Supply Chain Management: Integration and Globalization in the Age of e-Business

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Supply Chain Management: Integration and Globalization in
the Age of e-Business
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Abstract.......................................................... 1
Introduction .................................................... 2
Aim of the research ............................................. 3
Methodology ......................................................4
Results and discussion ....................................... .5
Future work ................................................... .6
Conclusion .........................................................7
Reference ......................................................... 8

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Abstract
The main aims of this research are to evaluate General Motors company in its
approach and implementation of new emerging trends in e-business techniques. The
mechanisms, for example, involves eProcurement of the vehicles available in market auctions
and exchanges. The aims are clearly to identify whether supply chain integration is
established to reach the company goals. The level of integration is also achieved in this case.
General Motors have been one of the most successful companies dealing with a motor
vehicle. It has an annual sales volume of more than $ 8 billion.
Introduction
Supply chain management has risen at an optimum rate since its development in the
1980s. Over the years it's been transformed significantly from a primary operational activity
that takes into account on providing support to the company's manufacturing aims and
currently considered as a strategic concept which spans various functions bridges the inter-
organizational boundary regions. The main players involved in professional managing supply
chains in the global market upstream focusing on the downstream suppliers takes in to
account the level of consumer target group (Prajogo & Olhager 2012). This supply chain
concept has become the main domain in the achievement of cost and service increment ad
also played a more crucial role in enterprise planning and service delivery successful
improvements of a particular company. For example, in this case, General Motors
Corporation has engineered its supply chain by incorporating making orders, low inventories
maximized logistical and direct deliveries to customers with an aim to achieve an important
competitive benefit over its rival companies dealing with a similar range of products in the
global market.

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This company looks forward to leveraging supply chain as a way of increased overall
performance thus emphasized highly on growth and development of closer relationships with
various product suppliers, distributors, and consumers. There has also existed prospective
propelling of stronger relationships policies and increased [partnership program. This
situation is based in terms of cooperative philosophy resulting upholding of various
integration of processes and systems with companies in the supply chain that creates a wide
range of globalized trade with enhanced greater risks. This integration in the supply chain
management will require advanced information system and a more developed electronic
technology.
The development of internet and other advanced technologies which ensure that
companies acquire maximum information sharing and data exchange such as interrelated
ERP techniques, electronic company portals, and online order and inquiry processing systems
can basically maintain strong closer links with consumers, motor vendors, and suppliers
(Fernie & Sparks 2014). For example, logistic providers. Factors that have driven forward
supply chain includes competition cultures, information technology, process alignment and
firm legacies that positively transforms this concept. A gradual development of the
companies e-business projects will enable the top level managers and key market players to
understand the success or failure in acquiring such integration.
Supply chain management and e-business integration
This approach grew out of the rise in significant logistic planning processes across a
variety of companies including General Motors. As enterprises improved further on their
operational activity performance it became efficient to find intercompany solutions regarding
logistic difficulties composed with an external focus and sharing of resources thus utilizing a
high level of expertise. This resulted in core development for example outsourcing