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8 - Supply Chain Management and Logistics in Southeast Asia

from III - Drivers for the Expanding Production Networks

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2015

Sum Chee Chuong
Affiliation:
National University of Singapore
James Ang
Affiliation:
National University of Singapore
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INTRODUCTION

International trade in services is becoming more and more important. In this paper, we focus on supply chain and logistics services in Southeast Asia. The supply chain concept is an extension of Michael Porter's Value Chain Analysis that involves external entities linked to the production of a product. Nike is a good case in point. Their shoes are made in China but designed in the United States. From design to production, we are witnessing a production process in which the following characteristics are observed:

  1. • Production blocks are centres of activities — centres which can produce a particular stage efficiently and effectively. If all activities could be produced in one entity, we then have only one production block. However, specialisation and differences in factor prices result in many production blocks.

  2. • Service links are bundles of activities that serve to coordinate and link production blocks. More and more of these service links activities are undertaken by entities in various countries and cross border coordination is crucial and necessary. SCM and logistics are part of these service links activities.

  3. • Each node in the supply chain engages in a value-added process.

With this as a backdrop, we will discuss supply chain management (SCM) and logistics in Southeast Asia, starting with a few definitions.

Definitions and Scope

SCM (sometimes called logistics management) refers to the management and control of the flow of inventory, information and other resources (e.g., services, money, equipment, people) across the supply chain with the purpose to satisfy customer requirements. In essence, SCM deals with the geographical repositioning of raw materials, work-in-process, finished, and returned inventories in a cost efficient manner. To facilitate smooth flow between point-of-origin to point-of-consumption, SCM requires an integrated, cross-functional approach, and trust and collaboration among the supply chain partners to provide inventory visibility and inventory velocity. The term SCM was coined by consultant Keith Oliver of strategy consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton in 1982.

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Production Networks and Industrial Clusters
Integrating Economies in Southeast Asia
, pp. 259 - 300
Publisher: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute
Print publication year: 2008

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