A Comparative Analysis: Collaborative Planning and Agile Supply Chains in the UK Construction and Retail Grocery Industries

Abstract The UK Retail Grocery and Construction industries are at very different stages in their supply chain management development. Collaborative Planning is seen as a key approach in integrating the supply chain to improve efficiency. It has been widely deployed within the retail sector although there are barriers to its adoption into the construction industry a less formalised approach could be successful. The Agile approach focuses on delivering customer value through development of a flexible …

…developing an effective organisation and getting the right information. For the global company that operates in different environments the height of those barriers is a product of the history of that environment (i.e. cultural, regulatory, available infrastructure, consumer expectation). However more collaboration and agility are likely to be strategic element in all expanding supply chains but to a variation in degree. Globalisation is both the catalyst and product of modern supply chain practice. References