The role of information systems in Supply Chain Management Introduction The purpose of this essay is to explore and evaluate the various approaches that can be taken to facilitate the management of supply chains. Supply Chain Management - A terminological background The Institute for Supply Chain Management has defined supply management as "the identification, acquisition, access, positioning and management of resources an organisation needs or potentially needs in the attainment of its strategic objectives." The …showed first 75 words of 1731 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1731 total…Supply Chain Management: Literature Review Sun Microsystems, 2001, Sun's Breakthrough Supply Chain CoreHarbour, 2002, The First Step in the Supply Chain Kosynski, 1993, Strategic Control in the Extended Enterprise, IBM Systems Journal, Vol. 32 Kumar & Dissel, 1996, Sustainable Collaboration, MIS Quarterly, Vol20, Issue 3 Pickering & Carol, 2001, The Price of Excess Handfield & Nichols, 1999, Introduction to Supply Chain Management, Prentice-Hall Gagliardi, 1996, Tightening The Flow, Manufacturing Systems, Wheaton, Vol. 14 Burgess, 1998, Avoiding Supply Chain Management Failure, International Journal of Logistics Management, Vol.9