Effects of Coordination Policies on Logistics Performance in Supply Chains
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چکیده
Facing global competition firms are redesigning their supply chains. Logistics activities have a particular importance where production activities are both remarkably diffused or concentrated. The coordination of transport demand implies not only to reduce costs, but also to respond promptly to final market. In the paper, the use of an enterprise input-output model to analyse logistics flows is proposed, for supporting coordination policy at the level of the whole supply chain. Logistics flows between firms’ processes are modelled and different coordination policies ranging from hierarchy to market are examined. The effects of such policies on logistics performance are evaluated. A case study related to an Italian company producing leather upholstery is considered and different coordination policies are compared in terms of logistics performance.
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