Supply capability creation process: Key milestone criteria and activities

Abstract

Abstract:Purpose: The article focuses on supply capability creation (SCC) within the new product development (NPD). The purpose is to establish an SCC process describing the main SCC activities and milestone criteria in preparing the supply process for new products Design/methodology/approach: The article analyses the earlier research, carries out current state analysis of six case companies regarding the SCC areas and proposes an SCC process. Findings:The developed SCC process aims at preparing the operational supply capability for a developed new product based on the preferred, qualified and contracted suppliers and materials along the NPD process, and ultimately at the product ramp-up.Originality/value: This paper introduces an SCC process that has not been presented earlier in the literature, highlighting the important role of the SCC for successful product ramp-ups.

Sales capability creation during new product development – early involvement of sales

“…However, this study brings new elements into the utilisation of the stage-gate model when building the salesrelated capabilities during NPD. The introduced SaCC process is an analogical continuum to the presented SCCC process (Tolonen et al, 2017) and SCC process (Verrollot et al, 2017). The process is also in line with related research (Barczak and Kahn, 2012;Isoherranen and Majava, 2018) highlighting the importance of creating maintenance phase capabilities already during NPD.…”

“…Tolonen et al (2017) defined SCCC process-related pre-requirements based on a model used in the electronics industry. Verrollot et al (2017) further defined SCC process-related key activities based on six different companies, representing several industries. SCC can be considered as a part of the SCCC in a similar way as production and logistics capability creation (Tolonen et al, 2017).…”

“…The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available on Emerald Insight at: https://www.emerald.com/insight/0885-8624.htm are started during the early phase of the product development to ensure efficient project implementation and successful product manufacturing, sales and maintenance right from the beginning (Tolonen et al, 2017). However, based on earlier related research by Tolonen et al (2017) and Verrollot et al (2017), supply chain capability creation (SCCC) process and supply capability creation (SCC), such CC processes have not yet been recognised in the industry as a systematic way to build capabilities during NPD. The same applies to sales capability creation (SaCC), including the capabilities of both, the sales organisation (Guenzi et al, 2016) and the entire company supporting sales.…”

Editorial: Purchasing and innovation: Past, present and future of the field of research

“…We observe that in private sector studies, the most prominent unit of analysis is the firm (41 papers out of 83). At the firm level, most papers focus on how the purchasing function contributes to innovation in terms of organization (Schiele, 2010), process (Verrollot et al, 2017), methods and tools (Le Dain et al, 2010;Legenvre and Gualandris, 2018), as well as capabilities (Gualandris et al, 2018) or purchasing capabilities (Hanghøj and Mols, 2015).…”

Productization of Industrial Side Streams into By-Products—Case: Fiber Sludge from Pulp and Paper Industry

“…Organizing economically justified business requires productization. In productization, a company's offering is defined commercially and technically to enhance the company-wide understanding about what is sold and how the offering is produced [14][15][16][17].…”