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Numerous articles dealing with the theory and practice of SCM have been
published over the reviewed period of last 18 years,
but the topic is still under
considerable development and debate. Richard Lamming (1996) has given a
general review on lean supply chain in which Lean supply has been
characterized as beyond partnership. Lean supply is the system of
purchasing and supply chain management required to underpin lean production. .
Ben-Daya et al. (2008) explored the topic in a particular context, i.e. The
industrial district (ID), that constitutes a specific production model where
complex SC networks can be identified.
SC cooperation may take on
several forms in IDs and may produce several benefits (e. g.
Upgrading
quality and reducing costs). Vaart and Pieter (2003) drawn conclusions on the need
for an inter-disciplinary approach,
combining the technical and relational
aspects from the respective fields of system dynamics and collaboration in
order to deliver superior order replenishment performance. Gunasekaran and
Ngai (2005) indicated that E-Business,
product, and service-quality, all have
a significant direct effect on customer behavioral intentions to purchase
again. Balakrishnan and Cheng (2005) reviewed and update the methodology
based on spreadsheet that provided enhanced solutions in complex
environments with multiple products and bottleneck situations. Nagarajan and
Sosic (2004) reviewed literature dealing with buyer vendor coordination
models that have used quantity discount as coordination mechanism under
deterministic environment and classified the various models. Based on this
conceptualization of SCM, the existing literature was examined, in an effort
to identify the extent to which these underlying elements were present in
SCMacademic research to date. A review of previous literature studies, as
highlighted in Table 3 (Appendix A), provides the basis for how this review extends
our understanding of SCM research. Burgess et.al. (2006) reviewed 100
randomly selected articles from 614 usable articles found in the ABI/Inform
Database across a 19 year (1985 to 2003) period.. Their sample addressed
manufacturing and consumer goods industries, and the research articles
reviewed by them focused on a more narrowly defined operations management
approach to Supply Chain Management.
They classified the articles into four
groups, namely (1) Descriptive features of SCM, (2) Definition issues, (3)
Theoretical concerns and (4) Research methodological issues. They found
SCM to be a relatively young field with exponential growth in interest
from researchers in the recent past.
The importance of this research in
contrast to Burgess et al. (2006) is that instead of sampling 100 articles from a
pool of 614 over a 5-year period, we examined 588 articles over 18 years.
This not only makes for a more in-depth review, but provides a larger base from
which to chart the maturation of the SCM field. It also helps to assess gaps in
the literature and project future trends, thereby underscoring the importance
and robustness of this study.
Finally, Burgess et al., include books,
performance mix. They pointed out that the SCM literature reviewed by them
revealed several gaps identified by them as (1) Small sample sizes (2) One-tier
investigations (3) Limited methodological analysis (4)Lack of longitudinal studies,
and (5) Limited global supply chain analysis. In view of this discussion, the authors
conclude that a broader view of SCM is needed in order to develop a wider
consensus and
resolve
the
present
conceptual
and
research
methodological confusion.
In contrast to single journal review, or limited
random review, this research surveys thirteen academic journals and reviews
588 research-based articles published during an 18-year period from 1991 to mid
2008, thereby covering the entire significant period of SCM emergence to its
evolution as a strong discipline. The authors these articles in terms of research
method, and data analysis techniques to discover the extent of research trend.
In summary, this research extends the previous literature reviews by:
PART 2
Supply Chain Management is a network of facilities that produce raw materials,
transform them into intermediate goods and then final products, and deliver the
products to customers through a distribution system. It spans procurement,
manufacturing and distribution (Lee & Billington 1995) the basic objective of
supply chain management is to optimize performance of the chain to add as
much value as possible for the least cost possible. In other words, it aims to link
all the supply chain agents to jointly cooperate within the firm as a way to
maximize productivity in the supply chain and deliver the most benefits to all
related parties (Finch 2006). Adoption of Supply chain management practices in
industries has steadily increased since the 1980s. A number of definitions are
proposed and the concept is discussed from many perspectives. However
Cousins et al. (2006); Sachan and Datta (2005); Storey et al. (2006) provided
excellent review on supply chain management literature. These papers define
the concept, principals, nature, and development of SCM and indicate that there
is an intense research being conducted around the world in this field they
critically assessed developments in the theory and practice of supply
management.
Gunasekaran and McGaughey (2003) extended the scope of SCM beyond
material management, partnership, information technology to the Total Quality
Management areas like management commitment, organizational structure,