Supply Chain Management (SCM), involves various parties, either directly or indirectly, to fulfill customer demands. Manufacturers and suppliers are part of the supply chain, including shipping, warehousing, retailers, as well customers themselves. In any organization, chain consists all functions involved in receiving fulfilling The main concern SCM is provide with right product, at cost, time...

Supply chains are ubiquitous in the manufacturing of many complex products. Traditionally, supply chains have been created through the intricate interactions of human representatives of the various companies involved. However recent advances in planning, scheduling, and autonomous agent technologies have sparked an interest, both in academia and in industry, in automating the process. The Tradi...

In order to achieve competitive advantage and better performance of firm, supply chain management (SCM) strategy should support and drive forward business strategy. It means that supply chain should be aligned with business strategy, at the same time supply chain (SC) managers need to use appropriate information system (IS) solution to support their strategy, which would lead to stay competitiv...

Purpose – Despite the increasing interests in supply chain management (SCM) within academy and industrial environment, there is still a lack of academic literature concerning topics such as methodologies to guide and support supply chain integration. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – This article presents the application of a diagnosis method in a Brazilian c...

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a complex process which includes a number of interrelated activities such as: negotiating with suppliers for raw materials, competing for customer orders, managing inventory, scheduling production, and delivering goods to customers. In this paper we present a number of strategies to be examined in the domain of SCM. We introduce a multi-agent system which we use...

Considered in the context of an industry study, “Strategic Supply” relates to any business or industry that has the potential to capitalize on more efficient and effective management of their respective supply chains. Supply Chain Management (SCM) is the integration and optimization of business process and information flows from the purchase of raw materials to the delivery, consumption, and wh...

A systems perspective for regional strategic transportation planning (RSTP) for freight movements involves an understanding of Supply Chain Management (SCM). This thesis argues that private sector freight shippers and carriers do not simply need capacity improvements from the regional transportation system, but also a subtle understanding by public sector planners of their supply chain needs. T...

Veränderte produktionslogistische Rahmenbedingungen und neue Ziele im Supply Chain Management (SCM) erfordern ein Redesign aktueller Supply Chain Planning (SCP)-Systeme. In-Memory-basierte betriebliche Informationssysteme bieten viele Vorteile und können bei der Definition neuer SCM-Systeme zugrunde gelegt werden. Allerdings sind noch Defizite in der Datenorganisation und den User Interfaces zu...

Supply Chain Management (SCM) decisions can be considered at different levels of detail. At a strategic level they apply to the architecture in the supply chain, at the tactical level to transport fleet selection, selection of supply sources and distribution, and at the operational level, to the distribution of supplies and route selection. Many models of decision-making SCM have been developed...

Background An assessment in 2011 identified the need to incorporate supply chain management (SCM) in academic curricula for health care workers in Tanzania. As a result, a competency-based curricula was developed for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, clinical officers and nursing cadres. An initiative to train pharmacy graduates in SCM as part of their professional training was thereafter emba...