作者
Torbjørn H Netland, Erlend Alfnes
发表日期
2011/3/22
期刊
Measuring Business Excellence
出版商
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
简介
Purpose
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The purpose of this paper is to propose a quick maturity test to assist a company's development of a supply chain operations strategy. Maturity tests and models have been developed within several areas, but there is a lack of maturity tests targeting supply chain operations.
Design/methodology/approach
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A literature review on maturity models is carried out in order to build the structure of the test, while a literature review on best practices in supply chain management is the basis for the test content.
Findings
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The proposed maturity test is an audit scheme built on best practice statements within seven key strategic decision areas – strategy, control, processes, materials, resources, information and organisation. The test is designed with simplicity as a key feature and takes only one hour to complete. The test results are the input to strategic decisions regarding use of best practices in supply chain operations …
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TH Netland, E Alfnes - Measuring Business Excellence, 2011