Building a Harmonized Supply Chain Management : Based on Supply Chain Modularity
Liu, Xucheng (2016)
Metropolia Ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201605249581
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201605249581
Tiivistelmä
This thesis builds a harmonized SCM process for the case company. The case company currently has two supply chain units in Finland. The key milestones and main process flows of the two units are the same. However, two units are using different tools, process documents, and practices in managing projects.
This study is a qualitative case study research. The study collects the data from multiple sources i.e. group discussions with core team, interviews and also the case company’s internal documents. With those resources, the study created the current supply chain management processes for both supply chain units. The findings from the current state analysis revealed the issues that make the two units’ process differences, which can be divided into three categories. The literature review focused on the two different types of supply chain management-make to order and engineer-to-order, two different types of organization structure-process oriented and project oriented, and the approach that harmonization through the supply chain modularity. Based on these literatures the conceptual framework for this study was created.
The outcome of this study is a harmonized SCM process. The new process is a modular based process with three categories based on the project complexity. The final proposal is linked to the case company main project structure, which enables it to link all the process together. The outcome of this study utilizes the supply chain modularity so that enables the case company have one way of managing supply chain projects for different units.
This study is a qualitative case study research. The study collects the data from multiple sources i.e. group discussions with core team, interviews and also the case company’s internal documents. With those resources, the study created the current supply chain management processes for both supply chain units. The findings from the current state analysis revealed the issues that make the two units’ process differences, which can be divided into three categories. The literature review focused on the two different types of supply chain management-make to order and engineer-to-order, two different types of organization structure-process oriented and project oriented, and the approach that harmonization through the supply chain modularity. Based on these literatures the conceptual framework for this study was created.
The outcome of this study is a harmonized SCM process. The new process is a modular based process with three categories based on the project complexity. The final proposal is linked to the case company main project structure, which enables it to link all the process together. The outcome of this study utilizes the supply chain modularity so that enables the case company have one way of managing supply chain projects for different units.