supply chain management is a integrating the internal and external partners of a business firm.

1. HASNA K.A.
ROLL NO:14

2.  SCM PARTICIPANTS
 OBJECTIVES OF SCM
 COMPONENTS OF SCM SYSTEM

3. One of the recent trends today is the use
of the World Wide Web and information
technology in managing supply chain. A
supply chain is essentially a business process
that connect manufacturers, retailers,
customers and suppliers in the form of a
chain to develop and deliver products as one
virtual organization pooled skills and
resources.

4. SCM is a system approach to managing the
entire flow of information, materials and
services from raw material suppliers through
factories and warehouses to the end
customer.
Supply chain linking all customers, suppliers,
factories, warehouses, distributors, carriers
and other trading partners is the real
challenge of e-commerce.

5. 1. SUPPLIERS
2. MANUFACTURERS
3. DISTRIBUTORS

6.  To reduce inventory cost
 To increase sales
 To improve the coordination and
collaboration with suppliers, manufacturers
and distributors.
 To improve cost quality.
 To shorter time to order.
 Faster speed to market.

7.  SCM software and hardware
 Business processes
 Users

8.  In my view that the supply management is a
integrating the internal and external
partners on the supply and process chains to
get raw materials to the manufacturer and
finished products to the consumer.