Citation:
Jay Bal, Richard Wilding, John Gundry; Virtual Teaming in the Agile Supply Chain, The International Journal of Logistics Management, 1999, Volume:10, Issue:2, Page:71 82
Abstract:
This paper describes the information flows in the supply chain, and identifies
knowledge and expertise as richer more capable entities for its management than
data or information. It briefly explores how the structure of the automotive
supply chain is changing due to the pressures of increasing complexity and
urgency. Then it highlights the inevitability of instability in the supply
chain, through an evaluation of turbulence. Agility is identified as a response
for coping with this uncertainty. The tool identified for introducing agility in
the supply chain is Virtual Teaming. It achieves this by forming collaborative
supply chain partnerships, unconstrained by geography that can quickly apply
knowledge and expertise as corrective and preventive mechanisms. A survey of the
suppliers to a major automotive manufacturer has highlighted the need for this
form of working.