Computer-assisted supply chain configuration based on supply chain operations reference (SCOR) model

  • Authors:
  • Samuel H. Huang;Sunil K. Sheoran;Harshal Keskar

  • Affiliations:
  • Intelligent CAM Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH;OpalSoft Inc., 3150 Almaden Expressway, Suite 205, San Jose, CA;Intelligent CAM Systems Laboratory, Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

  • Venue:
  • Computers and Industrial Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

A supply chain is a network of facilities that procure raw materials, transform them into intermediate goods and then final products, and deliver the products to customers through a distribution system. To achieve integrated supply chain management, a number of researchers and practitioners have devoted their efforts in developing models to describe the elements and activities of a supply chain. The supply chain council, supported by over 650 member organizations (both academia and industry) worldwide, has developed the supply chain operations reference (SCOR) model. The SCOR model is a process reference model, which is intended to be an industrial standard that enables next-generation supply chain management. It contains a standard description of management processes, a framework of relationships among the standard processes, standard metrics to measure process performance, management practices that produce best-in-class performance, and a standard alignment to software features and functionality. This paper summarizes the SCOR model, its benefits along with illustrative case stories and describes a computer-assisted tool to configure supply chain threaded diagram per SCOR specification.