PIONEER INSTITUTE OF

PROFESSIONAL STUDIES,INDORE(M.P.)

Drivers Of Supply Chain Management

Information
Presented to Presented by
Prof Nihit Jaiswal parul singh thakur
MBA II sem sec- D
Information
Data and analysis regarding inventory,
transportation, facilities and customers
throughout the supply chain. It is potentially the
biggest driver since it affects all the other drivers.
Information's role
Information connects various supply chain stages and
allows them to co-ordinate activities.

Information is crucial to the daily operations of each stage

of the supply chain.

An information system can enable a firm to get a high

variety of customized product to customers rapidly

An information system can enable a firm to understand

changing customer more
Information decision components
Push v pull
push system (like MRP) need information on anticipated demand
to create production and purchasing schedule.
pull system(like JIT) need accurate and quick information on actual demand
to more inventory and schedule production in the chain.

Enabling technologies
which information technologies will be used and integrated
throughout the supply chain?
Electron data interchange(EDI) ,the internet, enterprise resource
planning(ERP) system, supply chain management(SCM)software.

Coordinating and information sharing

Forecasting and aggregate planning
Obstacles to achieve strategies
Increasing variety of products
Decreasing products life cycles
Increasingly demanding customers
Fragmentation of supply chain ownership
Difficulty executing new strategies