Effects of collaborative supply chain solutions on strategic performance management

Abstract

Throughout this research the focus has been on unraveling of the factors and relations that link different aspects of collaborative workflow to strategic performance management. However, the same issues that applied to strategic performance management of supply chains also apply to other areas of strategic performance in business. The following (to be - tested) recommendations, organized along the lines of the "expected managerial contributions" therefore apply both to strategic performance management of supply chains and other strategic business processes. a) The SPI (Strategic Performance Inhibitor) Model will enable an integrated approach to (i) Problem structuring (ii) Problem solving and (iii) Learning for managers on potential threats and problem to strategic performance of supply chains. b) The SPI classification will provide a systematic and structured manner of communicating and addressing potential problems and risk to strategic performance of supply chains. Once classified, each class will have its own type of impact on strategic performance of supply chains and consequently the resolution for it. c) Collaborative Workflow will enable inventory (i.e. right quantity at the right time and right place) to be substitutes by Information (i.e. the right information at the right time and the right place) resulting in cost reduction.