Physical and Digital Integration Strategies of Electronic Device Supply Chains and Their Applicability to ETO Supply Chains

Authors

Claudia-Maria Wagner, Technological University DublinFollow
Colm Ryan, Technological University DublinFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Rights

Available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 4.0 International Licence

Disciplines

6.5 OTHER HUMANITIES

Publication Details

Business Science reference (an imprint of IGI Global), 2016.

Uploaded to Arrow with kind permission of IGI Global. Permission granted by IGI Global (Jan Travers) Apr. 27th. 2016.

http://www.igi-global.com

Abstract

The growth in the manufacture and distribution of electronic devices presents a source of continuing innovation. Electronic devices are products that integrate physical forms (i.e. hardware) and virtual forms (e.g. software) to deliver value to customers. These forms are very different from a product design and supply chain perspective, but nevertheless they need to work closely together in order to create value for the customers. For electronic device manufacturers, it is important that processes are in place to facilitate the seamless integration of both forms throughout the engineering, production, distribution and support stages of the product lifecycle. This chapter examines the role of physical and virtual supply chain innovation strategies in electronic device supply chains by exploring the commonalities and differences between the design, manufacturing, and distribution models of digital and physical elements. It also explores to what extent such strategies can be employed for engineer-to-order (ETO) supply chains.

Recommended Citation

Wagner, C. and Ryan, C. (2016) Physical and Digital Integration Strategies of Electronic Device Supply Chains and Their Applicability to ETO Supply Chains. Chapter 11 from Book entitled Supply chain strategies and the engineer-to-order approach. IGI Global 2016.