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BNCE Pusad
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SUPPLY CHAINMANAGEMENT
Ritesh Bhusari
 
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ABSTRACT:
The idea of supply chain as a network of inter-related entities which areinvolved in procurement, conversion and distribution of goods is intuitively clear or inthe simple words it is a cycle of 
“Buy-make-move-store-sell”.
The activities of supply chain can be divided as in bound logistics (or strategically speaking, sourcing and operationally speaking, procurement plans).Second is operations (strategically speaking conversion and operationally speaking production planning). The third is outbound logistics (strategically speaking distributionor operationally speaking dispatch planning).This is era of pace technologies and the supply chain management is advancingwith more pace. In the fast moving and ever improving competitive market automationof supply chain is prerequisite to success as well as to retain the leading position inglobal market.So the paper highlights the importance of supply chain management alongwith the case studies. It also describes the various links of SCM such as the supply,manufacturing, logistics, planning, assembly and testing, engineering, programmanagement, customer and the user and the recent techniques used for supply chainmanagement. Paper also takes review of the future of supply chain management and thechallenges involved in it. It also takes into account the value additions required for supply chain management.
INTRODUCTION:
The “SUPPLY CHAIN” – a term now commonly used internationallyencompasses every effort involved in producing & delivering a final product or service,from the supplier’s supplier to the customer’s customer.It includes
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Managing supply according to demand
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Sourcing raw materials & parts
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Manufacturing & other process operations such as assembly
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Warehousing & inventory tracking
 
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Order entry & order management
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Distribution across all channels
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Delivery to the customer This chain is the upstream portion of the organizations value chain and is responsiblefor ensuring that the right materials, services, and technology are purchased from theright source, at the right time, in the right quantity.In today’s market the customer is attracted by value addition to the product, and bycost reduction. Both these results can be achieved effectively using supply chainmanagement (SCM)A TYPICAL SUPPLY CHAIN
FLOW OF VALUE
(goods and services)
FLOW OF INFORMATION
PROCUREMENT OUTSOURCING &DISTRIBUTION STOCK & CELL USAGE &CONVERSION CONSUMPTIONINBOUNDORDER PROCESSING,OUTBOUNDCUSTOMER LOGISTICSPRODUCTION, PLANNINGLOGISTICSSERVICESCHEDULING, DESPATCHING
FLOW OF FINANCEFLOW OF INFORMATION
Those companies who had moved themselves to the forefront of supply chainmanagement have reaped clear rewards in terms of performance and shareholder returns.Benetton (quick response), wal-mart (very low supply chain coast), Microsoft (virtualmanufacturing and logistics), whirlpool (direct consumer delivery), Motorola (masscustomization) and peapod (home shopping) are examples of high performing companiesdrawing on-and creating-the worlds beast supply chain management practices.
SUPPLIER MANUFACTURER TRANSPORTER BRANCHTRANSPORTER RETAILER CUSTOMER TRANSPORTER 
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devikas

Could you provide me with a copy of this paper to devikas22@yahoo.com. Thanks

reply02 / 18 / 2010
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