A REVIEW ON SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION: VERTICAL AND FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE AND INTEGRATION MODELS

Authors

  • Meysam Maleki UNIDEMI, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
  • Virgilio Cruz-Machado UNIDEMI, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.em.18.2.2968

Keywords:

supply chain integration, vertical integration, functional integration, integration models

Abstract

This paper reviews a sample of the literature relating to vertical and functional perspectives toward supply chain integration as well as integration models. Considering the extensive amount of literature on supply chain integration, it appears that it is still in its infancy. Although the need for integration is pointed out by both academic and industrial experts, little works has been carried out in terms of developing a comprehensive integration system. This study reviews a sample of recent and classic literature, and in doing so throw light on different aspects of supply chain integration. It discusses and criticizes the current state of literature on this context so that future researches find directions to contribute to missing points and remove obstacles. The scope of this review is limited to a cross-section of the literature in this area. As such, it cannot, and does not, attempt to be an examination of the full range of the literature, but a sampling of important and influential works.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.em.18.2.2968

Author Biographies

Meysam Maleki, UNIDEMI, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Meysam Maleki is researcher in UNIDEMI -R&D Unit in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering- which is a research center at faculty of science and technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Meysam keeps interest on variety of industrial engineering areas such as supply chain management, integration modelling, and comparative analysis methods.

Virgilio Cruz-Machado, UNIDEMI, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

V. Cruz-Machado holds a Ph.D. in CIM (Cranfield University, UK). He is full professor of industrial engineering at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. He coordinates post-graduate programs in industrial engineering, project and lean management. He teaches operations and production management and has published more than 150 papers in scientific journals and conferences, in addition to having supervised fifty MSc and Ph.D. students. His main scientific activities are directed to the design of lean supply chains. He is the president of UNIDEMI (R&D Unit in Mechanical & Industrial Engineering) and the president of the IIE Portugal Chapter.

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Published

2013-08-19

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Management Trends