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Material Requirement Planning and supply chain at Alenia Aircraft
No full textThis case study analyses how the adoption of material requirement planning (MRP) at Alenia Aircraft has brought about organizational and logistic changes in the firm's supply chain. The impact of the MRP system on the supply chain is investigated by analysing the relationship between Alenia Aircraft and the firm Alfa, one of its more significant subcontractors. The case study highlights the current trends within Alenia Aircraft's supply chain. A tiering of the subcontracting firms is taking place through a selection process, leading some traditional subcontractors to become main subcontractors while only some of them become main verticalized subcontractors. In this selection and tiering process of the supply chain, a crucial role is played by the subcontractors' managerial, organizational and logistic capabilities
Logistics and organisational changes: the effect on customer-supplier relationships
No full textThis paper highlights how the adoption of a Material Requirement Planning System (MRP) at customers firms brings about organisational and logistic changes in their supply chain . It emerges that the MRP introduction imposes more stress on the supply chain and is really supportive of customer-supplier relationships. Furthermore, there are industrial specificities, since the effect of MRP is more marked in the aircraft sector than in the radar sector.
The supply chains of two high-technology customer firms operating in the aircraft and radar industry have been studied. As well as the two large customers, 38 suppliers (23 aircraft and 15 radar industry firms) have been studied through periodic visits and using a semi-structured questionnaire. The changes have been observed by means of analysis of the effect on delivery times, costs and materials management of the suppliers
Material Requirement Planning and supply chain at Alenia Aircraft
No full textThis case study analyses how the adoption of material requirement planning (MRP) at Alenia Aircraft has brought about organizational and logistic changes in the firm's supply chain. The impact of the MRP system on the supply chain is investigated by analysing the relationship between Alenia Aircraft and the firm Alfa, one of its more significant subcontractors. The case study highlights the current trends within Alenia Aircraft's supply chain. A tiering of the subcontracting firms is taking place through a selection process, leading some traditional subcontractors to become main subcontractors while only some of them become main verticalized subcontractors. In this selection and tiering process of the supply chain, a crucial role is played by the subcontractors' managerial, organizational and logistic capabilities
Sviluppo di nuovi prodotti e trasferimento di conoscenza inter-impresa. L'utilizzo delle fonti esterne in un'impresa motociclistica
No full textAccording to a vast part of strategic literature, a firm should ensure a tight control over key resources, both human and technological, as to firmly grasp the drivers of its success. Growth is either achieved through incremental innovation around a very specific resource or capability, or through the acquisition of new firms and their relative resources. The Japanese model, based on extensive use of external sources of supply, posed a serious threat to the widely accepted Williamson’s framework. This organizational structure has quickly been imitated in a number of Western countries, where several firms share the same network of partners to leverage development costs without sacrificing product differentiation. The two firms investigated in this paper push themselves even further, since their long-term collaboration has loose boundaries and no equity tie
The evolution of the supply chain in the railway industry
No full textPurpose – This paper aims to fill the research gap represented by the lack of analysis on the industry's specific factors which affect the evolution of customer-supplier relationships and the entire supply chain organisation in the railway manufacturing industry by providing an interpretative framework.
Design/methodology/approach – The research is based upon an in-depth longitudinal case study on AnsaldoBreda, the main Italian railway company that is representative of the EU context. The study was conducted over a period of ten years.
Findings – The empirical findings highlighted that in recent decades the hierarchical relationships among firms operating in the Italian railway have been modified. Moreover, regarding the evolution of the supply system four main phases are illustrated and the gap with other industrial sectors is remarked.
Research limitations/implications – The approach taken restricts the empirical findings to the Italian railway industry. However, various elements show that the case study is representative of the European railway industry as well.
Practical implications – The paper provides practical indications at three different levels: for large firms (both manufacturers and operator firms) regarding the leading role assumed in the supply chain, for small supplier firms regarding cost efficiency, technology, organisation and quality improvement to be competitive in the global market, and for railway transport as a whole regarding quality of service, customer satisfaction and railway transport demand.
Originality/value – The paper provides a conceptual framework to interpret the supply chain evolution based upon the changing role of the leader firm while providing insight on the impact of liberalisation/globalisation processes on the supply chain organisatio
The evolution of the supply chain relationships: an interpretative framework based on the Italian inter-industry
No full textThis paper adopts an inter-industry analysis approach to compare the supply chain evolution of the railway and aircraft manufacturing industries, highlighting the fact that these industries are going through a period of enormous change involving the production system as a whole. In particular, the paper identifies the supply relationship evolution in both industries and analyses the vertical relationships, thus showing how the circulation of information and technology is a crucial factor for the supply chain efficiency. These elements are addressed so that an interpretative framework may be developed to broaden understanding of the industry-specific factors that affect firms’ competitive strategies. The paper synthesises the results of a research program focused on the supply systems of the main Italian companies in the aircraft industry (Alenia Aeronautica) and in the railway industry (AnsaldoBreda)
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