Supply Chains and Information Technology - Supply Chain Management, E-Commerce Video Lecture | E-Commerce - B Com

modern global integrated supply chains
couldn't be global or integrated without
a modern technological infrastructure to
act as both the supply chains connective
tissue and nervous system and while
modern supply chain executives are
expected to have a grasp of modern
business technology the thought of
actually making technology related
decisions can be scary for even the most
senior executives so what should supply
chain managers expect their systems
software and hardware to do for their
supply chain let's try and relate it to
something you may have done before
buying a computer beyond entertainment
what are the reasons people buy
computers to communicate with people
purchase things meet new people search
for information analyze data and to
organize their lives computers have
become the tools we use in the present
to connect us to things in our past and
to help guide us to a more promising
future supply chains need to accomplish
the same things except we refer to them
as research and analysis planning and
scheduling purchasing networking and
relationship management so similar to
the decision-making process we would all
go through when buying a new laptop
computer companies need to consider a
number of issues when making IT
decisions memory storage computing speed
applications hardware mobility and the
operating system these are the key
components of the organization central
nervous system we want a fast powerful
system that will help us connect with
our most trusted allies and customers
protect us from potential enemies and it
must also be built for flexibility ready
for whatever our business may need in
the years to come presently companies
achieve these capabilities from an
alphabet soup list of systems and
applications that include ERP CRM SRM
and while these things may change over
time one thing that will not change is
the supply chains dependence on
technology managing resources operations
logistics and customers requires
immediate access to data and information
that only technology
can provide supply chains need to meet
the challenges of the present and future
sustainability consumer safety supply
chain security and legal and ethical
behaviors these are all expected and in
some cases demanded by consumers and
governments worldwide these are things
that can only be effectively managed
monitored and realized with the support
of modern technology even at the lowest
level individual supply chain managers
are tasked with measuring performance
improving supply chain visibility and
managing relationships all of which are
very much dependent on available
technologies supply chain managers don't
necessarily need to be computer geeks
but they do need to develop an excellent
working relationship with the folks in
IT because the supply chain without a
healthy nervous system can't be
integrated global or even responsive
make sure your supply chain has the
tools that will give it the lightning
fast reflexes required to be a
world-class global competitor
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