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Strengths And Weaknesses Of Current Supply Chain Management And Initiatives For The Future

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  • Diana-Maria DIACONU (NIDELEA)
  • Cristina ALPOPI

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Supply Chain Management is the potential way of securing competitive advantage and improving organizational performance, since competition is no longer between organizations, but among supply chains. The purpose of this article is to identify strengths and weaknesses of current supply chain management at different levels as: strategic orientation, process and IT support, management and organization, cooperation, measurements Another goal is to make suggestions as to what parts we have to focus on in the future to reach the desired performance of supply chain management.

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  • Diana-Maria DIACONU (NIDELEA) & Cristina ALPOPI, 2014. "Strengths And Weaknesses Of Current Supply Chain Management And Initiatives For The Future," Proceedings of the INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 8(1), pages 1165-1172, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:rom:mancon:v:8:y:2014:i:1:p:1165-1172
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    1. Childerhouse, Paul & Towill, Denis R., 2003. "Simplified material flow holds the key to supply chain integration," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 31(1), pages 17-27, February.
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    3. Rugiubei Radu & Pînzaru Florina, 2022. "The digitalization of supply chain management in Romanian companies: an introductive research," Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence, Sciendo, vol. 16(1), pages 1295-1305, August.

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