What is your plan to integrate the supply chain down through the manufaturing process ?
The opportunities to integrate the processes of the supply chain are practically unlimited. At this time, we focus on different “dimensions” of the integration: · The standards along the supply chain (product coding, data structures,…) for procedures and information systems. · The geographic regionalizations and globalization, providing common processes (sourcing, manufacturing and distribution) for several countries, within and across regional trade markets. · Out-sourcing and in-sourcing must be constantly re-assessed with a strategic perspective. The integration must allow seamless co-manufacturing, co-packing,… all sorts of collaborative working environments with the business partners. A new paradigm is emerging with the integration of business partners and the focus on the core processes: an IT infrastructure must be deployed to support these virtual companies.
