OPPapers.com

Supply Chain Management & Trends

Production and Operations Management
Term Paper

Supply Chain Management
SCM Aspects & a Look at Current Trends

I- Supply Chain Management in brief

o An Introduction
o Functions of Supply Chain Management

II- Supply Chain Management Integration:

o Supply chain business process integration

 Customer Service Management
 Procurement
 Product Development and Commercialization
 Manufacturing Flow Management
 Physical Distribution
 Outsourcing
 Performance Measurement

o Supply chain management components integration
 Management Components of SCM
 Reverse Supply Chain

III- Supply Chain Management Development:

o Why develop a Supply Chain?
o Methods of Developing Supply Chain

IV- Trends in Supply Chain Management:

o Demand planning
o Spreading Globalization
o Price Pressures and Increased Competition
o Outsourcing
o Changing Product Life Cycles
o Stakeholder Collaboration in Supply Chains

o How is technology affecting Supply Chains Systems today?

V- Conclusion

VI- References

I- Supply Chain Management in brief:
An Introduction:
The concept of Supply Chain Management was adopted in the 1980s and introduced the concept of integrating key operations and business processes from the chain of materials that pass from all suppliers to the end customer. Throughout the chain, suppliers add value gradually to the product by providing materials, information and services for customers and other stakeholders.

Accessible information that is relevant to companies in the supply chain has to reach every element of the supply chain in order to benefit the chain as a whole instead of just the company itself. Hence, this will lead to better productivity and overall distribution as it will cut costs, provide a product for the end-user and increases the involved companies’ success. Incorporating SCM successfully leads to a new kind of competition on the global market where competition is no longer of the company versus...