supply chain management in information technlogy

Supply Chain Management

Presented By:Chandrakala Yadav – 120

Chandni Thakkar – 116Shaheen Thakur – 117

Kapil Udeshi – 119Aditya Todi – 118Vivek Soni – 115

Overview of SCM

Functions of SCMInventory

Management

Order Management

Procurement

Logistics

Forecasting & Planning

Return Management

Categories of SCM Software

Supply Chain

Planning

Warehouse Managemen

t System

Transportation

Management System

Manufacturing

Execution System

Benefits Of SCM

• Inventory and Replenishment

• Real Time Information

• Minimizing Goods Shrinkage

• Maximizing Warehouse Space

i. Manufacturers

ii. Distributors

iii. Retailers

Key SCM Entites

Case Study

• Company procures goods directly from the manufacturers, bypassing all intermediaries

• Use of sophisticated technology such as Bar code, hand held computer systems (Magic Wand) and now, RFID

• The hand held computers guide employee to the location of the specific product, and the product required from the center

Procurement and distribution

• More than 7000 company owned trucks services the distribution centers

• Enables shipping of goods from distribution centers to the stores within 2 days and replenish the store shelves twice a week

• Drivers are tracked regularly through “Private Fleet Driver handbook”

Logistics Management

• Finished goods are picked up directly from supplier sorted out and supplied to the customer

• Reduces handling & storage of finished goods

• Because of “cross-docking” the system shifted from “supply chain” to “demand chain”.

“Cross docking”

• For good communication system, Walmart setup its own satellite system in 1983

• monitor each and every activity going on in a particular store at any point of the day and analyze the course

• full use of its IT infrastructure to make more inventories available in case of items that customers wanted most

• Owns “Massively Parallel Processor (MPP)”, largest & the most sophisticated computer system in private sector(tracking of goods)

Inventory management

Supply Chain Management in

AMUL

Problems

Integration between departments

Data discrepancies & inaccuracies

Time related issues

Solution• Implement SAP ERP suite to handle its SCM

concerns• Partnership with IBM

SAP ERP

Benefits

Business processes streamlined

Better planning capabilities

High degree accuracy of transactions

Effective decision making

Satisfied users

Vendors of SCM