3. Introduction
What is Supply Chain
The flow of material, information, money, and
services from raw material suppliers through factories
and warehouse to end customer
WarehouseFactory End CustomerSupplier Distribution
4. Supply Chain Activity :
• Requisition, ordering, tracking, payment
• Improving the operation of supply chain
• Web–based functions online catalog, purchase order, and shipping notice
e-Procurement
• Using PDA in inventory entries (receiving, count, issuance)
Inventory Management using Wireless Technology
• Buyer and seller sharing demand & forecast plans
Collaboration Planning
• Web-based technology to support distribution, inventory tracking, transportation
e-Logistics
Introduction
6. Modeling and frameworks
The idea is:
The need for greater, faster and more flexible
communications, a framework is required to allow any
company to establish itself in no time or make
optimum use of their legacy applications and run
efficiently with minimal cost input.
There is such a framework:
ELPIF for e-logistics processes integration based on
Web Services. ” This framework can be adopted as a new
service delivery model which uses a design pattern and
solution templates”
7. Modeling and frameworks
Collaborative Commerce (C-Commerce) is the name
given to commercial relationships carried out over a
collaborative framework to integrate enterprises’
business processes.
11. Technologies and Tools
The personal computer
Electronic data interchange (EDI) among carriers, shippers and customers
Barcoding and scanning
Advance ship notices (ASNs)
Shipment and package tracking systems
Satellite global positioning systems (GPS) and geographic information
systems (GIS)
The World Wide Web
The Internet, intranets and extranets
Web-enabled relational databases, data warehouses and data marts
Decision support systems
Electronic signature technology
Wireless technology
Enterprise resource planning systems
