Description
Supply Chain Collaboration Analysis
Chapter 6 of the textbook describes how various business functions collaborate to manage an efficient and effective supply chain operation. For example, consider the following:
- Marketing helps the supply chain customer demand through forecasting and marketing research.
- Finance helps the supply chain operation to forecast production costs relating to materials and transportation and to make cost-effective improvements to operational processes.
- Information technology (IT) maintains various systems used by a supply chain, such as the following:
- Customer relationship management (CRM) system
- Procurement management system (PMS)
- Material management system (MMS)
- Transportation management system (TMS)
- Collaboration across the functional teams is critical to an effective and efficient supply chain operation.
Prepare a 15-slide supply chain collaboration PowerPoint presentation using business function collaboration to run an effective and efficient supply chain.
Use this template to complete the assignment: Unit 3 template
Cover the following:
- Introduce the audience to the role of sales or marketing and operations functions (e.g., finance and IT) in a supply chain.
- Compare how the business functions work together to monitor demand and adjust and execute the processes needed to manage an efficient and effective supply chain, including systems used.
- Analyze a poor performing supply chain, including how lack of c
