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Collaborative forecasting: one more challenge in supply chain management
No full textThis research aims to offer an original contribution on the debate on collaborative forecasting both in the academic and managerial perspective. Collaborative Forecasting (CF) - referring to the process of collecting and reconciling the information from diverse sources inside and outside the company, to come up with a single unified statement of demand (Hill, 1999) – has been receiving increasing attention in the managerial literature. Following Meredith’s (1998) suggestion to use case studies as a basis for theory formulation, insights from 3 case studies are used to extend existing theory on CF. The first objective of this research is to understand if the phases characterising the CF process are different from those of the conventional forecasting process, and - if yes - what are the main differences. Moreover, this research has a further explorative objective, as it intends to highlight what and how co-ordination mechanisms are activated to adapt, align and synchronise forecasting activities carried out by different members of the network
New supply chain strategies in the pharmaceutical industry
No full textTAs the industrial environment becomes more competitive, supply chain management (SCM) has become a topic of interest to many authors. In particular, in the last decades, pharmaceutical industry has been interested by significant changes that have lead companies to implement SCM to simultaneously achieve efficiency and effectiveness. The aim of this paper is (1) to explore the existence of a sequence of SCM improvement initiatives in pharmaceutical industry and (2) to highlight the emerging SCM model pharmaceutical companies are adopting to overcome the traditional trade-off between efficiency and effectiveness. It has been found a common sequence of improvement initiatives that encompasses three main steps: the redesigning of supply network to exploit economies of scale; supplier integration; demand integration. Such initiatives are then combined in a SCM model which explains their different contribution in improving supply network efficiency and effectiveness
Dal government alla governance territoriale: gli strumenti a disposizione delle istituzioni locali
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Quality Management in a Supply Chain Perspective - Strategic and Operative Choices in a Textile-Apparel Network
No full textSupply chain management (SCM) is conceived by academics and practitioners as
either an extension of logistics or an all-encompassing approach to business integration. From the
authors' point of view, SCM involves not only logistic activities but also other processes such as
quality management. This paper seeks to understand how quality can be managed using a supply
chain perspective and what the operative and strategic consequences are for both the individual
companies and the whole supply network. It reports a case study conducted on Marzotto, an
important Italian textile and apparel company, and its supply chain relationships. The study
compares the quality practices in the two different kinds of supply network of which Marzotto is
the focal firm. One is managed using a traditional customer-supplier approach and the other a
broader and more co-ordinated perspective. In the latter case, it was found that the whole supply
network could improve its ability to meet the expectations of the final consumer in terms of quality
through the joint definition and co-management of quality practices/procedures
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