Supply Chain Management

[Former Member]

This was asked in the interview to a friend -

Can someone tell me SCM in general with points to ERP Package SAP.

Thank you.

[Former Member]

Hi

Refer below

<a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm50/helpdata/en/12/3dfd81126e1c448c870f335f11d016/frameset.htm">SCM</a>

http://www.sap.com/solutions/business-suite/scm/pdf/BWP_SCM_40.pdf

The SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM) application is software that can help your organization transform a linear supply chain into an adaptive supply chain network, in which communities of customer-centric, demand-driven companies share knowledge, intelligently adapt to changing market conditions, and proactively respond to shorter, less predictable life cycles.

Many companies across the globe have used the SAP SCM application to improve their business and operations processes. In fact, the SAP SCM application is the only supply chain software application that integrates collaboration, planning, execution, and coordination of the entire supply chain network – an application empowering you to:

• Synchronize supply to demand – Balance push and pull network planning processes. Replenish inventory and execute production based on actual demand.

• Sense and respond with an adaptive supply chain network – Drive distribution, transportation, and logistics processes that are integrated with real-time planning processes.

• Provide network wide visibility, collaboration, and analytics – Monitor and analyze your extended supply chain.

[Former Member]

Hi

SCM is Supply Chain Management and is basically the normal Logistics modules.

It is not a different area or suite of SAP modules.

MM, SD, WM is part of the SCM functionality.

Are you sure that you don't mean SRM? Which is Supplier Relationship Management, which IS a recent addition to SAP (last few years). It is the Web based procurement via cataloguies etc. and used to be known as EBP (Enterprise Buyer Professional).

I personally would stick with MM, SRM looks fantastic from a user point of view but it is not as functinally rich as MM and many things athat are easy to do in MM are not possible in SRM. But this is my own personal opinion and others may have a different opinion.

Reward if it helps

Regards

Prasanna R