Using Innovation Management Concepts to Improve the Functioning of Supply Chains

• Main Author: Кolodizieva Tetiana O.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: PH "INZHEK" 2017-06-01
• Series: Problemi Ekonomiki
• Subjects: supply chain management; logistic concept; management concept; constraint; supply chain capability
• Online Access: http://www.problecon.com/export_pdf/problems-of-economy-2017-2_0-pages-200_209.pdf
• ISSN: 2222-0712; 2311-1186

The aim of the article is to clarify the advantages of integrating innovation management concepts and their using to improve the functioning of supply chains. The evolution of innovation management concepts in the context of their application in the logistic activity of enterprises is examined, their mutual influence and combinations, features and advantages are investigated. The expediency of using innovation concepts of enterprise management not just at the micro-level of the economy but also at the meso- and meta-levels, that is, in the network structures of business and supply chains, is grounded. The application of tools of innovation management concepts to analyze and improve the functioning of supply chains is proposed. To identify and eliminate bottlenecks in supply chains, a sequence of stages of implementing an integrated solution is developed and their content, which comprises the concept of Supply Chain Management (SCM), Theory of Constraints (TOC), Lean Production Concept (LP), Resource-Based View (RBV), 6-Sigma Theory and Balanced Scorecard (BSC), is described. There identified prospects for using integrated solutions, which allow creating a significant synergy of innovation logistic concepts, ensuring the overcoming of certain drawbacks of the concepts, moving to a new level of management of the business processes of the national economy.