Supply Processes and Technology

Supply Processes and Technology

1. Supply management process

   • Starts with need recognition, ends with monitoring suppliers and relationships
     • Strategy and goal Alignment
       • Knowign the opportunities that add value to the company
     • Ensuring Process Compliance
     • Information Flows
       • Inward Flows
         • Information from within the organization is sent to supplier
       • Outward Flows
         • Information from the supplier is sent to people within the organization
   • 1. Recognition of needs
   • 2. Description of need
   • 3. Identification of potential sources
   • 4. Supplier selection
   • 5. Preparation of PO
   • 6. Follow-up and expediting
   • 7. Receipt and Inspection
   • 8. Invoice and Payment
   • 9. Relationships

2. Information systems and Supply process

   • Benefits of Information Systems
     • Cost reduction
     • Data accesibility
     • Data accuracy
     • Systems integration
   • Technology options
   • Types of Information systems
     • Operational level systems
     • Management Level systems
     • Knowledge level systems
   • Intranets and Extranets
   • Technology driven efficiency and Effectiveness
     • Electronic procurement systems
     • Online catalogs
     • Electronic data interchange
     • E-Marketplaces
     • Online reverse auctions

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