SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY-MANAGING INFORMATION flOWS

SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY-MANAGING INFORMATION flOWS

1. Must readily flow across the supply chain to enable the planning, execution, and evaluation of key functions.

2. The Role of Information in the SC

   • Driving effective decisions and actions.
   • Information Requirements
     • To ensure that valuable, actionable knowledge "readily flows across the supply chain, information must be accessible, relevant, accurate, timely, and transferable.
       • Accessible
       • Relevant
       • Accurate
       • Timely
       • Transfarable
   • Information Technology Capabilities
     • Connectivity
     • Visibility
     • Collaboration
     • Optimization
     • Execution
     • Speed
   • Information Technology Challenges
     • Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) reveals that people are a barrier to the effective use of information technology
     • Poor planning and preparation for technology implementation is problematic

3. A Framework for managing SC information

   • Foundation Elements
     • SCIS or problems will occour, as highlighted in our discussion of technology use barriers.
   • Key Requirements
     • In the supply chain to have standardized, complete, accurate,
   • Differentiating Capabilities
     • The process of transforming the organization and its SCIS is a complex, multilayered effor.

4. SCM software

   • SCIS is the software that is used to manage the supply chain
   • Planning
   • Execution
   • Event management
   • Business Intelligence
   • Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
     • Planning and execution tools
   • Related Tools
     • Supply chain collaboration tools
     • Data synchronization applications.
     • Spreadsheets and database software.

5. Supply Chain Technology Implementation

   • Needs Assessment
   • Software Options
     • Development Alternatives
     • Solution Packages
     • Purchase Options
   • Technical Issues
     • Data Standardization
     • Application Integration

6. Supply Chain Technology Innovations

   • Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)
     • While the technology used in RFID has been available for decades and is widely used for aircraft identification
   • Adaptive Supply Chain Networks
   • Pervasive Automation

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