China’s Major Electronic Commerce Enterprises’ Supply Chain Management(SCM) Status and Activation Plans

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 3-18
Author(s):  
Wen Si Cheng ◽  
Shin Kyuo Lee
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Chain Management

Benefits of Information Technology Implementations for Supply Chain Management

2010 ◽  
pp. 323-343
Author(s):  
Prashant R. Nair
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Web Services ◽  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Decision Support Systems ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Software Agents ◽  
Chain Management

The usage of Information Technology (IT) in organizations across the supply chain has become a determinant of competitive advantage for many corporations. This chapter focuses on the usage of IT tools for Supply Chain Management (SCM). It also highlights the contribution of IT in helping restructure the entire distribution set-up to achieve higher service levels, lower inventory, and lower supply chain costs. An overview and tangible benefits of the existing IT tools, which are widely deployed, is provided with focus on existing configuration considerations, available applications, and deployments in India. The role of existing communication technologies in making IT an enabler of SCM, is highlighted by addressing a range of different point and enterprise solutions in a variety of supply chain settings. Critical IT demonstrations and implementations in SCM are discussed. Fundamental changes have occurred in today’s global economy. These changes alter the relationship that we have with our customers, our suppliers, our business partners, and our colleagues. Reflection on the evolving and emerging IT trends like software agents, RFID, web services, virtual supply chains, electronic commerce, and decision support systems, further highlights the importance of IT in the context of increasingly global competition. The rapid adoption of the Internet for communication with all stakeholders, seems to reflect the potential of the new-age communication media. It has also been observed that several progressive Indian companies are extensively using emerging tools like virtual supply chains, web services, RFID, and electronic commerce to shore up their supply chain operations. However, adoption of tools like software agents and decision support systems for supply chain integration by Indian companies, is limited.

Object-Process Methodology Applied to Modeling Credit Card Transactions

2002 ◽  
pp. 87-105
Author(s):  
Dov Dori
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Credit Card ◽  
Formal Model ◽  
System Modeling ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Process Methodology ◽  
And Behavior

Object-Process Methodology (OPM) is a system development and specification approach that combines the major system aspects–function, structure and behavior–within a single graphic and textual model. Having applied OPM in a variety of domains, this chapter specifies an electronic commerce system in a hierarchical manner, at the top of which are the processes of managing a generic product supply chain before and after the product is manufactured. Focusing on the post-product supply chain management, we gradually refine the details of the fundamental, almost “classical” electronic commerce interaction between the retailer and the end-customer, namely payment over the Internet using the customer’s credit card. The specification results in a set of Object-Process Diagrams and a corresponding equivalent set of Object-Process Language sentences. The synergy of combining structure and behavior within a single formal model, expressed both graphically and textually, yields a highly expressive system modeling and specification tool. The comprehensive, unambiguous treatment of this basic electronic commerce process is formal, yet intuitive and clear, suggesting that OPM is a prime candidate for becoming a common standard vehicle for defining, specifying, and analyzing electronic commerce and supply chain management systems.

Business-to-Business Electronic Commerce and Convergent Assembly Supply Chain Management

1999 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Troy J. Strader ◽  
Fu-Ren Lin ◽  
Michael J. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Motor Vehicle ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Inventory Costs ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Convergent Assembly

Electronic commerce (e-commerce) can occur between a business and its customers, as well as between a business and its suppliers. To facilitate interorganizational e-commerce it is often necessary to share supply and demand information between supply chain partners. Based on our analysis of supply chains in several industries we identify the mechanisms (business processes) required for effective supply chain management. We also identify the information system components needed to support these mechanisms, show how the individual components can be integrated into an information infrastructure framework and identify some technologies currently available that can fit within our proposed infrastructure. We illustrate the usefulness of our framework by simulating convergent assembly (commonly associated with motor vehicle and aerospace production) supply chain performance under various information-sharing strategies supported by our proposed infrastructure. We find that inventory costs can be reduced while maintaining acceptable order fulfilment cycle times. This is true because information, which provides the basis for enhanced coordination and reduced uncertainty, can substitute for inventory.

Electronic Commerce and Supply Chain Management at ‘The Swatch Group’

2001 ◽  
pp. 121-133
Author(s):  
Rainer Alt ◽  
Karl-Maria Grünauer ◽  
Christian Reichmayr ◽  
Rudolf Zurmühlen
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Chain Management

Benefits of Information Technology Implementations for Supply Chain Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 596-616
Author(s):  
Prashant R. Nair
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Web Services ◽  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Decision Support Systems ◽  
Support Systems ◽  
Software Agents ◽  
Chain Management

The usage of Information Technology (IT) in organizations across the supply chain has become a determinant of competitive advantage for many corporations. This chapter focuses on the usage of IT tools for Supply Chain Management (SCM). It also highlights the contribution of IT in helping restructure the entire distribution set-up to achieve higher service levels, lower inventory, and lower supply chain costs. An overview and tangible benefits of the existing IT tools, which are widely deployed, is provided with focus on existing configuration considerations, available applications, and deployments in India. The role of existing communication technologies in making IT an enabler of SCM, is highlighted by addressing a range of different point and enterprise solutions in a variety of supply chain settings. Critical IT demonstrations and implementations in SCM are discussed. Fundamental changes have occurred in today’s global economy. These changes alter the relationship that we have with our customers, our suppliers, our business partners, and our colleagues. Reflection on the evolving and emerging IT trends like software agents, RFID, web services, virtual supply chains, electronic commerce, and decision support systems, further highlights the importance of IT in the context of increasingly global competition. The rapid adoption of the Internet for communication with all stakeholders, seems to reflect the potential of the new-age communication media. It has also been observed that several progressive Indian companies are extensively using emerging tools like virtual supply chains, web services, RFID, and electronic commerce to shore up their supply chain operations. However, adoption of tools like software agents and decision support systems for supply chain integration by Indian companies, is limited.

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