ISBN: 3540669523
TITLE: Supply Chain Management Based on SAP Systems
AUTHOR: Knolmayer et al.
TOC:

1 FUNDAMENTALS OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 1
1.1 ORDER MANAGEMENT, LOGISTICS, AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 1
1.2 MAIN TOPICS IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 7
1.2.1 Principles 7
1.2.2 Tasks and Competencies 10
1.2.3 Interfaces and Complexity 11
1.2.4 Cooperation 16
1.2.5 Types of Supply Chain Management 19
1.2.6 Methodology of the Supply Chain Council 21
1.2.7 Potential Benefits and Controlling 21
1.2.8 Possible Obstacles 23
1.3 SOFTWARE SUPPORT FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT.26
1.3.1 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems 26
1.3.2 Supply Chain Management Systems 27
2 APPLICATION SYSTEMS IN THE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS FUNCTIONS 30
2.1 ENGINEERING 30
2.1.1 Development Teams 31
2.1.2 Concurrent Engineering and Simultaneous Engineering 32
2.1.3 Variant Policies 35
2.1.4 CAD Systems 37
2.1.5 Product Data Management 39
2.2 SALES 42
2.2.1 Approaching the Customer 42
2.2.2 Quotation System 44
2.2.3 Order Entry and Verification 49
2.2.4 High-Level Sales Strategies 51
2.3 PROCUREMENT 55
2.3.1 Sourcing Strategies 56
2.3.2 Centralized and/or Decentralized Procurement 59
2.3.3 Intra- and Inter-Company Organizational Changes 60
2.3.4 IS for Procurement 65
2.4 PRODUCTION 76
2.4.1 Organizational Structures in Manufacturing 76
2.4.2 MRP Systems and Beyond 79
2.4.3 Non-traditional Concepts 91
2.5 DISTRIBUTION 95
2.5.1 Distribution Types and Tasks 96
2.5.2 Intermediaries in the Distribution Process 99
2.5.3 Information Systems in Distribution 101
2.6 SERVICE MANAGEMENT 106
2.6.1 Cal1 Center 107
2.6.2 Help Desk 108
2.6.3 Archiving Systems 108
2.7 RECYCLING AND DISPOSAL 109
2.7.1 Recycling-Oriented Product Development 110
2.7.2 IS for Recycling and Disposal 111
3 SAP'S SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 116
3.1 ADVANCED PLANNER AND OPTJMIZER 116
3.1.1 Supply Chain Cockpit 117
3.1.2 Demand Planning 120
3.1.3 Advanced Planning and Scheduling 129
3.1.4 Transportation Planning and Vehicle Scheduling 142
3.1.5 Available-to-Promise 147
3.2 BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS PROCUREMENT, ENTERPRISEBUYER 150
3.2.1 Web-supported Autonomous Procurement 150
3.2.2 Connecting Catalogs 151
3.3 LOGISTICS EXECUTION SYSTEM 153
3.3.1 Warehouse Management System 153
3.3.2 Transport Management System 155
3.4 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES 157
3.4.1 Architecture Variants for Hierarchical Planning 157
3.4.2 Supply Chain Management in Homogeneous SAP Environments 163
3.4.3 Supply Chain Management in Heterogeneous SAP Environments 165
4 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ORDER AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT BASED ON SAP SYSTEMS 168
4.1 MYSAP.COM SOLUTIONS - EFFECTS OF THE INTERNET ON THE SAP ENVIRONMENT 168
4.2 INTERVIEW WITH PROFESSOR DR. CLAUS HEINRICH 171
5 CASE STUDIES ON SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 174
5.1 DESCRIPTION 174
5.1.1 Colgate-Palmolive Case Study 174
5.1.2 Fischerwerke Case Study 179
5.1.3 Salzgitter Case Study 185
5.1.4 Wacker Siltronic Case Study 190
5.2 SUMMARY 195
6 INTERNET RESOURCES FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 197
6.1 PORTALS 198
6.2 COMMUNITIES, SOCIETIES, AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS 198
6.3 RESEARCH COMPANIES 198
6.4 CONSULTANCIES 198
6.5 VENDORS OF SCM SOFTWARE 199
6.6 UNIVERSITIES 200
6.7 JOURNALS 200
ABBREVIATIONS 215
REFERENCES 219
INDEX 237
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