Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management software deals with the planning and execution issues of the supply flow throug a company. Components of SCM are:

Demand Planning: (forecasting)

Demand Collaboration: (collaborative resolution process to determine consensus forecasts)

Order Promising: (When can one promise a product to a customer taking account lead times and constraints)

Strategic Network Optimization: (what plants and DC's should serve what markets for what products) (montly - yearly)

Production and Distribution Planning: (Coordinate the actual production and distribution plans for a whole enterprise) (dayly)

Production Scheduling: (For a single location create a feasible production schedule)(minute by minute)