Because of the improving technology and the fast delivering information, the traditional trade business industry is downgrade. And because of customer¡¦s cost down, the OEM company gross margin is also downgrade. Makalot and Li&Fung are in the clothes industry. Their business models are not like other company, and have better performance. Therefore, the research choose Makalot and Li&Fung become the case company. The research investigates company¡¦s history and strategy position how to affect to choose the value activities, to keep the relationship with supplies and customers. Further, the research wants to know the different between Makelot and Li&Fung and to reason Makalot and Li&Fung¡¦s business model. The research has some result. The company¡¦s strategy position will affect the value activities in industry and the customers, supplies relationship. Although the Makelot and Li&Fung have different business model, they also achieve the goal to cost down, fast delivering product and good quality. The research hope Makelot and Li&Fung can be an example to other small companies in Taiwan.

Supply chain management involves inter-organizational interactions and integration as a whole, sharing operational resources and information among supply chain members, and an objective to optimize the supply chain performance. Among the management processes exists uncertainty that disrupts operational performance. The uncertainty occurs when supply chain members have insufficient information for decision making. The lack of information transparency leads to a rise in each member¡¦s cost and inventory level, inefficiency in capacity utilization, reduction of business values, etc. For these reasons, this study holds that information sharing can effectively deal with uncertainty and improve the performance of the whole supply chain. This research mainly studies information sharing in a supply chain and proposes a theoretical framework of information sharing. It investigates by a case study the uncertainty that the focal company faces in demand, supply, and manufacturing process, explores the company¡¦s current status of information sharing, and researches the factors that may influence information sharing. The results show that PCB (Printed Circuit Board), a highly customized product with a short life cycle and a simple combination of raw materials, has a supply chain of divergent differentiation. PCB has a higher demand uncertainty, but that uncertainty can be effectively reduced by information sharing and process coordination with demand side customers. Besides, the order fulfillment process may be improved as a result. Based on inter-organizational coordination, information sharing through vendor managed inventory mechanism will facilitate supply chain collaboration, and ease the significant influence of bullwhip effect on upstream PCB manufacturers. In this way, PCB manufacturers can share risks and profits with customers. Furthermore, the extent of trust and risk may influence the process of information sharing. A greater extent of trust helps members to share information with each other. Nevertheless, it is considered risky to share sensitive information, which is regarded as a bargaining power.

The screw nut (Fasteners) is known as the ¡§Rice of Industry¡¨. It is mainly applied on durable products such as automobile, electric apparatus, machinery, construction and building. Most of the durable products belong to the global products except the construction and building, which belong to regional. Due to the global competition, the competitions among the systems and supply chains have been formed. The improvement of the individual enterprise is not able to rely on the resource and ability of that organization only. It should operate across the border of the enterprises, and operate cooperatively with the downstream clients of the supply chains and the upstream manufacturers in order to improve the global competitiveness of the supply chain and seek for further development. Nowadays, the Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) is the core of the trend of supply chain management (SCM) of global Fasteners industry. Taiwan is known as the empire of screw nut and it is not possible to neglect the operation trend of the global Fasteners market. This study attempts utilizing the characteristics of the System Dynamics, for which it is excellent on studying dynamic complicated system, to analyze the operation mechanism and structure of the Fasteners supply chain under VMI mode and applying synchronized mode. The individual dynamic model will be established to simulate the overall operation of the supply chain and compare the advantages and disadvantages of the two models. In addition, according to the major operation conditions and the demanding types, the model established by this study is utilized to develop the decision-making support tool for implementation of VMI mode of Fasteners industry. The conclusion of this study include (1) adding the synchronized model to Fasteners supply chain VMI mode can improve the operation performance of the enterprise, (2) to establish the design principle and steps of adding the design of synchronization to VMI mode. There are two contributions in this study: (1) the collocation of adding synchronization to the VMI mode model has proved that the combination with the synchronization mode can improve the performance of VMI mode. (2) The design principle and steps of adding the design of synchronization to VMI mode can be the reference for design steps of adding synchronization mode to the industry that implements VMI operation mode.

Supply Chain Management involves the cross-organizational interaction and integration, sharing of resources and information, supply chain to optimize the overall goal. In this process there are many interference performance of the uncertainty factors, instead of the uncertainty generated, the extent of the supply chain members unable to obtain the information needed for decision-making. The lack of transparency of information, it will cause the supply chain every member of inventory cost and increase productivity without the use of efficiency, reduce the competitiveness of enterprises. Based on the study that through information sharing, process reengineering and the establishment of performance appraisal system can be an effective supply chain operation of the uncertainty facing the problems and improve the performance of the supply chain and business performance. The results showed that backlight module manufacturing industries belong to industry, labor-intensive, highly customized products. short product life cycles and frequent changes in the demand for the supply chain characteristics, its own high demand uncertainty, through with the customer demand for information-sharing and coordination process, which can effectively reduce demand uncertainty, Implement process improvement orders In cross-organizational coordination mechanism, through information sharing will help the supply chain, reduce the bullwhip effect on the supply chain significantly, and its customers and share the risks and profit sharing. In addition, the synergistic operation of the supply chain framework of analysis, cooperative enterprise in pursuit of enterprises operating information Seamlessly and the operation of the synchronization overall cooperation can play the largest comprehensive Synergy.

With rapid growth for years, Taiwan IC industry has played an important position in the world. In addition to the growth, close interaction and cooperation among firms have become the characteristics of Taiwan IC industry. Currently, time-based competition has been one of the most important factors for business success, and the competition in the 21st century relies on strategic supply chain management. Through interfirm collaboration by sharing information among supply chain partners, some activities originally performed in an individual firm are replaced by firms with core competency. In performing these activities, the competitive advantages through the supply chain information integration are gradually recognized. The objective of this article is to realize the current situation and future plan of inter-organizational information sharing (IOIS) in Taiwan IC industry. From literature, there are lots of factors that influence the success of IOIS, this paper focuses on some areas, such as benefits from IOIS, motivations of IOIS, risks from IOIS, strategic or operational reasons, IT maturity among firms, key success factors of IOIS, and the initiator of industrial IOIS. Through questionnaire survey, we collect and analyze various viewpoints from companies of Taiwan IC industry supply chain, including IC design houses, IC fabs, assembly and testing houses, assembly material and equipment suppliers. After the empirical analysis, we compare the findings with literatures. We conclude that the IOIS, namely networked IOIS, in Taiwan IC industry proceeds toward reciprocal interdependencies between organizations. The coordination mechanisms count on standards, rules, and mutual adjustment. Initially, the networked IOIS will tend to be much less structured and the potential for conflict may be higher. At present, because of lack of reliable and mature information connection among firms, the intensive information technology support is needed. Finally, based on the findings, we summarize the characteristics and present the model of IOIS for Taiwan IC industry supply chain. Then, some suggestions are arisen for industry reference, including mutual benefit realization and cooperation willingness, protection of business confidential and data security, integration of enterprise systems and industrial standard messages, proposal of IC industry association to be the coordinator or initiator of IOIS, step by step implementation according to priorities of information type, and integration of information flow with manufacturing goods flow in the supply chain.

The development of information technology (IT) shortens the distance between people, blurs the boundaries among countries. People confront unprecedented shock in both living and working styles. Facing the era of speed, the firms have to recognize what their surviving competence is. Generally the adoption of IT indicates the efficiency and effectiveness of a firm. Therefore, the first centerpiece in this study is to examine the influence of adoption of IT on the manufacturing performance of thefirms. With its high quality and excellent process capability in manufacturing industry, Taiwan has currently become the "global manufacturing center". Nowadays Taiwan's firms will contract the orders of production and sales from global division of labor rather than simple manufacturing orders. The challenge that Taiwan's firms will confront in the future will be supply chain management (SCM), which is also a key issue for a firm to enhance its competence. Therefore, the second centerpiece in this study is to examine the influence of supply chain management on the manufacturing performance of the firms. Supply chain management has become a good tool of the firms in their business management. Therefore, the third centerpiece in this study is to examine the relationship between supply chain management and the development of IT, and their influence on the manufacturing performance of the firms. 79 semiconductor downstream firms were used as target of sampling for data collection, while effective recalling rate is 37%. The result of this study indicates: 1. The application extent of IT with the capability of SCM reaches significant level. 2. The capability of SCM with the manufacturing performance reaches significant level. 3. The application extent of IT with the manufacturing performance does not reach significant level.

Abstract The main purpose of this study is to conjecture the change of relative advantages and their interactive relationship during the three-tier supply chain. Based on this change and interactive relationship, strategically formed methods and models are developed. The three-tier supply chain is mainly defined as global brand marketing companies, OEM/ODM manufacturers, and raw material suppliers. In this study, the OEM/ODM manufacturers, which are the middle-tier, are selected as the research subject of target enterprises. The proposed analytical method, which mainly focuses on the interactive transformation of QFD relative matrix, is the basis for the strategic development of the OEM/ODM manufacturers. And we also adopt practical three-tier cases to test and verify, through verification of this strategy by simulation models. The results show that the strategy formed based on the model developed is capable to produce acceptable suggestions for the OEM/ODM manufacturers. Keyword: Supply Chain management, Strategic Interaction, Value System, e-Business

The Internet provides convenience to the development of e-business, and most of enterprises go after e-business to improve their competitive advantages. And supply chain management systems turn into a leading character within this economic trend. In this study, we focus on what can be done in the transformation of traditional chemicals industry to become electronic chemicals industry and to get the competitive advantage. The exploratory methods are used to collect, analyses, and classify the relationships of the businesses in the supply chain management. And the tools such as BCG, Value Chain, and SWOT, etc., are utilized to find out the possible feasible transformation strategies. To verify the feasibility of the transformation strategy suggestions, we interview the reputation executives of related enterprises. The results show that the suggestions are acceptable for the practical businesses for helping them toward to the e-business.

<p>Supply Chain Management innebär styrande av leveranskedjor. En leveranskedja består av leverantörer, tillverkare, distributörer och återförsäljare. I dagsläget bör marknadskonkurrensen vara mellan olika leveranskedjor och inte företag mot företag.</p><p>För att erhålla konkurrenskraftiga leveranskedjor krävs det bland annat att företagen nyttjar kommunikation tvärs genom hela leveranskedjan, samt att företagen använder de tekniska hjälpmedel som finns för att förenkla det administrativa arbetet.</p><p>En förutsättning för att leveranskedjan skall bli konkurrenskraftig är att företagen som ingår i kedjan vågar delta i informations- och kunskapsutbyte. Med ett sådant utbyte bör företagen höja värdet på slutprodukten till ett reducerat pris.</p><p>Syftet med rapporten är att sammanställa en modell över "hur den undersökta kedjans informationsutbyte äger rum idag".</p><p>Den undersökta Supply Chain Management-kedjan har kommit en bit på väg, men nyttjar i dagsläget inte Supply Chain Management-filosofins alla konkurrensfördelar. Företagen använder sig bland annat av lager för att tillmötesgå sina kunders krav på snabba leveranser.</p>

<p>The role of purchasing in supply chain management has received and continues to receive increasing attention as the years go by. Purchasing enhances efficiency and competitiveness among other benefits but to realize these benefits it is imperative to select and maintain competent suppliers. However, many factors affect a firm’s ability to choose the right supplier. Uncertainty is an issue that has received great attention. It affects all functions of a company consequently affecting purchasing and supplier selection. This thesis seeks to provide an understanding of the supplier selection process and criteria under circumstances of uncertainty in the case where the potential supplier under evaluation is a newly created company. The authors try to find out if uncertainty varies with firm’s age and tested the suitability of existing criteria on the selection of newly created firms. They also sought ways by which uncertainty can be reduced.One of the realisations of this thesis is that there is a relationship between the characteristics or problems faced by new firms and uncertainty. Uncertainties created by new firms include lack of trust and commitment, inadequate finance, poor quality, unreliable delivery times, inadequate logistic technological capabilities. No new types or sources of uncertainty were discovered however, it was found that uncertainty was certainly higher when working with new firms. The criteria delivery, quality, cost/price, financial position and communication and technology were recognized as the commonly used criteria a fact confirmed from empirical results as well as in previous literature. However other criteria such as ISO certification, reliability, credibility, good references and product development were also identified. These criteria had existed before but did not receive the same attention in previous studies. This show that focus is shifting from solely relying on quantitative factors to include qualitative criteria. The study identified that some methods of minimising uncertainty could include detailed financial analyses, site visit, intensive verification, close relationships, ISO certification, good references and recommendations. It is worth noting that uncertainty cannot be entirely eliminated in all situations</p>