This study investigates some underlying technological factors for linking enterprise resource planning (ERP) to supply chain management (SCM) systems. ERP systems serve technological requirements across functional areas within a corporate boundary while SCM systems focus on collaborative relationships with partners in the supply chain, emphasizing business process integration and information sh...

Supply chain management (SCM) has become one of the most popular and fastest growing areas in management. One major issue of SCM is the proper design of supply chains to serve customers effectively (high customer service) and efficiently (at low costs). This is particularly difficult as companies nowadays face a series of challenges like shrinking product life cycles, the proliferation of produ...

This survey paper starts with a critical analysis of various performance metrics for supply chain management (SCM), used by a specific manufacturing company. Then it summarizes how economic theory treats multiple performance metrics. Actually, the paper proposes to deal with multiple metrics in SCM via the balanced scorecard — which measures customers, internal processes, innovations, and finan...

Supply chain management, in recent times, has emerged as the basis in many industries (small or large) for creating the integrated relationship between suppliers and customers. Due to continuous growth in last year in supply chain management the environment has become competitive. So in order to respond to competitive pressures companies need to know and understand the new trends in SCM. This p...

Since its introduction by management consultants in the early 1980s, supply chain management (SCM) has been primarily concerned with the integration of processes and activities both within and between organisations. The concept of supply chain integration (SCI) is based on documented evidence that suggests that much of the waste throughout businesses is a consequence of fragmented supply chain ...

Supply chain maturity models attempt to disseminate best practices in supply chain management (SCM). One basic idea behind these models is that increased maturity will lead to improved supply chain performance, which in turn will lead to improved financial performance. There is, however, little empirical evidence about the relationship between supply chain (SC) maturity and financial performanc...

Supply chains are the basis of the world economy. With a computer simulation of a supply chain management scenario, the Trading Agents Competition in Supply Chain Management (TAC SCM) promotes research in this field to try and automate the process. By letting computer agents optimize the manufacturing process, consumer goods become cheaper. Presented is an analysis of the 2005 Finals of the Tra...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to define the “fast evolving industry” (FEI) and its supply chain management (SCM) challenges. The authors review and structure the literature regarding integration strategies and implementation methods to develop a strategic decision-making framework for SCM in the FEI. Design/methodology/approach – The authors conduct a review of SCM literature, includin...

The linkage between economic and environmental issues in an inter-organizational context receives significant attention from scholars and industrial practice. Emerging concepts like Green Supply Chain Management (Green SCM), extending supply chain management with ecological aspects like resource optimization and recycling, might be the first step towards an ecologically responsible economy. But...