The Configurational Approach in Supply Chain Management

Axel Neher ()
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Axel Neher: University of Marburg

A chapter in Research Methodologies in Supply Chain Management, 2005, pp 75-89 from Springer

Abstract: Summary A basic element of logistics and supply chain management is the holistic or system view. Following this perspective, especially on a strategic level, supply chain management has to analyze the supply chain as a whole and must not only concentrate on details or specific elements. The configurational approach is one method for realizing this. A configuration is defined as a commonly occurring cluster of strategy, structure, process and context. The following article analyzes how the configurational approach can be applied in supply chain management and provides a critical overview on the different existing configurational approaches in supply chain management.

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Configurational Approach; Logistics Types (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1007/3-7908-1636-1_6

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