Sunday, February 5, 2012

A framework for the development of IT for effective SCM

Source: An Information System Architectural Framework for Enterprise Application Integration for Enterprise Application Integration. By André Vasconcelos and etc  

  








Friday, February 3, 2012

Academic Journals in SCM

Title of the journal
Academy of Management Journal
Assembly Automation
Business Process Management Journal
California Management Review
European Journal of Operational Research
European Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management Harvard Business Review

Human Systems Management
IBM Systems Journal
IIE Solutions
Industrial and Commercial Training
Industrial Management & Data Systems Industrial Marketing Research
Information & Management
Information and Software Technology Information Management & Computer Security Integrated Manufacturing Systems

Interfaces
International Journal of Agile Management Systems
International Journal of Information Management
International Journal of Logistics Management
International Journal of Operations & Production Management International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management International Journal of Production Economics
International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
International Journal of Service Industry Management
International Marketing Review
Internet Research: Electronic Networking Applications and Policy Journal of Business Logistics
Journal of Electronic Commerce Research
Journal of Information Technology
Journal of Knowledge Management
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Organizational Change
Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Journal of Systems and Software
Library Consortium Management: An International Journal
Logistics Information Management
Logistics Management and Distribution Report
Management Decision
Management Science
MIS Quarterly
Production and Inventory Management Journal
Project Management
Purchasing
Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing
Sloan Management Review
Strategy & Leadership
Supply Chain Management Review
Supply Chain Management: An International Journal
Team Performance Management: An International Journal
Work Study 

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

SCOR (Supply Chain Operations Reference) Model


Source: Supply Chain Council


The SCOR® model defines five process types


Plan

Source
 

Make

Deliver
Return



at four hierarchical levels. At the uppermost level, the process types are defined as shown in Table 2.6. According to the SCC, level 1 of the SCOR® model aims to support companies in making basic strategic decisions regarding its operations in the following, sometimes vaguely formulated areas:


1. Delivery performance,
2. Order fulfillment performance,
3. Fill rate (make-to-stock),
4. Order fulfillment lead time,
5. Perfect order fulfillment,
6. Supply chain response time,
7. Production flexibility,
8. Total SCM cost,
9. Value-added productivity,
10. Warranty cost or returns processing cost,
11. Cash-to-cash cycle time,
12. Inventory days of supply, and 
        13. Asset turns.