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Title: Design
of an Intelligent Supplier Knowledge Management System - An Integrative
Approach
Author(s): K L Choy, K H Tan, F T S Chan
Source: Proceedings of the I MECH E Part B Journal
of Engineering Manufacture
Volume: 221 No 2, pages 195-211
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM627
Publisher: Professional Engineering Publishing
Abstract:
The drive to cut costs continually and focus on core competencies
has driven many companies to outsource some or all of their production.
Unlike the past, companies can no longer concentrate only on their
own internal business operations, but have to work with customers
and suppliers effectively and efficiently. The integration of customer
demand and supplier capability to facilitate supplier management
using data mining and artificial intelligence technologies has become
a promising solution for outsourced-type companies in outsourcing
manufacturing operations to suitable suppliers. The result is to
form a supply network on which they depend on the provision of products
and services. In this paper, a supplier knowledge management system
(SKMS) is introduced for such a purpose. By using its hybrid on-line
analytical processing (OLAP)/artificial neural networks (ANNs)/case-based
reasoning (GBR) approach in predicting future customer demands and
allocating suitable suppliers during the order fulfilment process,
it is found that the overall efficiency in the whole supply chain
is greatly enhanced. A case study using the SKMS to integrate the
order subcontracting system of Farnell Newark-InOne (Shanghai) Limited
is presented. Through the use of the SKMS, the demand of customers
is related to the supplier's capabilities both efficiently and effectively
while, at the same time, valuable supplier knowledge is also accumulated
by the company.
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Title: Cost
impact analysis of requirement changes in the automotive industry:
a case study
Author(s): P A Oduguwa, R Roy, P J Sackett
Source: Proceedings of the I MECH E Part B Journal
of Engineering Manufacture
Volume: 220 No 9, Sept 2006, pages 1509-1525
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM275
Publisher: Professional Engineering Publishing
Abstract:
Many complex products are now developed collaboratively across enterprises
in a geographically extended and time-extended process. High-frequency
changes to the initial design requirements are typically requested;
this is due to service needs, legislative directives, and market
feedback. Responding to these requirement changes requires a cost
impact analysis.
This paper presents a methodology to determine costs rapidly and
accurately when requirement changes are proposed during the design
development phase of the life cycle development of a complex product.
The methodology combines a system representation technique with
rule-based cost estimation to determine the incurred cost of requirement
changes. The approach is suited to managing requirement changes
when the product definition is performed across an extended enterprise.
The authors describe the results of research conducted in a collaborative
development environment between an automotive original equipment
manufacturer and a tier 1 supplier. A case study illustrates the
application and the capability of the approach. The methodology
aids the original equipment manufacturer and the tier 1 suppliers
in their decision making throughout the product development phase.
The research identifies relationships between requirements, design
solutions, and cost drivers. The resultant methodology has widespread
application in the context of complex product. |
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Title: Developing
a Methodology for Aligning Supply Chains from a Relationships Perspective
Author(s): S S Dani, N D Burns, C J Backhouse
Source: Proceedings of the I MECH E Part B Journal
of Engineering Manufacture
Volume: 220 No 6, June 2006, pages 961-974
DOI: 10.1243/09544054JEM378
Publisher: Professional Engineering Publishing
Abstract: The research presented in this paper
has focussed on exploring buyer—supplier relationships from
a human perspective. The research has been successful in exploring
issues affecting buyer—supplier relationships. A methodology
for aligning supply chains by taking into account human issues has
been proposed. The methodology consists of a relationship framework
that is used for studying buyer—supplier relationships on
a macro-level based on the levels of satisfaction that the entities
have with each other. Since high levels of dissatisfaction lead
to various change—inducing transactions or game-like behaviour
between the entities, the framework identifies the status of the
relationship, and can be used to gauge what is going to happen to
it, once the transaction is over. The concepts of transactional
analysis and the tools associated with it, namely drama triangle
analysis and structural modelling, are useful in studying the dynamics
of the transactions from the human perspective and also from a psychological
perspective.
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Title: An
evaluation of value-transfer within a modular supply chain
Author(s): D Doran; R Roome
Source: Proceedings of the I MECH E Part D Journal
of Automobile Engineering
Volume: 217 Page: 521 - 527. July 2003
DOI: 10.1243/095440703322114906
Publisher: Professional Engineering Publishing
Abstract: The paper explores the impact that modularization
is having on the structure of supply chains in general and on the
role of first-tier suppliers in particular. Two concepts are presented
to illustrate firstly the need to redefine the term 'first-tier'
supplier and secondly to determine how and why value can be transferred
within a modular supply chain. The first concept, the 'continuum
of first-tier suppliers', contends that only certain 'first-tier'
suppliers will be able to compete within a modular environment,
whilst the second concept, 'value-added second tier' examines the
role (in many cases, the enlarged role) that second-tier suppliers
are likely to play within a modular landscape.
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