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    Evaluating the Supply Chain Management System on Palestinian Companies
    (2011) Ahmad Bassam Ahmad Abdallah; Dr.Husam Arman
    Today, customers have the upper hand. The days where they had to take what has been offered to them has gone. Customers now choose the right products they want, when they want them, and at the right price. With the advent of new communication networks, the world has become a smaller place. Customers can now decide on products offered by suppliers around the globe. Therefore, the competition is no longer regional; it is global. In order for the enterprises to remain globally competitive they have to rethink their strategy and manage things differently. One of today’s major issues is managing the supply chain effectively. The purpose of this research is to develop a generic framework for Palestinian companies. The framework can be applicable in the research environment and the special conditions of Palestine in order to align the strategic fit area between supply chain strategy and the competitive advantage. The current practices of the Palestinian companies suffer from many problems and difficulties from supply chain perspective. Quantitative and qualitative research methodology was used in this study. The quantitative research data was gathered with the aid of online survey. Seventy five surveys have been sent to six sectors of manufacturing industrials companies in Palestine, Plastic industry, Marble and stone industry, Foodstuff industry, Pharmaceutical industry, Chemical industry, Engineering and metal industry, forty responses were received. The response rate was (53.3%) percent. The results of the interviews and survey revealed a high level of weaknesses in the four key themes were studied and analyzed through the survey results, supply chain management concept and its impact on the success of the firm, competitive and supply chain strategies, supplier relations, and customer relation. A Generic framework for the supply chain management was proposed. It aims were to guide the company to structure a successful supply chain, and does not assume any particular solution. The framework is comprised of four major levels: 1.The business strategy level. This level involves formulating a strategy and deciding what the objectives of the business are, i.e. to sustain company advantage over its competitors. 2.The competitive advantage level. . In this level it is discussed what a company should do to attain a competitive advantage, in order to achieve successful supply chain management. 3.The supply chain strategy level. This level shows how supply chain strategy aims to achieve business goals by using or implementing the competitive advantage, and reveal hidden interactions. 4.The strategy translation. This final level explains the role of the physical infrastructure and the supply chain function process to implement the supply chain strategy, effectively determining responsiveness and efficiency. The generic supply chain management framework presented a process that helps in understanding, describing, measuring, evaluating the supply chain activity, providing systematic process to establish new project and enhance, and develop ongoing project.