An empirical supply chain measurement model for a national egg producer based on the supply chain operations reference model
Date
2013-10-14
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AOSIS Publishing
Abstract
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The management of a supply chain is both an offensive and defensive weapon that
organisations can use to increase their competitive edge and capture a larger share of the
market. In management science and supply chain management, multi-criteria decision
making techniques have been used to solve a range of real-world problems. The problem is
that many, if not most, companies in South Africa either do not have the required skills to use
these decision-making techniques to improve or re-configure their supply chain, or they do
not have a complete data set with which to model it effectively. In order to manage supply
chains effectively, organisations at the very least need feedback on the performance of their
entire supply chain. In this article, generic supply chain performance measures were used
and a theoretical or empirical model was developed for the performance measurement of a
national egg producer’s supply chain. It focused on a managerial program for the identification
and management of their supply chain with recommendations for applying a measurement
model. The overall performance of the supply chain as well as the five different performance
attributes was presented to management in a dashboard format. This article could be used as
a basis for future studies of supply chain performance measurement and the model could be
used as a foundation for developing an improved version, not only for the egg industry, but
for other industries as well.
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Please cite as follows:
Pretorius, C., Ruthven, G. A. & Von Leipzig, K. 2013. An empirical supply chain measurement model for a national egg producer based on the supply chain operations reference model. Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 7(1):1-13 (Art. #97), doi:10.4102/jtscm.v7i1.97.
The original publication is available at http://www.jtscm.co.za
Pretorius, C., Ruthven, G. A. & Von Leipzig, K. 2013. An empirical supply chain measurement model for a national egg producer based on the supply chain operations reference model. Journal of Transport and Supply Chain Management, 7(1):1-13 (Art. #97), doi:10.4102/jtscm.v7i1.97.
The original publication is available at http://www.jtscm.co.za
Keywords
Supply chain management, Egg trade, Product life cycle
Citation
Pretorius, C., Ruthven, G. A. & Von Leipzig, K. 2013. An empirical supply chain measurement model for a national egg producer based on the supply chain operations reference model. Journal of Transport and
Supply Chain Management, 7(1):1-13 (Art. #97), doi:10.4102/jtscm.v7i1.97.