COORDINATION & TECHNOLOGY IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

COORDINATION IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN

• Lack of Supply Chain Coordination and the Bullwhip Effect
• Effect of Lack of Coordination on Performance
• Obstacles to Coordination in the Supply Chain
• Managerial Levers to Achieve Coordination
• Building Strategic Partnerships and Trust within the Supply Chain
• Achieving Coordination in Practice

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Ability to describe coordination within the supply chain and the bullwhip and
  their impact on performance
• Ability to identify causes of the bullwhip effect
• Ability to identify obstacles to Coordination
• Ability to identify actions required to create Strategic Partnerships

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN

• The Role of IT in the Supply Chain
• The Supply Chain IT Framework
• Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP Systems)
• Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
• Internal Supply Chain Management
• The Transaction Management Foundation
• The Future of IT within the Supply Chain
• Supply Chain IT in Practice

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Importance of Information and Technology in the Supply chain
• How each supply chain driver uses information and Technology
• Major applications of Supply chain information Technology and the processes
  they enable

E-BUSINESS AND THE SUPPLY CHAIN

• The Role of e-Business within the Supply Chain
• The E-Business Framework
• The B2B Addition to the e-Business Framework
• Affects of Auctions in the Supply Chain
• E-Business in Practice

SUMMARY OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Role ate-business in a Supply chain
• Impact that e-business can have an Supply chain performance
• E-business frameworks to evaluate whether e-business is right for the enterprise
• Where an enterprise should target a business efforts