The Supply Chain Management Processes

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Volume 12, Number 22001Page 13Supply Chain Management isincreasingly being recognized as theintegration of key business Processes acrossthe Supply Chain . For example, Hammerargues that now that companies haveimplemented Processes within the firm, theyneed to integrate them between firms: Streamlining cross-companyprocesses is the next great frontierfor reducing costs, enhancingquality, and speeding operations. Itis where this decade s productivitywars will be fought. The victors willbe those companies that are able totake a new approach to business,working closely with partners todesign and manage Processes thatextend across traditional corporateboundaries. They will be the onesthat make the leap from efficiencyto super efficiency [1]. Monczka and Morgan also focus on theimportance of process integration in supplychain Management [2]. The piece that seemsto be missing from the literature is acomprehensive definition of the processesthat constitute Supply Chain can companies achieve Supply chainintegration if there is not a commonunderstanding of the key business Processes ?

Volume 12, Number 2 2001 Page 13 Supply chain management is increasingly being recognized as the integration of key business processes across the supply chain.

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