However, as a transaction system, ERP provides an invaluable foundation for capturing, storing, and sorting enterprise-wise information. And truth be known, an enterprise just can't perform effective SCM without a good information foundation. So, junking ERP is not a reasonable thing to do, says Helming, but leveraging that investment is reasonable. More important, realize that any information-based technology within an enterprise is a supply chain technology. And not to be forgotten are a plethora of support technologies, such as bar coding, radio frequency, and other automatic identification technologies, as well as e-mail, EDI, and the ubiquitous Internet.
Source Processes to procure goods and services to meet planned or actual demand.
Make Processes to transform goods to a finished state to meet planned or actual demand. Deliver Processes to provide finished goods and services to meet planned or actual demand, typically including order management, transportation management, and warehouse management. The company's four divisions provide parts to probably every possible tier in the automotive industry, including the component assembly people, OEMs, and fastener distributors. Sometimes the company is at Tier 1, sometimes Tier 2, sometimes lower. And yet, without fasteners, you couldn't hold the car together.