enhance core competence and positioning of a focal SC organization through designing and controlling the sharing and flow of information;...
re-engineer SC operations and eliminate duplicated facilities or activities, for example vendor managed inventory (VMI) instead of physical warehouses;....
manage marketing, customer, product and service knowledge or expertise developed (accumulated) in SCM, and share this with sup-pliers and partners, for example collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment (CPFR);...
manage partner and customer relationships through resource-based and relational views, to stabilize SC structure and enhance relations with adjacent upstream and downstream partners; and...
deploy SC resources and capabilities to compete with other SCs at worldwide level, and through international sourcing and offshore manufacturing....