Systems Thinking in Supply Chain Measurements
(2000) In International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 30(10). p.847-868- Abstract
- Both practitioners and research scientists have noted a number of problems regarding measurement activities during the past decade. The problems reported suggest that measurement activities are fragmented both within and across organizations. This article expands on a systems perspective on supply chain measurements and describes how problems can be communicated, understood and managed by developing methods and tools for describing interrelationships within supply chains. Empirical evidence from a case study of a Swedish home furnishing business supply chain provides data suggesting that firms within a supply chain cannot simply be categorized as either having adopted systems thinking or not. Rather, both structured models indicating a... (More)
- Both practitioners and research scientists have noted a number of problems regarding measurement activities during the past decade. The problems reported suggest that measurement activities are fragmented both within and across organizations. This article expands on a systems perspective on supply chain measurements and describes how problems can be communicated, understood and managed by developing methods and tools for describing interrelationships within supply chains. Empirical evidence from a case study of a Swedish home furnishing business supply chain provides data suggesting that firms within a supply chain cannot simply be categorized as either having adopted systems thinking or not. Rather, both structured models indicating a high degree of systems thinking, and problems showing fragmentation, are present. A performance model, which is used to reflect the systemic structure of an underlying supply chain and a potential integrator, is introduced and suggested as the focus of future research initiatives within supply chain measurements. (Less)
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- author
- Holmberg, Stefan LU
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- publishing date
- 2000
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Performance measurement, Systems integration, Supply chain, Measurement
- in
- International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management
- volume
- 30
- issue
- 10
- pages
- 847 - 868
- publisher
- Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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- scopus:84986160647
- ISSN
- 0960-0035
- DOI
- 10.1108/09600030010351246
- language
- English
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- yes
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- 94ae3ac1-4355-4fa6-b126-88d5ca0765a3 (old id 105823)
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title = {{Systems Thinking in Supply Chain Measurements}},
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