What is Supply Chain Management (SCM)

							  What is Supply Chain Management (SCM)?
• The Council of SCM Professionals (CSCMP) definition:

  SCM encompasses the planning & management of all activities
  involved in sourcing and procurement, conversion, and all
  logistics management activities. Importantly, it also includes
  coordination and collaboration with channel partners including
  suppliers, intermediaries, third-party service provides, and
  customers. In essence, SCM integrates supply and demand
  management within and across companies.




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                                    Global Supply Chain
                                    Management (GSCM)
                                    Contact-to-Cash Approach
                                                     Product/Service Flow
                                      Customer
                                                                         Demand
                                     Relationship
                                                                        Management
                                     Management




                                                                                                                       Customers
                                                                                                    Distributors
                                                                                         Distributors
                  Manufacturing /




                                                           Enterprise
                                                            Resource
Suppliers




                  Operations




                                                            Planning

                                    Procurement,
                                                                         Manufacturing
                                    Logistics, and
                                                                          Processes
                                     Fulfillment


                                                      Information Flow

            Desired Outcomes:

            • Meet/Exceed Customer Expectations at Minimum System Cost
            • Improve Chain-wide Financial Performance


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                          Global Supply Chain
                          Management (GSCM)
                         Contact-to-Cash Approach
  Multidisciplinary Concepts, Tools, and Skills:
  Operations Management, Marketing, Information Systems, Human Resource
  Management, Economics, Strategic Management

•B2B Exchanges                      •Inventory and Materials Management
•Channels Design and Management     •Logistics
•Decision Support Systems           •Measuring Supply Chain Performance
•Demand Planning                    •Negotiations
•Design for Logistics               •Relationship Management
•Distribution Strategies            •Risk Management
•E-Business Information Systems     •Risk Pooling
•E-Supply Chain Systems             •Six Sigma Quality
•Economic Decision Making           •Strategic Partnerships
•Flow Management                    •Supply Chain Systems Design
•Game Theory                        •Systems Integration
•Global Sourcing



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      U.S. News & World Report 2008 Undergraduate
        Supply Chain /Logistics Program Rankings
1.     Michigan State University
2.     Arizona State University
3.     MIT
4.     Ohio State University
5.     Pennsylvania State University
6.     Carnegie Mellon University
7.     University of Maryland
8.     University of Tennessee
9.     University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
10.    Purdue University
11.    Clarkson University
12.    University of Texas at Austin
13.    Indiana University
14.    University of Arkansas
15.    University of California at Berkeley
16.    Bowling Green State University
17.    University of Minnesota
18.    University of Oklahoma                       5
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