文档介绍：Network Integration Using Advanced IT
Ralf HIEBER, Robert ALARD
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland
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Abstract worldwide. Companies that have already streamlined
Supply Chain Management is emerging as their internal business processes are now working on
sadone of the most binations of optimizing their external relationships to their business
information technology and business partners by using new IT technology and new logistics
practices panies worldwide. For this concepts, more popularly known as e-Business. Most
reason the development of panies have realized that the efficiency of their
systems, from simple inventory control own businesses is heavily dependent on external
programs over very sophisticated integrated cooperation and coordination with their suppliers as
enterprise resource planning systems towards well as customers. Thus information visibility within
SCM systems, has played a major role. their supply chains is one of the critical ess factors
Business processes that have a direct link to that can lead to tremendous economical benefits, as
external suppliers and customers are now at several business
the focus of new software applications.
These new systems now promise seamless
integration of the information flow within the
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