Antecedents of supply chain visibility in retail supply chains: A resource‐based theory perspective

Abstract

Although visibility has become a popular buzzword in the supply chain literature it remains an ill-defined and poorly understood concept. It is assumed that if companies across supply chains have visibility of demand, inventory levels, processes, etc., that organizational performance improves. This research explores the antecedents of high levels of supply chain visibility from a resource-based theory perspective across five different external supply chain linkages. We find that the level of visibility across these linkages differs considerably based on various contributing factors which are both technology and non-technology based. Using resource-based theory, we identify those factors that can give a sustainable competitive advantage to a supply chain linkage through a ''distinctive'' or high level of visibility. #

The Impact of Restaurants’ Green Supply Chain Practices on Firm Performance

“…Supply chains and organizations can gain a competitive advantage by being the first to adopt environmental sustainability and implement GSCM practices [7,8]. While focusing on your suppliers' practices, consider the importance of your own eco-friendly strategies as the foundation of your operation's wherewithal.…”

Commentary—Managing Channel Profits

“…Beyond Marketing Science, the topic of managing channel profits that mentions our early work continues to grow with recent publications in many journals, including the European Journal of Operational Research (Sarmah et al 2006), the European Journal of Operational Research (Zhou 2007), Industrial Marketing Management (Chen et al 2006, Zerbini andCastaldo 2007), the International Journal of Integrated Supply Management (Joglekar et al 2006), the International Journal of Production Economics (Xiao et al 2007), the Journal of Marketing Research (Chu et al 2007), the Journal of Operational Research (Lau et al 2007), the Journal of Operations Management (Barratt and Oke 2007), the Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications (He et al 2006), the Journal of Production Economics (Qin et al 2007), the Journal of Retailing (Dong et al 2007), Management Science (Ghosh and Balachander 2007), Marketing Science (Moorthy 2005), Production and Operations Management (Cattani et al 2006), Quantitative Marketing and Economics (Bhardwaj and Balasubramanian 2005), and Systems Engineering Society of China (Xu et al 2003) We are very proud to have contributed in a small way to making channels of distribution one of the most active areas of research in marketing today. Theoretical work abounds using the powerful methodology of equilibrium analysis, but empirical work is increasing as well.…”

Avaliação E Compartilhamento De Recursos Estratégicos Em Duas Empresas De Uma Cadeia De Suprimento De Estruturas Metálicas

“…No entanto, apesar desta limitação, a VBR vem aplicada dentro do contexto de relacionamentos interorganizacionais, em especial, em cadeias de suprimentos. Quando aplicada nas pesquisas em cadeias de suprimentos, a principal finalidade é analisar a vantagem competitiva proporcionada pela relação entre as empresas na cadeia, conforme nos trabalhos desenvolvidos por Rungtusanatham et al (2003), Wu et al (2006), Barratt & Oke (2007) e Chen, Preston & Xia (2013).…”

“…Os autores afirmam que as capacidades das empresas de cadeias de suprimentos podem ser catalizadores para transformar os recursos de tecnologia de informação em recursos relacionais e, consequentemente podem gerar maior valor para as empresas. Barratt & Oke (2007) também utilizaram a VBR para identificar os fatores que proporcionam vantagem competitiva sustentável em empresas de possuem relacionamentos interorganizacionais em cadeias de suprimento. Chen, Preston & Xia (2013) desenvolveram uma pesquisa cujo objetivo era analisar, por meio de um modelo proposto a partir da visão baseada em recursos e da visão relacional, os fatores que influenciavam no desempenho da cadeia de suprimentos de um hospital.…”