Part 2 will further define the extended supply chain and its various components as well as deliver a real world example of how the extended supply chain model has been applied through enabling technologies and introduce you to supply chain terminology . As stated in the December 1998 article, organizations use supply chain management to decide how to allocate resources and schedules to generate more profit. The goal of supply chain management is to eliminate inefficiencies, redundancies, and overlooked potential for improvement. Before the technology became available to address this need, manufacturers began to view the optimization of forecasting and the planning of production, distribution, and transportation as port of the total supply chain picture. Simultaneously access to a broad set of users and data sharing is not possible.
Data sharing is essential for coordinating supply chain activities across the corporation.
The supply chain planning and scheduling market is fairly new. The supply chain included suppliers, customers, employees and local emergency responders. The manufacturer organized a team that included purchasers, customers, suppliers, the local fire department and employees in order to come up with the must-have and wish list. MSDS system access must be accessible by anyone with a 4 th grade education. MSDSs must be stored in a central location so that all updates happen in one place.