Systems thinking benefits in supply change management: an illustration of the viable systems model in a Supply Chain. (16th April 2009)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chroneer, Diana; Mirijamdotter, Anita
• Is Part Of: International journal of intelligent systems technologies and applications. Volume 6:Number 3/4(2009)
• Page Start: 227
• Page End: 248
• Publication Date: 2009-04-16
• Subjects: lead user -- process industry -- product development -- SCM -- supply chain management -- VSM -- viable system model; Artificial intelligence -- Periodicals; Intelligent control systems -- Periodicals; 006.3
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1740-8865

Abstract

Existing product development models are solely an organisational matter. They do not take into consideration the whole Supply Chain (SC) and its different actors. In this article, we investigate how Supply Chain Management and Viable System Model (VSM) can support and create an effective use of information in product development and hence identify critical linkages in the SC. The aim is to introduce VSM as a framework that enables an analysis of companies' SCs and visualise vital inter-organisational relationships that should be integrated in product development.