What is supply chain management (SCM)? The definition
Supply chain management (SCM) originates from the field of logistics. The definition is: “The term supply chain management describes the collaborative planning, management and control of cross-company value creation systems with a network structure, whose institutions and processes are related via goods, financial and information flows.” (Source: Wikipedia.de)
Objectives of the SCM
- Improved information flow
- Reduction in throughput time
- Utilizing the synergy effects of the network
- Increase in customer satisfaction
- Fast response to change
- Reducing costs
As a supply chain management partner, Ebbecke Verfahrenstechnik AG supports all customers along the value and supply chain, from the raw material to the end product. This offers resource optimization for the respective company.
Online source:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply-Chain-Management, retrieved: September 28, 2019, 10:30 UTC
Literature sources:
1. supply chain management and logistics: optimization, simulation, decision support / Hans-Otto Günther,Dirk C. Mattfeld,Leena Suhl / 2005
2. networked supply chain management / Helmut Wannenwetsch / 2005
3. theory, applicability and strategic potential of supply chain management / Georg Konrad / 2005