E-Commerce Management

Supply Chain Management

 Supply Chain

Product information
Pricing Customer
Vendor
Shipping
Order status
Invoice

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 Supply Chain

Product specifications
Inventory levels
Vendor Customer
Purchase order
Payment

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 Purchasing, Logistics, and Support
Activities
• Purchasing activities

– Include identifying vendors, evaluating vendors,

selecting specific products, placing orders

• Supply chain

– Part of an industry value chain that precedes a

particular strategic business unit

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 Purchasing, Logistics, and Support
Activities (Continued)

• Procurement

– Includes all purchasing activities, plus

monitoring of all elements of purchase
transactions

• Supply management

– Term used to describe procurement

activities

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 Purchasing, Logistics, and Support
Activities (Continued)

• Sourcing

– Procurement activity devoted to identifying

suppliers and determining their qualifications

• E-procurement or e-sourcing

– Use of Internet technologies in procurement and

sourcing activities

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 Sourcing

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– Sheet copper .010”

– 4” plastic swivel casters

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 Logistics Activities
• Include managing
– Inbound movements of materials and supplies
– Outbound movements of finished goods and
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• Objective of logistics
– To provide the right goods in the right quantities in
the right place at the right time
• Logistics management
– Important support activity for both sales and
purchasing activities

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 Materials-Tracking Technologies
• Radio frequency identification devices
(RFIDs)
– Small chips that use radio transmissions to
track inventory
– New development is the passive RFID tag
– Passive RFID tag does not need a power
source
– Small enough to be installed on the face of
credit cards or sewn into clothing items

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• Radio frequency identification devices
(RFIDs)
• http://news.com.com/2010-1069-
980325.html
• http://www.spychips.com/what-is-rfid.html
• http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/bus
inesstechnology/2002065830_rfid18.html
• http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/bus
inesstechnology/2002066022_chipprivacy
18.html

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 Summary

• Companies are using Internet and Web

technologies
– To improve purchasing and logistics primary
activities
• Internet
– Now providing the inexpensive communications
channel
• Supply chain management
– Incorporates several elements that can be
implemented and enhanced through use of
Internet and Web

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