Towards a strategic innovation framework to support supply chain performance
International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management
ISSN: 1741-0401
Article publication date: 15 February 2021
Issue publication date: 6 May 2022
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to determine how a strategic innovation framework that integrates the concepts of innovation function, dynamic performance management (DPM) and system-dynamics (SD) modelling can measure performance in a supply chain (SC).
Design/methodology/approach
The paper provides a strategic innovation framework for an SC by considering three steps. First, a systemic intervention is presented based on the innovation functions that influence SC performance. Second, an analysis of the system's performance is proposed. Third, a model SD-based simulation is designed. The developed framework is explained by employing a case study of the Colombian pig sector SC.
Findings
The results reveal that identifying and synchronising the system's performance drivers associated with the innovation functions could improve the inventory in the SC.
Practical implications
On the one hand, managers can use the proposed framework to evaluate the innovation investments and understand their impact on operation performance (e.g. on inventories). On the other hand, policymakers may support decision-making to improve policy design (e.g. through investment in R&D).
Originality/value
Few studies discuss the impacts of innovation functions on SC performance. This paper aims to fill this theoretical gap and to contribute to the literature by suggesting a novel framework which includes innovation functions.
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Acknowledgements
Funding: The paper has been written within the framework of the project “Knowledge management model to increase the competitiveness in the swine supply chain”. The authors would like to acknowledge Universidad Militar Nueva Granada (INV-ECO-3008) and Escuela de Ingeniería Julio Garavito (DII/C008 CIJI2019) for the financial support in carrying out this work. The authors also thank the editors and the anonymous referees for their valuables comments and suggestions. The authors are also grateful to Dr. Penny Ann McKeon for editorial work.
Citation
Herrera, M.M. and Trujillo-Díaz, J. (2022), "Towards a strategic innovation framework to support supply chain performance", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 71 No. 5, pp. 1872-1894. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-03-2020-0131
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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