Digital-intelligent supply chain management system for chemical manufacturing industry: build a smart supply system and empower enterprises to improve production efficiency

Driven by factors such as the continuous rise in crude oil prices and the high year-on-year increase in coal prices, the prices of chemical products have risen. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, from January to February 2022, the total profit of chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry will be 117.66 billionYuan, a year-on-year increase of 27.3%, achieving rapid growth.

Since the reform and opening up, my country's macro economy has continued to grow, and the process of industrialization and urbanization has continued to accelerate, providing a good environment for the rapid development of chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing.In recent years, the scale of chemical raw materials and chemical products manufacturing industry has experienced significant growth in 2017-2018, and has suffered from multiple events such as trade frictions, frequent accidents, production shutdowns and rectifications, and the new crown epidemic. There has been a slight decline in 2019-2020.In 2021, my country's chemical raw material and chemical product manufacturing industry will usher in a strong rebound, and the main business income of enterprises above designated size will achieve 8,295.9 billion yuan.

In the changing times, the chemical products manufacturing industry can be empowered to achieve end-to-end supply chain optimization through digital supply chain, and with the help of the digital supply chain management system, the new generation of information technology and chemical products manufacturing industryThrough the management of supply, demand, raw material procurement, market, production, inventory, orders, distribution and delivery, etc. in the enterprise supply chain, the supply chain collaborative management platform integrates the enterprise and optimizes the information flow, logistics,The flow of capital enables enterprises to improve production efficiency, and the supply chain system promotes a longer-term digital transformation of the chemical manufacturing industry.

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Digital intelligence supply chain management platform function

1. Inquiry for quotation

The digital supply chain collaborative management system converts the original offline system of inquiries and quotations and bidding to online, through which buyers publish procurement requirements, suppliers make online quotations, suppliers publish supply information, and buyers make inquiries.The digital supply chain collaboration system realizes information sharing and information matching of procurement information and supply information, accurately connects supply and demand, and matches transactions.The intelligent supply chain management system can quickly capture the massive data in the system, improve operational efficiency and reduce labor costs.

2. Order management

The digital and intelligent supply chain management platform supports the automatic generation of enterprise purchase orders, real-time update of order status, timely reconciliation, simplified enterprise procurement approval process, and timely order management and control.The smart supply chain system automatically provides status prompts, to-do reminders, risk and abnormal warnings (new products, abnormal prices, pre-loss, overdue advances, abnormal receipts and payments, untimely settlement, untimely collection, etc.).The digital supply chain platform completes risk tracking, monitoring and intervention in a timely manner.

3. Production based on sales

On the supply chain system, the hierarchical management of each channel store is realized, and the channel strategy can be adjusted in time according to the data analysis of the supply chain collaborative management platform.Production is determined based on sales to prevent excess capacity or overstock.

4. Financial management

Financial management module covers supplier reconciliation management, expense budget, commonly used financial statistical reports, payables management and invoice management.The report management module of the smart supply chain platform covers supplier supply inquiries, with the goods supplied by suppliers as the dimension.

5. Supply chain finance

The intelligent supply chain system supports large-value payments, and can establish a user credit evaluation system, and provide credit loan services for corporate purchases through credit evaluation. The digital and intelligent supply chain management platform not only improves the service quality of the platform, but also solves the problem of enterprises.cash flow problem.

Product Advantages of Supply Chain Collaborative Management Platform

Efficient Collaboration: The purpose of building a digital supply chain management platform is to pursue the overall efficiency of the entire supply chain and the effectiveness of the entire system cost, so as to minimize the total cost of the intelligent supply chain platform.The focus of supply chain management is not simply to minimize the transportation cost of a certain supply chain member or reduce inventory, but to coordinate supply chain members to minimize the total cost of the entire supply chain by adopting the SCM digital supply chain system to ensure the entire supply chain.The platform is in the smoothest operation, efficient and convenient.

Risk management: The supply chain collaborative management platform will apply data capture and collection technology, conduct forward-looking predictive analysis based on the big data of the supply chain system, and gain real-time insight into potential risks.Through the digital transformation of the supply chain platform, the entire chain of circulation can be effectively monitored to reduce inventory costs, improve decision-making, improve operational effects and realize data asset realization.

Looking to the future, with the trend of low-carbon global industrial development, the carbon-neutral transformation of chemical manufacturing enterprises is not only a challenge of the times, but also an opportunity to adjust their own business to improve competitiveness and achieve sustainable development.Chemical companies should speed up the construction of a digital and intelligent supply chain management system, turn challenges into opportunities, deploy digital supply chain construction as early as possible, improve their core business capabilities and operational management capabilities, and help companies achieve transformation and upgrading at key nodes in the era of change.

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