文档介绍：Logistics and Supply Chain Information Systems
Dr. Albert Harris
Logistics and Supply Chain Information Systems: Introduction
Many firms view effective management of logistics and supply chain activities as:
Prerequisites to overall cost efficiency, and
Keys to ensuring their ability petitively price their products and
Effective information management also can help ensure that a firm meets the logistics needs of its customers.
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Contemporary Issues in Information Systems
Results from puter Sciences Corporation Study on Information Systems Management suggest that highest priorities are on customers, productivity, and performance.
It is clear that and merce issues are both recognizable and critical.
Top technology issues are reviewed in next two slides.
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Top Information Systems Issues for 2000 (Global Responses)
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Critical Business Processes (North American Responses)
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Contemporary Issues in Information Systems
Quality of Information: Three major issues
Availability of Information
Managers may be uncertain of needs.
Supplied data not consistent with needs.
Accuracy of Information
Once considered “bad”, it is ignored!
Accounting practices must modate logistics needs.
Effectiveness munication
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Architecture and Objectives of Information Systems
Information System Building Process
Four key types of IS people needed:
Analysts to design processes and programs
Programmers to build and produce software
Technicians to build hardware infrastructure and keep it running
Data managers to build data warehouse
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Architecture and Objectives of Information Systems
Positioning Information in Logistics
Logistics Information Systems include coordination flows and operational flows
Interconnection of pany systems
These two flows should:
freely interchange data
integrate coordination activities into operational activities
be flexible, not rigid.
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Logistics Information Flow
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Examples of Information Flows
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