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LOGISTICS AND SCM INFORMATION SYSTEM , SCM SOFTWARE
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INTRODUCTION
The shift in the economy from the industrial era to the information age has profound implications for the management of the modern enterprise
Issues of ASEAN Connectivity in physical, people, and institutional connections.
Supply Chain Management is a relatively new discipline within the firm and originally dealt with the transportation and storage of goods, an advanced supply chain program coordinates activities across management functions.
LOGISTICS AS A DISCIPLINE
Logistics is the field of study to focus on the design, control, and implementation of the efficient flow and storage of goods and services and other related information from the point of origin to the point of final consumption with an aim to satisfy the requirements of its existing and prospective customers.
The management of Logistics involves the integration of information, transportation, inventory, warehousing, material handling, and packaging, and often security.
Information Systems Discipline
Information Systems is an applied discipline that studies the processes of the creation, operation, and social contexts and consequences of systems that manipulate information.
The creation and operation of such systems requires the sub-processes of systems analysis, design, development and management which are bracketed at the beginning by social context and at completion by social consequences.
Types of SCM Software
There are two main types of SCM software:
1) planning applications and
2) execution applications.
Planning applications use advanced algorithms to determine the best way to fill an order.
Execution applications track the physical status of goods, the management of materials, and financial information involving all parties.