![]() SCM encompasses the integrated planning and execution of processes required to manage the movement of materials, information and financial capital in activities that broadly include demand planning, sourcing, production, inventory management and storage, transportation - or logistics - and returning excess or defective products. |
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![]() In software engineering, software configuration management SCM or S/W CM is the task of tracking and controlling changes in the software, part of the larger cross-disciplinary field of configuration management. 1 SCM practices include revision control and the establishment of baselines. |
![]() Look up SCM in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. SCM may refer to.: 2 Science and technology. 3 Other uses. SCM Corporation, an American typewriter and calculator manufacturer. SCM Holdings, a holding company owned by Ukrainian tycoon Rinat Akhmetov. SCM Press, a UK-based academic publisher of theology. |
![]() Supply-chain management has been defined as the design, planning, execution, control, and monitoring of supply-chain activities with the objective of creating net value, building a competitive infrastructure, leveraging worldwide logistics, synchronizing supply with demand and measuring performance globally. 4 5 SCM practice draws heavily on industrial engineering, systems engineering, operations management, logistics, procurement, information technology and marketing, 6 and strives for an integrated, multidisciplinary, multimethod approach. |
![]() It represents a conscious effort by the supply chain firms to develop and run supply chains in the most effective efficient ways possible. Supply chain activities cover everything from product development, sourcing, production, and logistics, as well as the information systems needed to coordinate these activities. |
![]() SCM is based on the idea that nearly every product that comes to market results from the efforts of various organizations that make up a supply chain. Although supply chains have existed for ages, most companies have only recently paid attention to them as a value-add to their operations. 5 Parts of SCM. In SCM, the supply chain manager coordinates the logistics of all aspects of the supply chain which consists of five parts.: |