INFS1602 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Supply Chain Network, Bullwhip, Supply Chain

• School: UNSW, UNSW Sydney
• Department: Information Systems
• Course: INFS1602
• Professor: Chona Ryan

Document Summary

Simple inter-enterprise systems example: automated clearing house. Supply chain network of organisations and facilities that transforms raw materials into products delivered to customers. Supply chain and the processes that support it are networks. Inventory materials in supply chain (example: raw, in-process work, finished goods), balance between availability and cost, frequency/stock level control. Transportation movement of materials in supply chain, influence speed and cost. Information affects the way organisations in the supply chain make requests of one another, respond to one another and share knowledge with one another. Factors of information include: purpose transactional and informational, availability, means. 10. 4: how does supply chain profitabilit y differ from organisational. Supply chain profitability: difference between the sum of the revenue generated by the supply chain and the sum of the costs that all organisations in the supply chain incur to obtain that revenue.