What's New in Supply Chain Management Software?

Many companies are implementing supply chain management (SCM) software to improve the way they find raw components to make and deliver their products to customers. SCM addresses things such as the planning, sourcing, production, delivery and return of goods. It uses real-time data from all aspects of the supply chain to help in decision making.

See Supply Chain Management for SCM systems which are browser-based are inherently easier to configure.

Directories

Supply Chain Management Barcode Scanning Inventory RFID ERP

Manufacturing Materials Management Supplier Relationship Manageme MES SRM

SCM involves planning a strategy for managing the resources that apply to meeting the customer demand for the product that is provided. Next the source, or the supplier that will deliver your product needs to be decided upon and scheduling of activities for production of the product should take place.

SCM helps to coordinate the receipt of orders from customers, develop a network of warehouses, pick carriers to deliver the products to customers and set up an invoicing system for payments. These systems also help to create a network for receiving defective and excess products back from customers.

In order to compete companies need to track demand, supply, manufacturing status, logistics as far as where things are in the supply chain and distribution. They also need to share this data with supply chain partners and this is where good supply chain management is so important.