2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Research on Structural Change of Supply Chain by Physical Distribution Innovation

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21653035
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Commerce
Research Institution	Aoyama Gakuin University
Principal Investigator	TAKEDA Ken 青山学院大学, 経営学部, 教授 (20286230)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2011
Keywords	物流 / イノベーション / SCM / 事業継続性
Research Abstract	In this research, the structural change of supply chain by distribution innovation is examined. As a result, it turned out that when the distribution enterprise recognizes the social role at the emergency and peacetime, the innovation occurs in the process where a high position as the lifeline is realized from the viewpoint of BCP. That is, the source of strategic domination of distribution exists there. Under such an analysis, the strategic activity of the distribution enterprise is summarized in three directions. The first is synthesis of distribution. The second is specialization. The third is new creation of business chance. Because any strategic activity has the relativity of the wholesale and retail, it causes the structural change of supply chain.

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