European Journal of Operational Research, Feb 1, 2001
Companies strive to position themselves to maximize the value they add to the supply chains in wh... more Companies strive to position themselves to maximize the value they add to the supply chains in which they are embedded. This raises strategic questions such as: Which durable resources should be developed to enhance current core competencies? Which activities should be externalized and to which potential partner should they be given? Which internal activities should be preserved and developed? How should the resources of the enterprise be allocated to activities? The aim of this paper is to propose a mathematical programming model of the extended enterprise which can be used to investigate this type of strategic networking issues. A number of general network modeling constructs are ®rst proposed. A model to optimize the supply chain structure under speci®c assumptions on the nature of production, cost and value functions in typical production/distribution companies is then derived. A heuristic to obtain solutions from the model is also presented. Finally, an example based on a refrigerator company is used to illustrate the usefulness of the approach.
Business networking for the purpose of becoming globally more competitive seems to form the very ... more Business networking for the purpose of becoming globally more competitive seems to form the very basis of strategic decisions in many companies today. The concept of “network company” has recently been the subject of many studies in the literature, perhaps mostly due to its world wide practice among more successful companies. Yet, there is no model-based formal treatment of the concept per se leading to the development of frameworks that are instrumental in formulating networking strategies. This paper addresses itself to formalizing the concept of “network company” within the context of global competition. For this purpose, “network company” is positioned in the value chain of pertinent product–market chain systems and then its functioning is decomposed into a set of minimal and basic components, which are termed “elementary resources, methods, products, and activities”. The set thus defined at that detail level is used to analyze and evaluate “network companies” at any desired con...
A distributed product has its manufacturing activities distributed among many locations. These lo... more A distributed product has its manufacturing activities distributed among many locations. These locations could belong to one or more firms in a manufacturing network. Often, components needed to manufacture a distributed product move through different nodes in the network and sometimes across international borders. Hence, a transfer price is needed for the purpose of estimating duties and drawbacks. Being aware
European Journal of Operational Research, Feb 1, 2001
Companies strive to position themselves to maximize the value they add to the supply chains in wh... more Companies strive to position themselves to maximize the value they add to the supply chains in which they are embedded. This raises strategic questions such as: Which durable resources should be developed to enhance current core competencies? Which activities should be externalized and to which potential partner should they be given? Which internal activities should be preserved and developed? How should the resources of the enterprise be allocated to activities? The aim of this paper is to propose a mathematical programming model of the extended enterprise which can be used to investigate this type of strategic networking issues. A number of general network modeling constructs are ®rst proposed. A model to optimize the supply chain structure under speci®c assumptions on the nature of production, cost and value functions in typical production/distribution companies is then derived. A heuristic to obtain solutions from the model is also presented. Finally, an example based on a refrigerator company is used to illustrate the usefulness of the approach.
Business networking for the purpose of becoming globally more competitive seems to form the very ... more Business networking for the purpose of becoming globally more competitive seems to form the very basis of strategic decisions in many companies today. The concept of “network company” has recently been the subject of many studies in the literature, perhaps mostly due to its world wide practice among more successful companies. Yet, there is no model-based formal treatment of the concept per se leading to the development of frameworks that are instrumental in formulating networking strategies. This paper addresses itself to formalizing the concept of “network company” within the context of global competition. For this purpose, “network company” is positioned in the value chain of pertinent product–market chain systems and then its functioning is decomposed into a set of minimal and basic components, which are termed “elementary resources, methods, products, and activities”. The set thus defined at that detail level is used to analyze and evaluate “network companies” at any desired con...
A distributed product has its manufacturing activities distributed among many locations. These lo... more A distributed product has its manufacturing activities distributed among many locations. These locations could belong to one or more firms in a manufacturing network. Often, components needed to manufacture a distributed product move through different nodes in the network and sometimes across international borders. Hence, a transfer price is needed for the purpose of estimating duties and drawbacks. Being aware
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