An application of transparency in up stream supply chain of Thai frozen food company

Abstract

Transparency has gained its importance in supply chain management dimension in the past decades. Implementing the transparency concept through information sharing can enhance the relationship among suppliers and holistically improve the supply chain management. The proposed transparency in this research was configured to fit with the firm’s scale. The methodology of transparency framework design was based upon the AS-IS analysis of both ABC company and the suppliers’ current situation and process flow. The area of improvement was identified along that AS-IS analysis to configure the proposed model to be at it’s most optimum. The main theme of the transparency model was greatly leveraged the benefit of information sharing scheme enhancing the communication and process efficiency of the two. The results obtained from the transparency framework implemented were very satisfied. The scrap rate was decreased down by 25.81% due to the communication interacted. Moreover, the information sharing scheme was also plunged the safety-inventory level by 30.19%. Therefore, adopting the most optimum transparency levels that fit with the corporate’s uniqueness and constraints will increase the convergence of information as well as to enhance the relationship level with strategic suppliers in the longer business term.