Supply chain integration / Soomasundaram Periasamy

This book deals with Integration of Supply Chains and specifically concentrates on the importance of reduce inventory, increase of visibility and reduce of Bullwhip Effect among various organisation in the Supply Chain Management. It summaries the most important concepts of Supply Chain Integration and Management. Information sharing within Supply Chain Stakeholder and organizational improvements are essential for effective Integration of Supply Chains. Therefore the paper shows how Supply Chain Integration business process modeling can be used to reduce the inventory holding in each and every channel of Supply Chain Managements and those processes, with a special emphasis on an inter organisational level. It is shown on a practical example, how sharing and strategic utilisation of information in a Supply Chain can radically improve execution of vital business processes and help Integrate processes internally and externally with different organisation.