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A method to compare supply chains of an industry

A method to compare supply chains of an industry Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a method to compare supply chains (SCs) of an industry in the scope of supplier's supplier to customer's customer. Design/methodology/approach – The proposed method is based on five processes provided in SCOR model version 9.0 (plan, source, make, deliver and return) and main business stages of the industry. It uses Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and PROMETHEE II, a multiple criteria decision‐making technique, as tools to compare SCs in the process level, business stage level and SC level. Therefore, the method is basically a new combination of existing models and methods including SCOR model, DEA and PROMETHEE II. To show the applicability and strength of the method in comparing SCs, it has been implemented in the seven SCs of the Iran broiler industry as a case study. Findings – Comparing SCs of an industry via the proposed method results in process benchmarking, business stage benchmarking and SCs ranking in the scope of supplier's supplier to customer's customer. Originality/value – The suggested method provides realistic and attainable information for SCs' owner/managers to find out the strengths and weaknesses of their SCs and improve their performance by process benchmarking and business stage benchmarking. Also they could identify their competitive position in the industry by SCs ranking. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Supply Chain Management An International Journal Emerald Publishing

A method to compare supply chains of an industry

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Emerald Publishing
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Copyright © 2011 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
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1359-8546
DOI
10.1108/13598541111115347
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Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a method to compare supply chains (SCs) of an industry in the scope of supplier's supplier to customer's customer. Design/methodology/approach – The proposed method is based on five processes provided in SCOR model version 9.0 (plan, source, make, deliver and return) and main business stages of the industry. It uses Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and PROMETHEE II, a multiple criteria decision‐making technique, as tools to compare SCs in the process level, business stage level and SC level. Therefore, the method is basically a new combination of existing models and methods including SCOR model, DEA and PROMETHEE II. To show the applicability and strength of the method in comparing SCs, it has been implemented in the seven SCs of the Iran broiler industry as a case study. Findings – Comparing SCs of an industry via the proposed method results in process benchmarking, business stage benchmarking and SCs ranking in the scope of supplier's supplier to customer's customer. Originality/value – The suggested method provides realistic and attainable information for SCs' owner/managers to find out the strengths and weaknesses of their SCs and improve their performance by process benchmarking and business stage benchmarking. Also they could identify their competitive position in the industry by SCs ranking.

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Supply Chain Management An International Journal – Emerald Publishing

Published: Mar 15, 2011

Keywords: Supply chain management; Benchmarking; Iran

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