Supply Chain Management (SCM) : Module-4 Part-3

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Supply Chain
Management (SCM)
MODULE-4 PART-3
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Supply Chain Management (SCM)

 Fundamentally, supply chain management


helps a company
 Get the right products
 To the right place
 At the right time
 In the proper quantity
 At an acceptable cost
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Goals of SCM

 The goal of SCM is to efficiently


 Forecast demand
 Control inventory
 Enhance relationships with customers, suppliers, distributors, and others
 Receive feedback on the status of every link in the supply chain
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What is a Supply Chain?

 The interrelationships
 With suppliers, customers, distributors, and
other businesses
 Needed to design, build, and sell a product
 Each supply chain process should add value to the products or services a
company produces
 Frequently called a value chain
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Supply Chain Life Cycle
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Roles and Activities of SCM in
Business
Planning & Execution Functions of 7
SCM

 Planning
 Supply chain design
 Collaborative demand and supply planning
 Execution
 Materials management
 Collaborative manufacturing
 Collaborative fulfillment
 Supply chain event management
 Supply chain performance management
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Benefits and Challenges of SCM

 Key Benefits
 Faster, more accurate order processing
 Reductions in inventory levels
 Quicker times to market
 Lower transaction and materials costs
 Strategic relationships with supplier
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Goals and Objectives of SCM
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Benefits and Challenges of SCM

 Key Challenges
 Lack of demand planning knowledge, tools,
and guidelines
 Inaccurate data provided by other information systems
 Lack of collaboration among marketing, production, and inventory
management
 SCM tools are immature, incomplete, and
hard to implement
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Trends in SCM

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