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After introducing the individual levels of the production network model and their respective decision categories, this chapter addresses the development of an optimisation process resuming the previously discussed topics. This process is meant to provide operations managers with a structured approach for the (re-)design of production networks. Afterwards, the real life example of Food Ltd. will be used to illustrate this process.
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See Mundt (2012) pp. 127 for further information on management architecture.
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Various other approaches can be applied for weighting the criteria and evaluating the scenarios. In any case, their choice and the effort for their execution should match the depth and utility of the results obtained.
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The evaluation was conducted in a cross-functional workshop with the operations management team of the international department. The selection of the contextual factors and their weights reflect the team’s common opinion. The selection and the weights of the network capabilities display the previously discussed capability profile of the Chocolate NW. The evaluation of the scenarios was done in relation to each other and with respect to the “as-is” state. Two scores were calculated per scenario for both dimensions of FIT.
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Friedli, T., Mundt, A., Thomas, S. (2014). Analysis and Design of Networks in Practice. In: Strategic Management of Global Manufacturing Networks. Management for Professionals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34185-4_7
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