An Approach to the Management of the Order-Delivery Process in the Steel Product Industry

P. Iskanius*, Tom Page**
* Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, University of Oulu, Finland.
** Department of Design & Technology, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
Periodicity:March - May'2009
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jmgt.3.4.200

Abstract

Economic globalization and new competitive demands have strongly increased the need for companies to develop collaboration in manufacturing processes. This situation in industrial competition emphasizes the importance of cost, quality and time, based on customer-oriented operation modes. The situation provides limited possibilities for individual companies to improve their competitiveness. As companies continuously seek to provide their products and services to customer faster, cheaper, and better than the competition, they have to work on a cooperative basis with the best companies in their supply chains in order to succeed. The purpose of this paper is to present the steel product industry network in Raahe region in Finland. It is done in terms of its activities and modes of supply chain operations, based on customer-oriented operation modes. However, the purpose is to analyse the relationship of the manufacturing development concepts like agility, flexibility, and leanness. The critical issues and major drawbacks of supply chain are identified and illustrated by following one sample order-delivery process through its value chain.

Keywords

Order-delivery Process, Steel Industry, Supply Chain Management

How to Cite this Article?

P. Iskanius and Tom Page (2009). An Approach To The Management Of The Order-Delivery Process In The Steel Product Industry. i-manager’s Journal on Management, 3(4), 47-54. https://doi.org/10.26634/jmgt.3.4.200

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