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Stages of Development of SCMT Practices: Stage 1 -
correct answer ✅5000 BC to 1960s
Decentralized logistics management
Problem: acquisition of materials and demand for goods stretches
far beyond the location where products are made
Result: disjointed, uncoordinated, costly logistics
Stages of Development of SCMT Practices: Stage 2 -
correct answer ✅1960s to 1980
Total cost management
Problem: how to centralize logistics, how to apply total cost
concept to logistics
Result: moving toward trying out new computerized technologies
and process improvement strategies
Stages of Development of SCMT Practices: Stage 3 -
correct answer ✅1980 to 1990
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Integrated Logistics Management
Problem: japanese and other foreign companies beating US
companies in auto and other products. how to compete on quality
Result: firms start to implement new management philosophies for
TQM and Six Sigma, flexible processes, lean processes
Stages of Development of SCMT Practices: Stage 4 -
correct answer ✅1990 to 2000
Supply Chain Management
Problem: China/Russia/Eastern Europe open up. Globalization
speeds up. WWW founded... what will be the impact of internet
technology
Result: broader, more integrated view of the supply chain. system
focus moves from plant-level up to channel trading partner level
and customer level. Firms attempt to optimize and synchronize
competencies across network of trading partners
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Stages of Development of SCMT Practices: Stage 5 -
correct answer ✅2000 to present
Technology Enabled Supply Chain Management
Problem: how to use technology well to enable good supply chain
processes and support firm's strategies
Results: attempts to synchronize entire supply network into one,
scalable virtual enterprise
Supply Chain Components: Process value chain -
correct answer ✅materials supplier
integrator/ producer
Supply Chain Components: Demand channel -
correct answer ✅consumer
Supply Chain Components: Value delivery network -
correct answer ✅wholesaler/distributor
broker/jobber
retailer