Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2017

DOI

10.3390/systems5040050

Publication Title

Systems

Volume

5

Issue

4

Pages

50 (25 pages)

Abstract

The importance and complexity of the problems associated with coordinating multiple organizations to configure value propositions for customers has drawn the attention of multiple disciplines. In an effort to clarify and consolidate terms, this conceptual research examines both supply chain management (SCM) and system of systems (SoS) literature to postulate, from a value-chain perspective, what roles integration and collaboration play in helping supply chains satisfy customer requirements. A literature review analysis was used to identify the commonalities and differences between supply chain management and system of systems approaches to examining interfirm coordination of value creation efforts. Although a framework of integration and collaboration roles in value creation is proposed, further empirical testing of the concept is required to substantiate initial conclusions. The concepts proposed may help clarify where strategic and operational managers need to focus their efforts in coordinating supply chain member firms. The incorporation of SoS engineering into the supply chain field will draw the linkage between the constituent principles, and concepts of Systems Theory as appropriate for the supply chain management field. This is the first effort to reconcile two separate but parallel scholarship streams examining the coordination of multiple organizations in value creation. This research shows that there are some methodologies, principles, and methods from the SoS field that can supplement supply chain management research. Mainly due to a unit of analysis issue, systems based approaches have not been in the mainstream of supply chain management field development.

Comments

This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License.

Original Publication Citation

Jaradat, R., Adams, F., Abutabenjeh, S., & Keating, C. (2017). The complementary perspective of system of systems in collaboration, integration, and logistics: A value-chain based paradigm of supply chain management. Systems, 5(4), 50. doi:10.3390/systems5040050

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