Supply Chain Strategy Development: An Upstream Focused Approach

摘要

One significant change in organisational thinking in the last decade has been the move from individual companies competing in isolation to the recognition of value chains. These new structures need a new form of strategy development which looks upstream at the suppliers' contribution. Research however, remains focused downstream on the customer and is centred around the individual organisation. This paper presents a new framework designed to address the needs of upstream supply chain design and deliver the specific value required to maintain the competitiveness of the downstream organization. The paper outlines the attributes of such a framework and rational for each element, then continues to present a sample of key findings from two case studies.