Modeling Supply Chain Management Information System Using ARIS Framework

Information systems and technologies are a major enabling tool for firms to respond to customers and suppliers in real time resulting in higher sales and higher profits. Information systems have become essential tools for helping enterprises operate in a global economy. The main objectives are reducing inventory levels, improving delivery services, improving the customer service, reducing the cost through the supply chain, and increasing sales. All these will improve the firm's profitability. Firms are using intranets to improve coordination among their internal supply chain processes, and they use extranets to coordinate supply chain processes shared with their business partners. Despite of the growing importance of information system (IS) for Supply Chain Management (SCM) activities, the lack of comprehensive framework for modeling and developing IS for SCM has a negative impact on the performance of small and medium size enterprises. In this paper, ARIS framework is implemented for modeling of Supply Chain Management Information Systems (SCMISs). In the first place, we considered the inventory driver.