The objective of this paper is to define how to create a supply chain management (SCM) organizational structure with roles and responsibilities in a multinational company with a big part of the supply chain inside of the company. SCM means having under control the complete supply chain to decide the global optimal instead of summing up the optimal of each node independently. We propose, based o...

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has been used since the Second World War to identify “friend or foe” aircrafts. It has become an enabling wireless technology that is widely used in a number of application areas, such as product tracking through manufacturing and assembly, inventory control, and supply chain management (SCM). By 2006, Wal-Mart used RFID for all of its suppliers. The use of...

a r t i c l e i n f o Modern organisations must effectively manage their supply chains, to exist and grow. Supply chains draw information extensively from enterprise systems (ESs) of participating businesses. Despite that supply chains frequently depend on information from ES to succeed, not much research on measuring the effectiveness of information transfers between these systems has been pub...

In the era of globalization and outsourcing, Supply Chain Management (SCM) has become one of the leading business strategies for a company to gain competitiveness in the global market. To manage the supply chain efficiently and effectively, many companies realize the need for accurate SCM performance measurement. In spite of existing SCM performance studies, there are two kinds of limitations. ...

A decision support for forecasting of collaboration level of supply chain management (SCM) has attracted lots of important decision making in the SCM managers and chief executive officers (CEOs) However, there are no guidelines and prediction models for SCM collaboration. Therefore, the company which pursues SCM can't execute control of collaboration systematically and scientifically In this re...

The study evaluates whether and to what extent supply chain management (SCM) practices in local municipalities are implemented. A case study was undertaken in the Central District Municipality and its local municipalities, North West Province, Republic of South Africa. Purposive sampling was used through which thirty (30) respondents were identified and interviewed within the six municipalities...

We examine the use of RFID (Radio Frequency Id) technology on supply chain management (SCM) systems for a retail store chain. RFID technology may trigger frequent activities in the supply chain such as inventory processing and reordering. We classify the RFID readings according to the transactions they may trigger. We then use the classification to estimate the information processing load rate....

Supply chain finance (SCF) is concerned with the capital flows within a supply chain, an area often neglected in past decades, while SCF does have an impact on a firm’s capability to adopt sustainable supply chain management (SCM) practices. The aim of this study is to explore new insight from a growing body of research which is investigating SCF issues in China, an evolving transition economy....

Efficient Customer Response (ECR) provides the framework for achieving goals of top-line sales growth with cost containment along with adding tremendous value to customers. It has been seen as one of the next generation strategic moves and paradigm shifts in supply chain management (SCM). This research project involved designing responsive supply chains for fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) ind...