Supply chain system platform: two management areas

Years of supply chain Purchasing system From the experience of building services , In fact, most e-commerce enterprises face similar problems in operation , From the perspective of Supply Chain Management , The cost is too high , The speed is too low , Whether it is an entrepreneurial enterprise or a mature enterprise , Actually in Supply chain platform management The fundamental problems encountered are the same , At present, the industry supply chain management field is actually divided into two parts .

One 、 Enterprise supply chain procurement management platform can be divided into two categories

1、 Supply chain system relationship

Relationship studies how to enhance the relationship between companies 、 Functions and functions 、 Mutual trust between people , To facilitate collaboration 、 Improve the efficiency of the supply chain , Let the product flow of the supply chain 、 Information flow and capital flow are more efficient .

Whether it's customer relationship management （CRM）、 Supplier relationship management （SRM）, Or cross functional collaboration , The focus is on the relationship . What the relationship focuses on is " Would you like to " The problem of , Or say , It's a management problem , Between supply chain partners 、 Between functions 、 Are employees willing to cooperate . In this sense , Contract and performance management are also relationship management , That is, through performance appraisal and contract management , To drive companies and companies in the supply chain 、 Functions and functions 、 Cooperation between people .

2、 Supply chain management connection

Connectivity addresses " Can you " The problem of , That is, under the premise of willingness to cooperate , How can partners collaborate more effectively , Process reengineering 、ERP、JIT、VMI And so on belong to the category of connection .

For example, make the process more effective through process reengineering 、 adopt ERP Make information the glue , Make functions and functions 、 It's easier to collaborate with people .JIT and VMI It's actually docking Purchasing platform Party and supplier's inventory system , Let the product flow 、 Information flow and capital flow are smoother . For example VMI Next , The supplier can follow the purchaser's forecast , Arrange the production plan more smoothly , The product flow is more stable . The implementation of VMI front , Materials are order driven , Around many orders, there are many information flows and capital flows ; With VMI, The number of orders decreased significantly , The corresponding information flow and capital flow are also greatly simplified .

Two 、 The fundamental problem of e-commerce supply chain management relationship and supply chain connection

Relationship and connectivity issues in different industries 、 The regional focus may be different , But the fundamental problems to be solved are the same , By improving the relationship 、 Improve connectivity to improve supply chain efficiency , From the cost down 、 Put the speed up , These are the fundamental problems of the supply chain . For example, in manufacturing , Supply chain management was first developed , It is also relatively perfect , But the problem is that the cost can not be done 、 The speed can't be improved , It shows that the standardization of design is low 、 The scale benefit is not high 、 The lead time is too long 、 Inventory is too high .

Why do e-commerce enterprises even customize Supply chain management system The development scheme can not fundamentally solve the problem of supply chain platform management , This is mainly because e-commerce business owners do not really understand the essence of the supply chain e-commerce system , Not from the industry 、 The practice of the company has risen to the current supply chain management problem , Nature cannot solve the real problem .

author ： The cloud maker | Digital quotient cloud ( WeChat ID：shushangyun_com)