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Item Open Access Developing Supply Chain Strategy: Balancing Shareholder and Customer Value - A Management Guide(Cranfield University, 2007-01) Harrison, Alan; Godsell, Janet; Skipworth, Heather; Wong, Chee Yew; Julien, Denyse; Achimugu, NemileItem Open Access Strategic response in fragmented networks(Cranfield University, 2007) Achimugu, Nemile; Kay, John M.Information explosion, globalisation and the reduction of trade barriers have led to the emergence of global production markets and broader access to a range of products for customers. For manufacturers this has led to managing fragmented networks to deal with more polarised markets with wider variety of products at reduced costs and shorter lifecycles in an increasingly competitive environment. This coupled with the pressure to create shareholder value calls for a dynamic approach in the design and management of their supply chains. Market responsiveness is ability to anticipate and react purposefully within appropriate timescale to changes in the market place in order to maximise shareholder value and customer value. The aim of this research is to develop a model for market responsiveness that will enable organisations to deal with the changing needs of the market. To achieve this aim the research methodology was designed to primarily collect qualitative evidence from three distinct supply chains within different industrial contexts. Contrasting across these contexts has helped to determine if the model is generic enough to be applicable in other contexts. The findings were that value gaps exist between interfaces within organisations and their supply chains. At such gaps value is either created, maintained or lost. Value gaps are the primary reasons why organisational tensions exist as the entities involved are focused on conflicting strategic objectives that lead to behavioural misalignment and ultimately poor response. Therefore the research concludes within a market responsiveness model within which there are frameworks for business performance management and managing the value execution point of which maximum shareholder value and customer value can be created.Item Open Access Towards a theory of supply chain alignment enablers: a systematic literature review(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2012-06-01T00:00:00Z) Wong, C.Y.; Skipworth, Heather; Godsell, Janet; Achimugu, NemilePurpose - The importance of supply chain alignment has been discussed since the birth of Supply Chain Management. Yet it remains a major challenge for supply chains. This paper aims to systematically review the cross disciplinary literature on supply chain alignment in order to identify, and develop constructs for enablers to alignment, and an associated set of hypothesise culminating in a theoretical model. Design/methodology/approach - A systematic approach has been taken to the literature review which ensures it is auditable and repeatable. The selection criteria are clearly aligned with the review question ensuring all literature pertinent to the question is identified and reviewed. Relevant information is extracted from the selected papers and synthesised into a theoretical model. Findings - Six main constructs for the enablers of alignment are identified and defined. While the literature is disparate, across different disciplines there is good support for these enablers. The relationships between supply chain alignment and shareholder and customer value are also argued with the support of the literature. Though each of the enablers is argued to positively affect shareholder and customer value, their interactions with each other are not well supported in the literature, either theoretically or empirically, and therefore this could be an area for further research. Research/practical implications - While the model remains theoretical, it is now possible to test this model and understand the relative significance of the various enablers to alignment. Further, the significance of shareholder and customer alignment on the delivery of shareholder and customer value can be examined, thus building a theory of supply chain alignment. This is needed since in practice companies are struggling with supply chain alignment. Originality/value - The existing literature on supply chain alignment is disparate and multi-disciplinary as our descriptive analysis shows, with 72 papers published in 43 different journals. Moreover, most of the papers focus on particular enablers, while this paper brings together six key enablers from the literature to produce one theoretical model.