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Firms in the aerospace industry face considerable pressure to improve co-ordination in their supply chains. The major question of the present study is what supply chain co-ordination strategies are dominant in the Dutch aerospace industry given the market environment of this industry?
Because information is the key ingredient for coordinating the supply chain in a given problem situation, an information processing point of view is adopted. In the empirical research, supply chain co-ordination strategies are investigated for six Dutch-based aerospace firms with different products and technologies.
It is concluded that in terms of the framework of Galbraith, co-ordination strategies increasing the capacity to process information dominate supply chain management in the Dutch aerospace industry. The information-processing capacity is increased by investing in lateral relations, long-term planning and information systems between companies involved in the same supply chain.
Information is provided on Dutch aerospace firms' supply chain strategies.
Dominant supply chain co-ordination strategies in the Dutch aerospace industry
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology ; 77 , 2 ; 109-113
2005-04-01
5 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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