Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2013. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the global economy we are witness to the outcomes of supply chains in all of our diverse
demand-driven purchasing decisions, be it fast moving consumer goods, electronic equipment or
even automobiles. A great deal of exposure relating to the topic of supply chain is based on talk
about supply chains and how they are delivering enormous value to companies such as General
Electric, Dell and Wal-Mart. But what does all of this really mean? How can an even further
exploitation of supply chains be used to gain competitive advantage over ever advancing
competitors? Average is no longer sufficient to stay ahead of the pack in the demand vs. supply
rat-race. Companies have to find and exploit unique characteristics in order to achieve true
differentiation over companies competing in similar environments and sharing a common
customer base.
The exploitation of the capabilities of Supply Chain Management requires a theoretical and
conceptual understanding of their underlying business processes as well as capabilities. It
requires the fostering of an understanding of Business Process Reengineering via segmentation
and analysis of the overall supply chain into the various basic components. The identification
and evaluation of the associated measures and metrics within in the supply chain provides insight
of how embedded knowledge is created and utilised in day-to-day operations, in order to
ultimately deliver not only business value but a unique value proposition for the distinct market
sectors. The scrutiny of the lubricants supply chain is used to gain an understanding of an
application of supply chain principles in the oil and gas industry in South Africa, detailing the
intrinsic business processes as well as their inherent measures and metrics. Particular attention is
paid to the underlying measures and metrics developed and how they are utilised to enhance
inherent decision making capability. Subsequent to the analysis of the lubricants supply chain, an exploration of core competencies is
used to illustrate how the lubricants supply chain can be differentiated from competitors. These
core competencies ultimately allows for greater competitive advantage, leapfrog of competitors
and staying ahead of the pack. The final outcome of the thesis is to develop a framework using
Boisot’s information space pertaining to codification and abstraction in order to map the
processes required to plan, implement and review a generic lubricants supply chain. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In die globale ekonomie is ons getuie aan die uitkomste van voorsieningskanale in al ons diverse
vraag-gedrewe aankope besluite, insluitend vinnig bewegende verbruikersgoedere, elektroniese
toerusting of selfs motors. Daar is baie van blootstelling met betrekking tot die onderwerp van
voorsieningskanale gebaseer op praat oor voorsieningskanale en hoe hul besig is om groot waarde
aan maatskappye soos General Electric, Dell en Wal-Mart te lewer. Maar wat beteken dit alles
nou eintlik? Hoe kan selfs 'n verdere ontginning van die aanbod van voorsieningskanale gebruik
word om mededingende voordeel te verkry oor ons bevorderinge kompetisie? Middelmatigheid
is nie meer voldoend om voor die pak te bly nie in die vraag vs. aanbod reis. Maatskappye moet
unieke eienskappe vind en benut om ware differensiasie te bereik oor maatskappye meeding in' n
soortgelyke omgewing en die deel van 'n gemeenskaplike kliënte basis.
Die uitbuiting van die vermoëns van Voorsieningskanaal Bestuur vereis 'n teoretiese en
konseptuele begrip van hulle onderliggende besigheids prosesse asook vermoëns. Dit vereis dat
die bevordering van 'n begrip van Besigheidsprosesse Heringinering via segmentering en analise
van die totale voorsieningskanale in verskillende basiese komponente. Die identifisering en
evaluering van die gepaardgaande maatreëls en statistieke binne in die voorsieningskanaal bied
insig van hoe vasgelegde kennis geskep is en benut word in dag-tot-dag bedrywighede, ten einde
te maak om uiteindelik nie net maatskappy se waarde, maar 'n unieke waarde proposisie te lewer
vir die verskillende mark sektore.
Die toetsing van die smeermiddels voorsieningskanaal word gebruik om 'n begrip van 'n aansoek
van voorsieningskanaal beginsels in die olie en gas industrie in Suid-Afrika te verkry, met
besonderhede oor die intrinsieke besigheid prosesse, sowel as hul inherente maatreëls en
statistieke. Besondere aandag word geskenk aan die onderliggende maatreëls en statistieke
ontwikkel en hul aanwending om inherente vermoë besluitneming te verbeter. Na afloop van die analise van die smeermiddels voorsieningskanaal, word 'n verkenning van kern
vaardighede gebruik om te illustreer hoe die smeermiddels voorsieningskanaal kan onderskei
word van die kompetisie. Dit kan uiteindelik kernvaardighede vir 'n groter mededingende
voordeel lewer, die haasje van mededingers en die pak aanloop. Die finale uitkoms van die tesis
is om 'n raamwerk te ontwikkel met behulp van Boisot se inligting spasie met betrekking tot
codificasie en abstraksie om die prosesse wat nodig is vir die beplaning, implementering en
hersiening van' n generiese smeermiddels voorsieningskanaal te skep.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:sun/oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/80328 |
| Date | 03 1900 |
| Creators | Tiseker, Nisar |
| Contributors | Botha, Daniel F., Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Information Science. |
| Publisher | Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | en_ZA |
| Detected Language | Unknown |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | ix, 123 p. : ill. (some col.) |
| Rights | Stellenbosch University |
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