DOMAIN: Dynamic Operations Management Across the Internet

International Journal of Operations &Amp; Production Management

2001

Discusses some of the key elements of research which will investigate the role of the Internet within the manufacturing supply chain and, in particular, focuses on its impact on the manufacturing planning and control operation. Although much of the current Internet discussion focuses on sales and marketing applications, step change improvements in the management of the supply chain are possible using the same fundamental technologies. However, it is argued that a paradigm shift in the way in which manufacturing companies plan and control their operations is required if full advantage is to be gained; an alternative to the traditional linear transfer of information within supply chains is required. The Internet provides the opportunity for demand data and supply capacity data to be visible to all companies within a manufacturing supply chain, consequently companies can be in a position to anticipate demand fluctuations and respond accordingly. This is in contrast to the more established reactive approach. This paper proposes the development of supply webs and a more interactive approach to supply chain partnering and identifies some of the research issues within this context to facilitate the development of Internet‐based manufacturing planning and control.

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New paradigms in planning and control across manufacturing supply chains ‐ The utilisation of Internet technologies

International Journal of Operations &Amp; Production Management

2001

“…The aims of the DOMAIN project (www. Domain_Research@liverpool.ac.uk and Kehoe and Boughton, 1998) are to model and evaluate e-business approaches to manufacturing supply-chain integration and in particular to attempt to quantify the benefits of e-business enabled planning and control. The research methodology adopted by the DOMAIN group is to define both existing and new e-business models of the supply-chain operation using dynamic simulation tools (such as i-think) and then to depict their operation using Web prototyping tools (such as XML).…”

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“…Figure 4. DOMAIN: a model for supply chain manufacturing planningand control using Internet technologies(Kehoe and Boughton, 1998) …”

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Internet based supply chain management

International Journal of Operations &Amp; Production Management

2001

Today the Internet provides a real opportunity for demand data and supply capacity data to be visible to all companies within a manufacturing supply chain. Consequently there is a need for manufacturing organisations to explore alternative mechanisms for the management of their operations network, in particular the role of manufacturing planning and control systems. This paper describes current research which examines the classification of manufacturing supply chains and positions Internet-based applications in order to identify the operations management challenges for the next generation of manufacturing planning and control systems.

“…W(6) 5(10) 5( 1 1) Private e-marketplace is used by organisations to work with customers and/or suppliers in collaborative applications (reduce costs). It is a one-to-one relationship between the seller and customer.…”

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<title>Contingent approach to Internet-based supply network integration</title>

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SPIE Proceedings

The Internet is playing an increasingly important role in enhancing the operations of supply networks as many organisations begin to recognise the benefits of Internet-enabled supply arrangements. However, the developments and applications to-date do not extend significantly beyond the dyadic model, whereas the real advantages are to be made with the external and network models to support a co-ordinated and collaborative based approach. The DOMAIN research group at the University of Liverpool is currently defining new Internet-enabled approaches to enable greater collaboration across supply chains. Different e-business models and tools are focusing on different applications. Using inappropriate e-business models, tools or techniques will bring negative results instead of benefits to all the tiers in the supply network. Thus there are a number of issues to be considered before addressing Internet based supply network integration, in particular an understanding of supply chain management, the emergent business models and evaluating the effects of deploying e-business to the supply network or a particular tier. It is important to utilise a contingent approach to selecting the right e-business model to meet the specific supply chain requirements. This paper addresses the issues and provides a case study on the indirect materials supply networks.