply chain integration. Businesses can use the Internet to gain global visibility across their extended network of trading partners and help them respond quickly to changing customer demand captured over the Internet.
Seungjin Whang, Hau L. Lee
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Influence of Information Exchange and Supply Chain Integration on Supply Chain Performance

Advanced Science and Technology Letters, 2015
Supply chain integration is widely used by both practitioners and researchers, because of an essential role to enhance competitive advantage in supply chain. Organizational competences, such as relational competence(RC) and information technology (IT) competence, have been recognized as influencing factors to promote supply chain integration (SCI) for ...
Taesoo Moon, Sungbae Kang
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Fallstudien Supply Chain Integration [PDF]

, 2004
In Kapitel 3 wurde das zentrale Forschungsmodell Supply Chain Integration aufgestellt. Basierend auf der zentralen Forschungsfrage „Unter welchen Bedingungen verringert eine Supply Chain Integration die logistische Kritizitat“ konnten dabei Antworten auf die funf forschungsleitenden Fragen erarbeitet werden.
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Computer integrated supply chain

International Journal of Materials and Product Technology, 2001
Information technology makes the inter-organisational coordination of activities feasible to implement effectively. This coordination of activities is the core of supply chain management. Information technology plays a central role in the development, functioning and success of virtual corporations.
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