Focal company

A focal company is understood to be the central, controlling company in a group of companies. Various companies come together to form a strategic network, for example to enable the manufacture of a product for which various specialized partners along the value chain are required. The individual companies remain legally independent, but intensive, cross-company use of the common resources takes place within the strategic network.

The focal company takes on the coordinating function and also affects the companies in the network beyond its own company boundaries. Areas of this intensive networking are knowledge transfer and the inclusion of new companies.

In logistics, especially in supply chain management , the focal company carries out the central planning of orders, capacities and stocks for the entire company network.

Individual evidence

↑ focal company. In: Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon. Springer Gabler Verlag (editor), accessed February 16, 2017.
↑ P. Buchholz, U. Clausen (Ed.): Large networks of logistics - The results of the Collaborative Research Center 559. Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-71047-9 , p. 61ff.

literature

M. Amann: Importance of production competence in supply chain management. 1st edition. Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-8349-1790-4 .
J. Sydow: Management of network organizations. 5th edition. Wiesbaden 2010, ISBN 978-3-8349-1878-9 .

[Wirtschaftslexikon-1] focal company. In: Gabler Wirtschaftslexikon. Springer Gabler Verlag (editor), accessed February 16, 2017.

[Buchholz-2] P. Buchholz, U. Clausen (Ed.): Large networks of logistics - The results of the Collaborative Research Center 559. Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-540-71047-9 , p. 61ff.