Supply Chain Management Practices as a Support to Innovation in SMEs

Supply chain management (SCM) is an area of increasing importance among enterprises and of growing academic interest (Mentzer and Gundlach, 2010). It is based on the concept of firms as part of multiple organizations oriented to the provision of goods and services for the final customer (Lambert and...

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Published inJournal of technology management & innovation Vol. 7; no. 3; pp. 91 - 109
Main Authors Didonet, Simone Regina, Díaz, Guillermo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Portuguese
Spanish
Published Santiago Universidad Alberto Hurtado; JOTMI 01.10.2012
Universidad Alberto Hurtado. Facultad de Economía y Negocios
Universidad Alberto Hurtado
Subjects
ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
innovation
Innovations
small and medium enterprises
Supply chain management
supply chain management practices
product cycles
company collaboration
supply chain management
client satisfaction
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Summary:Supply chain management (SCM) is an area of increasing importance among enterprises and of growing academic interest (Mentzer and Gundlach, 2010). It is based on the concept of firms as part of multiple organizations oriented to the provision of goods and services for the final customer (Lambert and Cooper, 2000). From this perspective, several studies have verified that integration and collaboration in the supply chain can provide important benefits to the companies involved. Among these benefits are added value, the creation of efficiencies and client satisfaction (Stock, Boyer and Harmon, 2010; Chow et al, 2008), which are represented by the reduction in inventories, improvements in service delivery and quality and shorter product development cycles (Corbett, Blackburn and Wassenhove, 1999).
ISSN:0718-2724
0718-2724
DOI:10.4067/S0718-27242012000300009