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