Integrating Upward

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Integrating Upward

• Supporting managers and executives

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Objectives

• Discuss how supply chain information systems
  support managers and executives
• Describe techniques for use of data for
  managerial decision making
• Introduce interorganizational systems

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Supply chain information systems
material flow
VENDOR
MANUFACTURER
CUSTOMER
information flow
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Decision analysis tools

• Demand Planning
• understanding and estimation of both short-term
  and long-term customer demand patterns
• Supply Planning
• optimal positioning of resources to meet demand
• Demand Fulfillment
• provision of rapid, reliable, and accurate
  responses to orders

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Executive information systems

• Balanced Scorecard tracking of financial
  nonfinancial measures
• Business Planning and Simulation simulation
  scenario analyses of markets competitors
• Business Editor collection categorization of
  information from multiple sources
• Stakeholder Relationship Management two-way
  communication of business information
• Performance Management real-time monitoring
  analysis of organization activity

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Data warehouses

• Storage of massive amounts of data for analytical
  use
• Data are extracted from transactional systems
• Data are not real-time

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Data mining

• Involves extraction of important analytical
  information from data warehouse to identify key
  success factors and business drivers
• Technology required
• Massive databases (data warehouses)
• Powerful multiprocessor computers
• Mathematical and statistical data mining
  algorithms

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Interorganizational systems
nd
nd
2
Tier
2
Tier
Supplier
Customer
Traditional Supply Chain
sell
buy
Customer
Supplier
Add Value
nd
nd
2
Tier
2
Tier
Extended Supply Chain
Customer
Supplier
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Summary

• Discussed how supply chain information systems
  support managers and executives
• Described techniques for use of data for
  managerial decision making
• Introduced interorganizational systems