Successful implementation of supply chain management and enterprise resource planning initiatives is critical to organizational growth in a global logistics market. Inflation, globalization, technological developments, competition, and customer demands are all factors in the supply chain management arena and play key roles in your ability to source human and material resources, as well as deliver finished goods to the end user in a timely and efficient manner. Supply chain management software vendors such as SAP, Oracle, Ariba, JDA Software, and Manhattan Associates, among others, offer valid solutions to your challenges in this area. This report analyzes the popular software options available and their functional areas, and presents a brief discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of implementing enterprise wide change in your supply chain management protocols.
The supply chain management software industry is exploding in popularity as innovative organizations discover the power and benefits of employing supply chain management software. Industry expert Gartner, Inc., estimates over 6 billion dollars per year in supply chain management software sales, with revenues increasing by up to 17 percent per year.
The need for effective supply chain management can be summed in five words: inflation, competition, and customer demands. However, according to the Panorama Consulting Group, the effective implementation of enterprise resource planning software is sorely lacking, resulting in a failure rate above 70 percent. Panorama further recommends organizations use six sigma methodologies to dramatically improve the success rate of implementing change in your organization.
The key benefits of any supply chain management software system includes: heightened productivity, improved customer service, reduced costs and waste, and improved asset visibility and control.
This report expands upon the uses and benefits organizations may derive from supply chain management software (SCM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP), and further discusses five of the top SCM products available today. It should also be noted the ERP and SCM markets are seeing rapid developments in technology as well as consolidation of software development companies through mergers and acquisitions.
Successful implementation of supply chain management and enterprise resource planning initiatives is critical to organizational growth in a global logistics market. Inflation, globalization, technological developments, competition, and customer demands are all factors in the supply chain management arena and play key roles in your ability to source human and material resources, as well as deliver finished goods to the end user in a timely and efficient manner. Supply chain management software vendors such as SAP, Oracle, Ariba, JDA Software, and Manhattan Associates, among others, offer valid solutions to your challenges in this area. This report analyzes the popular software options available and their functional areas, and presents a brief discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of implementing enterprise wide change in your supply chain management protocols.
The supply chain management software industry is exploding in popularity as innovative organizations discover the power and benefits of employing supply chain management software. Industry expert Gartner, Inc., estimates over 6 billion dollars per year in supply chain management software sales, with revenues increasing by up to 17 percent per year.
The need for effective supply chain management can be summed in five words: inflation, competition, and customer demands. However, according to the Panorama Consulting Group, the effective implementation of enterprise resource planning software is sorely lacking, resulting in a failure rate above 70 percent. Panorama further recommends organizations use six sigma methodologies to dramatically improve the success rate of implementing change in your organization.
The key benefits of any supply chain management software system includes: heightened productivity, improved customer service, reduced costs and waste, and improved asset visibility and control.
This report expands upon the uses and benefits organizations may derive from supply chain management software (SCM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP), and further discusses five of the top SCM products available today. It should also be noted the ERP and SCM markets are seeing rapid developments in technology as well as consolidation of software development companies through mergers and acquisitions.
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