{"id":2576,"date":"2008-12-10T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2008\/12\/10\/whitepaper-wednesday-new-scm-dimensions\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T08:31:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T12:31:57","slug":"whitepaper-wednesday-new-scm-dimensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/whitepaper-wednesday-new-scm-dimensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Whitepaper Wednesday &#8211; New SCM Dimensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to another installment of Whitepaper Wednesday here on the Purchasing Certification Blog. In today\u2019s installment, I\u2019ll be reviewing a whitepaper entitled \u201cNew dimensions in supply chain management: Eight strategies for improving performance from concept to customer\u201d from Infor.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that the concept of supply chain management (SCM) has been popular in the mainstream for over a decade, what I see in the real world is continual struggle to figure out the way to best organize a true SCM strategy. The struggle usually occurs when the procurement team is given new responsibilities related to SCM such as optimizing the movement of goods through the supply chain and distribution networks and having influence over product design, known as \u201cdesign for supply chain\u201d to go along with other \u201cdesign for\u201d interests.<\/p>\n<p>The whitepaper addresses these topics at an elementary (but very valuable if you are just migrating to SCM from procurement) level with the following excerpts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cForward-thinking companies recognize that the internal dimension [of SCM] also encompasses the design of their products and the network they use to get them to customers. Network design includes such considerations as where to place manufacturing and warehousing facilities, how to design a distribution network, where to place retail outlets, and how to format stores. Given the complexity and global nature of many supply chains, network design is of rising importance with significant impact on bottom-line results, as recognized by the many companies who have already made decisions to \u2018offshore\u2019 production. However, there is mounting evidence that these decisions need to factor in multiple considerations, including traditional cost offsets such as production costs, distribution, and inventory as well as non-traditional considerations like the greater risk of product damage and delay resulting from offshoring.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cProduct design, another component of the internal dimension [of SCM], encompasses all the considerations that go into the design process, including market requirements analysis, manufacturability, and the ease with which the product can be distributed throughout the supply chain.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The whitepaper goes on to list eight strategies for leveraging concept-to-customer SCM. If this entices you, there is a caveat: just about all of them revolve around Infor\u2019s technology. However, one thing I was glad to see among the strategies was Infor\u2019s mention of the importance of Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM).<\/p>\n<p>SCEM was a hot topic in the early part of this decade. And I feel it should be a hot topic today. But, unfortunately, it doesn\u2019t seem like there is much emphasis on it from the technology community nor overwhelmingly strong demand from the prospective users of SCEM technology. Infor does a good job of making the case for increased usage of SCEM.<\/p>\n<p>While this whitepaper may be a bit general or basic for SCM executives who are in the throes of transforming their teams from procurement teams to SCM teams, I think it is a good read for procurement execs who are just about to migrate to the SCM concept or who expect to at some point in the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/whitepaper-wednesday-procurement-process-centralization-standardization\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cWhitepaper Wednesday \u2013 Procurement Process Centralization &amp; Standardization\u201d (Edit)\">Whitepaper Wednesday \u2013 Procurement Process Centralization &amp; Standardization<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/whitepaper-wednesday-new-scm-dimensions\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cWhitepaper Wednesday \u2013 New SCM Dimensions\u201d (Edit)\">Whitepaper Wednesday \u2013 New SCM Dimensions<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/introducing-the-spsm-index\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cIntroducing\u2026The SPSM Index!\u201d (Edit)\">Introducing\u2026The SPSM Index!<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/spsm-certifications-now-awarded-in-40-countries-growing\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cSPSM Certifications Now Awarded In 40+ Countries &amp; Growing!\u201d (Edit)\">SPSM Certifications Now Awarded In 40+ Countries &amp; Growing!<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"row-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/the-sourcing-maniacs-visit-to-next-level-purchasing\/\" aria-label=\"\u201cThe Sourcing Maniacs Visit To Next Level Purchasing\u201d (Edit)\">The Sourcing Maniacs Visit To Next Level Purchasing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to another installment of Whitepaper Wednesday here on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":4055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.4 (Yoast SEO v19.13) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Whitepaper Wednesday - New SCM Dimensions - Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/whitepaper-wednesday-new-scm-dimensions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Whitepaper Wednesday - New SCM Dimensions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Welcome to another installment of Whitepaper Wednesday here on the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/whitepaper-wednesday-new-scm-dimensions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Next Level Purchasing Association (NLPA)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NextLevelPurchasing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2008-12-10T14:15:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-23T12:31:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/11\/nlpa-images-064.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Galo Matagay\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@nextlevelpurch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@nextlevelpurch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Galo Matagay\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/whitepaper-wednesday-new-scm-dimensions\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/whitepaper-wednesday-new-scm-dimensions\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Galo Matagay\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/#\/schema\/person\/72d094fab77892483dfa6e061cb27eaa\"},\"headline\":\"Whitepaper Wednesday &#8211; 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