供应生态系统：下一个大事？

Thanks to the rise of purchase-to-pay (P2P) software, we hear quite often about “supplier networks” and “business networks” as the next big thing that will link buyers with vendors. But what about the concept of a “supply ecosystem” that goes further? This is the premise in a forthcoming商业物流杂志article authored by Penn State’s Christopher Craighead, Auburn University’s David Ketchum and the University of Tennessee’s Russell Crook. Based on the author’s definition, these new supply ecosystems appear to more closely resemble giant industrial conglomerates or trading firms, but without necessarily having corporate parent/child ties between members (think Toyota, Mitsubishi, Samsung and to a lesser degree Siemens and GE).

奇怪的是，亚洲贸易公司的比较更适合亚洲贸易公司，因为这些组织的未来供应链将更加区域化，即公司“缩减全球采购”。在这种情况下，作者建议，“目前存在的许多复杂的全球供应链网络可能被成员紧密地合作的区域的生态系统所取代。”

作者采取了一种方法，似乎类似于迈克尔·罗斯施联的争论中的一些论点Bionomics,这实质上认为经济和贸易吗be studied like biological ecosystems. Specifically in this case, the authors suggest that, “Interactions and interdependencies within supply chains parallel biological ecosystems where organisms, such as plants, compete for scarce resources, such as water.” Keeping this in mind, “Current supply chain thought generally emphasizes the collaborative relationships among supply chain members but underemphasizes the level of competition for scarce resources and profits that takes place within those relationships.”

在我们可以掌握完整的文章之前，我们将分享一些关于可能标记的元素的片段，并导致“供应生态系统”或当前采购和供应链模型。敬请关注！