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 su ...