E-Business' Impact on Supply-Chain-Management

Paper Summary:

In discussing the impact of e-business on operations management, this essay explains Supply Chain Management (SCM). The advantages of internet-based technologies of e-business are analyzed in comparison to traditional systems. The writer also shows how e-business improved SCM in terms of enabling demand-driven supply chain and much more intense supply chain collaboration.
1. Intro
2. What is Supply Chain Management?
3. E-Business vs. Traditional Systems
4. Reduced Inventory Costs and Stock-out Rate
5. Increased Collaboration
6. Risks
7. Conclusion
8. Reference List

From the Paper:

"The internet is one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century having revolutionized global communications. Its world wide web enables high speed information exchange at low cost around the globe. This gives companies new business opportunities and provides the basis for the rise of e-business, i.e. electronic business (in some literature it is referred to as e-commerce). The term e-business stands for information exchange and business transactions via the internet and via other electronic devices (e.g. EDI devices). However, for reason of simplification this essay uses the term e-business in relation to internet based technologies only."

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