SCM

Name : Pietrika W. G. Kailola
Class : 4EA09
NPM : 15212670

SCM (Supply chain management)
Supply chain management is the management of a network of interconnected businesses to make a product that is complete and equip it with the services - services required by end customers (Harland, 1996).
Supply chain management can also be defined as a set of activities (in the form of entities / facilities) involved in the process of transformation and distribution of goods from raw materials from natural earliest until the finished product at the consumer end.
The usefulness of SCM is how he was able to manage the flow of goods or products in a supply chain. In other words, applying the SCM models of how a network of production and distribution activities of an enterprise can work together to meet the demands of consumers.
Examples of Supply Chain for the manufacture of cornflakes (types of food for breakfast) are as follows:
1. Farmers corn. The process starts from the selection of corn seeds, stocking, planting, maintenance and harvesting corn, and ends with the sale of the crop plant to manufacture cereals.
2. Factory in the manufacture of cornflakes. The process starts from the cleaning corn seed received from farmers, roasting become cereals, packing (packaging), storage in the warehouse for distribution to supermarkets / stores (retail), shipping (transport) to the supermarket / shop.
3. The sales process starts from storage on shelves in supermarkets, sales to the buyer (customer) and eventually consumption by the purchaser. Unsold products will eventually be destroyed by the time the product has reached its expiration.
· The main objective of SCM are:
1. The delivery / dispatch of products in a timely manner in order to satisfy consumer
2. reduce costs
3. improving all the results of the entire supply chain (not just one company)
4. reduce the time
5. centralize the planning and distribution
· Area coverage SCM are:
- Product Development: Conduct market research, designing new products, involving suppliers in the design of new products.
- Procurement: Select suppliers to evaluate supplier performance, make the purchase of raw materials and components, monitors the supply risk, foster and maintain relationships with suppliers.
- Planning and Control: Demand planning, demand forecasting, capacity planning, production planning and inventory.
- Production: Execution of production, quality control.
- Distribution: distribution network planning, delivery scheduling, finding and maintaining relationships with the company shipping services, monitor service level increment distribution center