Council of Supply Chain Management

But how is supply chain management (SCM) defined by professional organizations The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), a professional society, states on its website ([22]) that... 

Kearney, A.T. Grocery Information Flow. Presentation at Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals conference, San Antonio, TX, October 11-14, 1992. 

Before defining the DDSC concept, it is very important to review the concept of Supply Chain Management, as it will serve as the foundation to build the DDSC concept. To that end, the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP 2009) defines Supply Chain Management as follow ... 

Sheehan, Heather L., What s lacking in supply chain management strategic thinkers, that s what , CSCMP Supply Chain Comment, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, 39 (Jan./Feb.), 1, 2005. 

Chapter 22 identified two missions for process improvement (1) process evaluation and (2) process redesign. This chapter describes industry-developed process tools that support the first mission, evaluating supply chain processes. The two tools have assembled best practices in SCM. They are products from two SCM business associations, the Supply-Chain Council and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), formerly the Council of Logistics Management (CLM). The CSCMP, in the cited quotation, supplies the reason for describing these models. 

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, Supply Chain Management Process Standards, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, 2004. The standards are in six volumes Plan Processes, Source Processes, Make Processes, Deliver Processes, Return Processes, Enable Processes. 

Previous chapters touched on the role of information and associated processes and systems. Chapter 25 described supply chain technology applications. Chapter 23 described the work of the Supply-Chain Council and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (formerly CLM) in promoting supply chain process integration. Within the company. Section 16.3.3 described the S OP (Sales and Operations Planning) process for intermediate-term information exchange between operations and marketing. 

CLM Council of Logistics Management. A worldwide professional organization of logistics personnel. CLM has contributed heavily to the discussion of supply chain issues. Beginning January 1, 2005, the organization was renamed the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP). 

CSCMP Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, formerly the Council of Logistics Management. 

Logistics management That part of supply chain management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective forward and reverse flows and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customers requirements. (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals)... 

Supply chain orientation The idea of viewing the coordination of a supply chain from an overall system perspective with each of the tactical activities of distribution flows viewed within a broader strategic context. Actual implementation of supply chain orientation is supply chain management. (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals)... 

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. 2007. CSCMP Supply Chain Management, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (Online). Available http //cscmp.org/about-us/supply-chain-management-definitions (Accessed 25 June 2010). 

Martin Christopher is an Emeritus Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award of the USA Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. 

---