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Understanding total cost ownership issues from a value analysis perspective
No full textCommodity industrial products are no longer self-selling ticket items for manufacturers. Such manufacturers need to assess their value chain from a total cost ownership perspective for both their outsourced and in-house parts needed to assemble the commodity product in order to better compete in the market place. The key question becomes what procedures should manufacturers follow to understand cost and mark-up behavior patterns and their documentation procedures for such parts? In order to identify and eliminate waste at the inter-firm and intra-firm levels a case study using value analysis was conducted for a commodity product manufacturer that outsourced its component parts to independent suppliers. Activity Based Management approach was used to identify the key value added activities and the unnecessary resources used for these activities. Using simple value analysis and affinity diagram approaches a list of questions and methodology were prepared for the analysis. Three models of the manufacturer\u27s product that required similar components but slightly different designs were selected for comparison purposes, and their key cost drives were determined. Problems in the manufacturer\u27s cost differentiating strategies were identified and practical solutions offered. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT
Organization structure and service capabilities as predictors of supply chain performance: B2B seller’s perspective
Get PDFIn buyer-seller exchanges the seller not only provides the goods and service but also transfers its organization capabilities on to the buying firm. Improper selection and usage of these capabilities may reduce the seller’s sustainable competitive edge in future transactions in this supply chain. Through field interviews and Resource Based View literature, the authors propose and test a model linking organization structure, service capabilities, and seller’s satisfaction and performance in business-to-business exchanges. Based on eighty-seven responses, the results indicate that autonomous structure had a positive impact on all three service capabilities. Formalization had a positive influence on only logistics service capability. The service capabilities had a direct impact only on satisfaction. The supply chain performance link in the model was mediated through satisfaction
Internal sociopolitical phenomenon in a manufacturer-distributor exchange: A dyadic perspective
No full textImportance of transaction cost, resource-based view, and dependence in logistics-based exchanges
No full textAlthough the antecedents of governance mechanisms have been studied in depth in manufacturer-distributor and procurement literatures, using transaction cost, resource-based view, and sociopolitical frameworks, do the guidelines provided by these frameworks hold true for logistics-based exchanges as well? Regression analysis is used to test a key relationship-driver from each of these frameworks, namely, asset specificity, logistics capability, and dependence and their relationships with two social governance mechanisms of commitment and information sharing. In order of importance, logistics capability is positively related to both the dependent variables; asset specificity is of secondary importance and positively related to information sharing only. The impact of dependence is non-significant
Thai exporter and U.S. importer relations: A pilot study using email survey
No full textEmail is a viable option to web–based surveys; however, a number of factors such as lack of anonymity, incentives and incompatibility with software used have affected this method of disseminating surveys. In addition, response rates may vary depending on the context of the study. Thus, circumstantial evidence is needed to justify or refute this claim. This paper describes the data collection process for an email–based survey to analyse Thai exporters\u27 perceptions of US importers. The study tests the Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) framework, a salient subject in this industry, through a modified questionnaire previously administered on US–based exporters using regular mail. The low response rate from this set of exporters limits significant statistical testing. However, the correlations between the TCA variables justify the popularity of continued usage of TCA framework in relational exchanges. The paper concludes by offering theoretical explanations behind this low response rate and provides suggestions for improvements
Buyer-Seller Relationships: Material versus Logistical Transactions
No full textSeveral supply chain buyer-seller exchanges become inefficient or get terminated due to poor resource allocation, which become costly because of litigation issues and finding new partners. Because a supply-chain participant’s buying and/or selling role and the type of industry may affect the way in which resources are deployed, the authors illustrate how these supply chain participants may better align their resources commensurate with their role in the supply chain to reduce inefficiencies. We explore and describe this phenomenon gathering survey data from material buyers and Third Party Logisticians because the roles of these supply-chain participants are intertwined but different. Resource allocation for these two supply chain exchanges were examined and compared using the partial least squares, structural equation modelling approach. Bilateral dependence and relational norms (flexibility and information sharing), logistics service, customer- oriented services, trust and commitment, formed the constructs for this study; dependence and relational norms are framed as second-order constructs and financial and attitudinal performance as outcomes. Both the overall models were supported. Furthermore, three paths were significantly different across the two models: bilateral dependence on commitment, relationship norms on commitment (material model higher), and relational norms on trust (logistics model higher)
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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