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Companies regard supply chain as a medium for achieving short-term economic benefits and gaining long-term competitive advantages. It comprises the recognized discipline for shortening cycle times, transforming purchasing from a tactical operation to strategic sourcing, reducing inventories, and decreasing logistics costs. Furthermore, it streamlines communication processes across a total network, from initial supplies to final consumption and post-sale customer service. Specialized human power, appropriate and integrated processes and new technologies are the supply chain’ s pivots. The focus of supply chain management has shifted from engineering efficient functional processes to the coordination of activities in a supply chain network through knowledge management. In this paper e-business and supply chain transformation interdependency is examined through a four-stage approach. A supply chain grid is developed and specific key elements are classified providing a useful roadmap for the planning and/or evaluation of supply chain transformation levels in practice.
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Manthou, V., Vlachopoulou, M., Folinas, D. (2003). The Supply chain Perspective of e-business Evolution. In: Monteiro, J.L., Swatman, P.M.C., Tavares, L.V. (eds) Towards the Knowledge Society. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 105. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35617-4_15
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