IT AND SCM

INTRAFIRM Information System

• Development of systems within the firm

• Improves functional integration

• Effective intrafirm information system is

the backbone of supply chain information
systems.
 Functional Information Systems

1. Warehouse management system(WMS)

2. Transportation management system(TMS)

 INTERFIRM Information System

• Flow of information between firms

• Increase in uncertainty caused growth of interfirm

information system
• Improves inventory management and efficiency of
loading and distribution.
 Electronic Data Interchange

“The Transmission of standard business

documents in a standard format between
industrial trading partners from computer
application to computer application”
-Waltson & Marucheck, 1997
 Advantages of EDI
• Quick access to information
• High reliability
• Less paper works
• Helps in internal planning and scheduling
• Better customer service
• Competitive advantage
 INTERFIRM SYSTEM Application

• Just-in-Time Manufacturing
• Cross Docking
• Partnerships
 IT AND SCM
in Agribusiness environment