Collaborative Partnerships - Supply-Chain.Org
Collaborative Partnerships - Supply-Chain.Org
Collaborative Partnerships - Supply-Chain.Org
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<strong>Supply</strong> <strong>Chain</strong> Optimization<br />
Optimizing an individual business or optimizing a network of businesses for<br />
competitive advantage<br />
Private Trading Networks (e-Hub)<br />
VALUE CHAIN OPTIMIZATION<br />
Procure<br />
Produce<br />
Products<br />
Manage<br />
Logistics<br />
Forecast<br />
Demand<br />
! Independently manages hundreds of supplier<br />
relationships<br />
! Builds upon its own market power and<br />
infrastructure<br />
! Customer and market access limited by front<br />
office organizational capacity<br />
! Optimizes its own supply chain<br />
! Procurement through automated processes<br />
E-Markets and Trade Exchanges<br />
NETWORK OPTIMIZATION<br />
Company<br />
A<br />
Company<br />
B<br />
Company<br />
D<br />
Company Company<br />
G E<br />
Company C<br />
F<br />
Company<br />
! Communities of similar businesses jointly<br />
manage suppliers<br />
! Leverage the market power and<br />
infrastructure of many<br />
! Accesses customers through established<br />
networks<br />
! Optimize a market supply chain vs. an<br />
individual supply chain<br />
! Automated end-to-end e-Procurement<br />
solutions (requisition to payment)<br />
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