Deloitte & Touche, 333

Demand Chain Management

demand fulfillment process, 26

demand generation, 74, 214, 350

demand vacuum, 10, 311

Department of Defense (DoD), 73, 79, 221, 228

descriptive model, 73, 82, 249, 328, 356

Descriptive Statistics, 346

Design-Chain Council (DCC), 74, 331

Design-Chain Process Reference Model (DCOR), 331

desk research, 119, 129

Determination Coefficient, 346

Diagnostics, 95

Differentiation, 314

Dimensions, xxvi,, 39, 84, 103, 104, 107, 200, 202, 236, 237, 337, 350, 352

Dimensions for Information System Structuring, 361

direct costs, 336

Distribution, 311, 316, 331, 333

DoD Supply Chain Management, 80

Downside flexibility, 93

Dual Nature of Management, 365

dynamic view, 12

E-Business, 15, 42, 60, 61, 66, 79, 197, 216, 219, 220, 224, 236, 239, 242, 247, 248, 314, 327, 329, 330, 333, 356–358, 364

E-Business concept, 15, 219

E-Commerce, 15, 313, 314

EasySCOR, 225–229

Effectivity, 21, 45, 46, 51, 64, 75, 78, 315, 319, 323

efficiency

Electronic Business, 15, 60, 66, 327

Electronic Commerce, 15

Electronic Procurement, 242

Electronic Supply Chain Management (E-SCM), 15, 314

electronic survey, 121

Empirical Social Research

empirical study, xxvii,, 3, 4, 126, 220, 243, 337, 364, 366

enabling processes, 53

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), 67, 69, 225, 326, 329

Erdmann, 321, 339

Ernst & Young, 333

e-SCOR, 225, 226

Evans and Danks, 48, 319, 325

examination, xxv, xxvi, xxvii, xxviii, 2–4, 38, 49, 60, 73, 78, 85, 89–91, 93, 95, 108, 119, 120, 122, 127, 129, 132, 133, 136, 137, 172, 175, 177, 188, 195, 198, 199, 204–207, 209, 213–217, 233, 236, 238–240, 243, 244, 246, 320, 335–337, 341, 342, 345, 347, 349–351

exploration, 109, 310, 335, 363

exploratory approach, 89, 125, 198, 214, 239

falsification criterion, 347

Fettke and Loos, 66, 323, 328, 329

field research, 119, 129, 340

Fill Rate, 96, 109, 111, 112, 114, 117, 148, 159, 160

First Generation Business Process Change, 74, 331

Fit, 134