* Supply Chain Management ? * Information Technology for Supply Chain Management . * Uses of Information Technology In Supply Chain Management.* New Developments in Supply Chain Management.

* SCM is the systematic, strategic coordination of the traditional business functions and the tactics across these business functions within a particular company and across businesses within the supply chain , for the purpose of improving the long-term performance of the individual companies and the supply chain as a whole.

* Software Systems: ->Electronic Data Interchange(EDI) ->Customer-Relationship Management(CRM) * Network Infrastructure: -> Wide Area Network -> Internet * Enterprise Resource Planning Systems(ERP): -> Accounting -> Human Resources

By applying IT techniques on the Supply Chain Management Of a Company, the following benefits are offered for a company: * Technolgy helps the business to trouble shoot like delays in the manufacturing or the shipment and allows the parties in the supply chain to identify the problems. * By installing the web based programs or intranets, helps the supply chain to share the information and this when used appropriately can translate into efficiency and reduced risks.

* Continual Customer Focus. * The Role of Internet in supply chains. * Simulation in Supply Chain Management. * Measuring Supply chain Performance.

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Ravi Kumar Meduri