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From Buyer to Integrator: the Transformation of the Supply‐chain Manager in the Vertically Disintegrating Firm

Year: 2002

Type: article

Abstract: Using case study data, we describe how a large personal computer manufacturer changed its supply‐chain management strategy after outsourcing the majority of its design and manufacturing activities to a network of focused suppliers. To cope with this new structure, the firm created highly skilled generalists, “supply‐chain integrators,” who coordinate product development, marketing, production, and logistics from product concept to delivery across firm boundaries. We particularly focus on the skill‐set that characterizes these integrators. Finally, we use the case evidence, combined with previous theory, to suggest a specific program of research into coordinating product development across disaggregated supply chains.

Source: Production and Operations Management

DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2002.tb00185.x

Authors: GEOFFREY G. PARKER, EDWARD G. ANDERSON

Institutions: Dartmouth College, Tulane University, The University of Texas at Austin

Language: English

Topic: Quality and Supply Management

Subfield: Management Information Systems

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2010337434

FWCI: 11.25

Cites: 35

Cited by: 159

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