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What kinds of information and technology is used in Supply Chain communication?

Written by: Jon Hansen

Article Overview: Network Member Question: What kinds of information is being sent across companies in a Supply Chain? And what technology is helping you with that? I have been reading more about SCM lately, and I was wondering what kinds of information is being sent across companies? Is it all numbers and values ? Or unstructured data as well ? And how is technology helping you to do this ? Do you share a specific platform across these companies? Or does every company has its own, and is this connected to one another ? Which software enables you to do so ? Question Submitted By: Marijn Somers Functional Analyst/Project Leader Belgium

What kinds of information and technology is used in Supply Chain communication?

My Answer:

With the emergence of the Metaprise (and Web 2.0) platforms the term supply "chain" is actually a misnomer.

In reality, supply "synchronization" amongst key transactional stakeholders has become a reality, in that the exchange of real-time, real-world data extends beyond the confines of the "loose coupling" associated with the Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) that are being heralded as the next phase of the connectivity evolution.

Specifically, the real-time availability of critical data empowers optimal front line decision-making in accordance with centrally established guidelines by seamlessly adapting to the real-world processes that define an organizations supply chain practices.

Based upon an agent-based model, the Metaprise platform leverages advanced algorithms to both capture and apply dynamic data to streamline all phases of a transaction from procurement through to shipping to administrative reconciliation.

I have included links (see below) to a number of the articles I have written on this subject.

Please note that the Government of Canada's Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) program has funded a significant portion of my research efforts.

Links:

To obtain the corresponding reference material, please contact the author.

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