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JarosławWitkowski
BartłomiejRodawski
WroclawUniversityofEconomics
THEESSENCEANDSCOPE
OFSUPPLYCHAINSTRATEGY
Thearticleaddressestheissueofstrategicdecisionsundertakenwhile
managingsupplychains.Conclusionsaredrawnfromeconomics,logistics,
operations,marketing,supplychainandstrategicmanagementliteraturereview.
Conductedresearchprovesthatthreegroupsofsupplychainstrategicde-
cisionscouldbedistinguished:supplychainstructureforming,relationscrafting
andsupplyanddemandsynchronization.Thelisteddecisionsreflectthreelevels
oforganizationstrategy:corporate(supplychainstructure),business(relations)
andfunctional(synchronization).Transactioncostsandstrategicpositioning
theoriesprovidecomprehensivebasisforsupplychainstrategicdecisionana-
lysis.
TheideaofSupplyChainsandSupplyChainManagement
Theideaoftheintegratedsupplychainhasbeendevelopedinmanagement
literaturesinceearlyeightiesofXXcentury.Fromthenarrowlogisticsperspec-
tivesupplychainisrestrictedtomaterialsandinformationflowsfromsuppliers,
throughmanufacturesanddistributioncenterstoretailoutletsandfinal
customers.Forexample,M.Christopherdefinessupplychainas”anetwork
ofconnectedandindependentorganizationsmutuallyandcooperativelyworking
togethertocontrol,manageandimprovetheflowofmaterialsandinformation
fromsupplierstoendusers”
1.Inbroadersense"thesupplychainisanycombi-
nationofprocesses,functions,activities,relationshipsandpathwaysalong
whichproducts,services,informationandfinancialtransactionsmoveinand
1
M.Christopher:LogisticsandSupplyChainManagement.CreatingValue–AddingNetworks.
PrenticeHall2005.
