Title: Assessing the challenges and opportunities of global supply chain management

Authors: S. Balan, Prem Vrat, Pradeep Kumar

Addresses: Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, India. ' Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, India. ' Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT Roorkee, Roorkee-247667, India

Abstract: Business organisations all over the world are striving hard to evolve strategies to survive in the new era of competition ushered in by globalisation. Global Supply Chain Management (GSCM) is one such strategy. In this paper, various countries across the world have been separated on the basis of various regions and development in their respective economies. To compare the degree of implementation of an ideal supply chain in these countries, a Supply Chain Management Index (SCMI) has been formulated with the help of questionnaire survey and analysis. Various strategies have been suggested for different economies in the world for optimising their supply chain network and improving its respective SCMI. Opportunities and challenges offered by the global supply chain, as suggested by various experts, have been pointed out and discussed thoroughly. The effect of bullwhip on global supply chain has also been analysed. Further, the factors affecting the GSCM have been identified and discussed.

Keywords: global supply chain management; GSCM; supply chain management index; SCMI; SCM; challenges; opportunities; value chain management; coordination.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVCM.2006.011180

International Journal of Value Chain Management, 2006 Vol.1 No.2, pp.105 - 116

Published online: 27 Oct 2006 *

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