This document discusses group members, supply chain management, modules of SCM software, advantages and disadvantages of SCM, reasons for SCM failure, latest SCM software, vendors of SCM software, and trends in SCM. It provides details on Dawlance reducing logistics costs by 35% for a new product line by redesigning their supply chain to reduce inventory levels and shift to a make-to-order model.
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4. What is Supply Chain Management? Supply chain management is an effective tool for business process improvement. It begins with the source of supply and ends at the point of consumption. Supply chain management covers the flow of materials and information from suppliers, through a number of value adding processes and distribution channels, to the customer.
5. Continue…... A supply chain consists of three types of entities: CUSTOMERS PRODUCER PRODUCER'S SUPPLIERS The extended supply chain includes CUSTOMERS’ CUSTOMERS SUPPLIERS’ SUPPLIERS
6. SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE MODULES: SCMS Commonly Includes Following Modules: Customer requirement processing Purchase order processing Inventory management Goods receipt and Warehouse management Supplier Management/Sourcing
20. Latest software of SCM ‘Epicor 9’ by Epicor software's Epicor 9 represents the convergence of Epicor's rich tool sets into a single product. Epicor 9 redefines the ERP experience, combining a full range of enterprise, manufacturing and distribution functionality with the most collaborative, flexible service oriented architecture available. ‘Supplier Nonconformance Management ’by Intelex Technologies Industry trusted since 1992 Intelex's web-based Supplier Management Software allows organization's to track supplier performance, perform evaluations and generate reports in real-time.
21. Latest Software's of SCM Continues… ‘ProActive Inventory Manager’ by Accuware Browser based Inventory Management solution. Built on Microsoft ASP.net and Microsoft SQL server database. Can be customized to your unique work flows. ‘ EnterpriseIQ’ by IQMS Can be designed, developed and supported with the unique industry specifications in mind. Its single database concept allows for a module and scalable approach while eliminating third party applications
23. Dawlance slashes logistics costs by 35% for their new H-ZONE technology: DAWLANCE’S new h-zone technology costs one third the cost from DAWLANCE’S other appliances and required a new supply chain design with substantially reduced costs. They achieved this by revaluating every assumption and focusing on ways to reduce inventory levels. For its traditional appliances Dawlance operated on a nine-week order cycle time with many order changes from their customers which led to higher inventory levels and sub optimized factories. Dawlance focused on shifting to a make-to-order model with firm orders accepted and then delivered in two weeks instead of nine.
The decision to outsource a production facility or call center lowers the cost of doing business for a company using global supply chain management, but the decision to outsource or not can lead to consumer backlash.
