Supply Chain Event Management SCEM

SCEM Supply Chain Event Management. Used to describe software that tracks supply chain operations. Includes Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM) and Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM). (ARC Advisory Group)... 

Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM) Software feature that monitors supply chain transaction data for predefined exceptions or events that require intervention. An example could be a late order. In such a case, the SCEM software would alert designated parties to inform them and suggest interventions. 

Supply chain event management (SCEM) is the term given to the process of monitoring the planned sequence of activities along a supply chain and the subsequent reporting of any divergence from that plan. Ideally SCEM will also enable a proactive, even automatic, response to deviations from the plan. 

We referred in Chapter 9 to the potential of supply chain event management (SCEM) to enable better identification of the occurence of unplanned events (or the non-occurrence of planned events). Tools such as these can significantly reduce supply chain uncertainty and thus reduce the need for additional inventory buffers. Another emerging technology that is enabling dramatic improvements in visibility is Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). 

In terms of existing solutions, the existing ERP, SCM, EAl and other B2B solutions are designed to improve efficiency of the supply chains and not to enhance their reliability or robustness under uncertainty. Some vendors offer partial solutions to this problem under the name of Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM). These offerings include track and trace, supply chain visibility and alert messaging solutions (Bittner, 2000), which merely notify the human operator of unexpected occurrences and leave him to resolve the issue. In such a scenario, there is a critical need for a framework and for suitable tools that would allow companies and managers... 

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