Dynamic Configuring of the Metastructure

Background : A trend to create groups of enterprises can be ob served; whose model of operation makes use of assets of large, small and medium sized companie s. It is a higher level of organisational changes. This trend is described as network organisation. It is based on the so called supply chain. The Authors of this paper proposed au thors' analysis dynamic configuration of the supply chain and presents an e xample. The supply chain is a metastructure. It is an intermediate form between a single enterprise (microstructure/microsy stem) and the global economy (macrostructure/macrosystem). The metastructure is characterized by a dynamic holarch y of mutually cooperating holons (enterprises). Methods: After a brief discussion of the nature of supply c hain (metrastructure) and configuration of metastru ctures, authors present variable supply chains in the light of morp hological analysis and presents an example. Results : The key benefits of this approach are: identifyin g the characteristics of a supply network and model ing the flow in the entire own supply chain metastructure and possi ble quick adaptations to new situations. Conclusions: Configuration of a supply chain with the use of a m orphological analysis is a basic action, if its goa l is to optimally model the flow of goods and implementation of quick adaptation to new situations.