Development of Global Supply Networks to Market Integration

Abstract

Global business opportunities require companies to work with suppliers and customers worldwide. The supply chain management (SCM) assumes increasing significance for the world community, at the same time there is competition not between companies but global supply networks, which are increasingly replacing supply chains. As a result, competition between companies in global markets increasingly means competition between networks; however with globalization, corporate planning has turned out to be under the strong influence of distribution networks, in the focus of attention of which is not a product but customers’ value. This article considers the logistics systems from the point of view of conveying value by means of supply networks decentralized control systems and centralized adoption of global networks.