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Absorbing uncertainty within supply chains

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  • Alain Spalanzani
  • Karine Evrard Samuel

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One of the main challenges companies are facing today is how to deal with uncertainty in operations management, particularly in the case of downstream markets. Models of this struggle have evolved over time, and their design has undergone considerable transformation. This article aims to provide a conceptual framework for better understanding how firms struggle with uncertainty in the supply chain context. By exploring different models and theories, the results indicate that collaboration between the trading partners of a supply chain becomes a necessary way to improve results in the relationships upstream, as well as downstream. Theories such as transaction cost theory, structuration theory or gift theory provide different vantage points that lead to the revisiting of traditional approaches to interorganisational collaboration.

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  • Alain Spalanzani & Karine Evrard Samuel, 2007. "Absorbing uncertainty within supply chains," International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 2(4), pages 441-458.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijpqma:v:2:y:2007:i:4:p:441-458
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    1. Richard Calvi & Karine Samuel & Nathalie Merminod & Hugues Poissonnier, 2014. "La collaboration client/fournisseur : comment créer de la valeur au-delà des frontières de l'entreprise," Post-Print halshs-01020699, HAL.
    2. O. Lavastre & A. Spalanzani, 2010. "Comment gérer les risques liés à la chaîne logistique ? Une réponse par les pratiques de SCRM," Post-Print halshs-00534733, HAL.
    3. Nawfal BAHHA & Imane El KARTIT, 2021. "How to Reduce Uncertainty in Supply Chains? The Role of the Interactive Control Lever," International Business Research, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 14(6), pages 1-68, June.
    4. Richard Calvi & Karine Samuel & Nathalie Merminod & Hugues Poissonnier, 2014. "La collaboration client/fournisseur : comment créer de la valeur au-delà des frontières de l'entreprise," Grenoble Ecole de Management (Post-Print) halshs-01020699, HAL.

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