Supply Chain Management
To effectively adapt and respond to ever changing demands and drives, companies need to incorporate systems that are easy to use but powerful at enabling decision makers to assess a current situation, drill down to locate the root cause of that situation, and quickly generate and evaluate appropriate responses. Systems and applications that facilitate these types of responses can be in any number of areas. Some common applications include:
- Tactical and Operational Planning
- Real Time Production Planning and Scheduling
- Advanced Available To Promise, Order Fulfillment, Demand Management
- Distribution and Transportation Planning, Scheduling and Execution
To remain competitive, all companies, regardless of size, must also continually strive to adapt and operate their supply chains to respond to ever increasing customer demands and business drivers to reduce operating costs. Tools, technology and methodologies to enable a company to deploy Decision Support Applications and Supply Chain (SC) Management solutions to remain competitive are readily available. The challenge that all companies face is to embrace these technologies and methodologies, and embed these applications and processes into their daily operations and all aspects of decision making where there is a need to systematically determine the “optimal” operation of the Supply Chain.
