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Supply Chain Diagram (Nithin)

Information Technology:

Changing the Face of Supply Chain Management

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Information Technology in Supply Chain Illustration of laptop market IT use and drivers

Supply Chain IT trends ERP & Cloud Robotics & 3D Printing

Case Study

TescoWal-MartToyota

Agenda


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Information TechnologyRole in the Supply Chain

IT helps monitor, control and enhance the experience of the

supply chain by addressing the various factors driving SCM


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Supply Chain of Laptop market

On time supply,

replenishment

of raw

materials

Tracking of

items from raw

materials to

finished goods

Manage speed,

cost and carbon

foot print during

shipment

Handling steps,

inventory,

forecasting and

planning

Processing of

orders for B2B

and B2C

After sales

services based on

value of goods

and SLAs


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Information Technologyuse and drivers

Transaction

Processing

Reduction of costs

Volume of transactions

Speeding up information transfer

Elimination of human errors

Order tracking and

delivery

coordination

Unpredictable and logistically demanding environment

Project-orientation of the business

In-transit delivery consolidation

Supply chain

planning

and collaboration


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Supply Chain Diagram (Nithin)

Supply Chain IT Trends

Barcodes continue to be widely used RFID is being used in isolated segments Advent of 3G mobile internet and Smartphones have resulted in tremendous use of QR Codes

Processing time has been greatly reduced by the use of the above technology


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Supply Chain Diagram (Nithin)TescoIT Supply Chain Video


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Supply Chain Diagram (Nithin)Wal-Mart Invests Heavily in Information Technology

Inventory Tracking and Management Systemat distribution centers:

Identifies every product and its location in thewarehouse

Integrated with some 8.5 miles of laser-guidedconveyor belts

Lasers read the bar code on every product boxand route them to appropriate loading dock

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): For electronic transmission of POS data,

purchase orders, invoices, advance shipmentnotice, etc. between Wal-Mart headquarters,suppliers, distribution centers, and individualstores

Merchandising Artificial Intelligence System:

To adjust vendor merchandise assortmentsbased on the needof each particular store

State-of-the-art satellite communicationnetwork which supports data, voice, and video

Various Quick-Response (QR) systems(retail-link) to allow direct store-to-supplier ordering: continuous

replenishment

POS Data

Wal-Mart

Supplier Store

Warehouse Just-in-Time System

DistributionCenter

Wal-Mart

Supplier Store

Wal-Mart-managed QR

Order

DistributionCenter

Supplier Store

Vendor-managed QR

POS Data


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Supply Chain Diagram (Nithin)Wal-Marts success by tech & better use of people

Economiesof Sales:Best Deals

Strong

Supplier

Relationships

EffectiveIT Systems

Effective

Distribution

Systems

Empowered

Employees

ReducedCost of Sale

In-DepthKnowledgeof Customer/Market

StableLowerPrices

PredictableSalePatterns

DecreasedChance ofOut-of-Stock

IncreasedSalesandProfits


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