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Supply Chain Management on Amazon Assignment

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Table of ContentsExecutive Summary...................................................................................................................21.0Integrated Supply Chain Management.................................................................................21.1 ISCM OF Amazon............................................................................................................22.0 Amazon and Internal Integration.........................................................................................33.0Amazon and External Integration........................................................................................34.0 Amazon and Electronic Integration.....................................................................................45.0Challengers of Amazon on Supply Chain Management......................................................45.1 To ensure that demand meets its supply...........................................................................45.2 Prepare resources for order deliveries..............................................................................45.3 Improve technical infrastructure to manage spikes in orders...........................................46.0References............................................................................................................................5
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Executive SummaryAmazon is a company that sells books with the strategic approach of being the customer'spreferred supplier, supplyPchainPmanagementPhasPreachedPnewPheights. Amazon is awonderful example of if you are a large or smaller company, with increasing productivity,increased scope and profits, trying to scale up your internet operations. Although manyfactors influence the success of Amazon as the pioneer in ecommerce, his state-of-the-artsupply chain model is the most important. Amazon is now a rapidly growing company thathas one of the strongest supply chains in the world. The Amazon new supply chain model isclose to what was used for the first time in 1995, the company sold books online. Theobjective is to examine and analyze the management of Amazon's distribution chain. Using amulti-tier stock and its highly efficient operation, sustainable transport and a warehousenetwork, supply chain management has been tailored to meet competitive strategy. 1.0Integrated Supply Chain ManagementIntegrated supply chain management is a supply chain management methodology based onenterprise resource planning. Rather than having several processes within the company, abusiness facilitates relationships with all of its suppliers and handles all delivery and logisticsoperations through a centralized system. The integrated supply chain method providesconcentrated technical experience and cost efficiency, but improving cooperation is achallenge.In a manufacturing, wholesale, or retail industry, supply chain management (SCM)is a coordinated framework for managing transportation and logistics activities. One of thebenefits of the ISCM model is that it automates the collection of aggregate data from existingsystems. This automated method allows for the collection and analysis of real-time, up-to-date data by leadership(Nair and Sharanaya, 2018).1.1 ISCM Of AmazonAmazon's supply chain relies heavily on its outsourcing of inventory management. Increasedgoods in Amazon warehouses are not regularly stored. More than half of Amazon's salescould surprise you that they are supported by third parties. This totalled more than 3.4 billionproducts sold through third parties in one year according to the Amazon report in May 2020(Sabitha, 2004). Amazon has different warehouses for various kinds of goods and consumerneeds. Amazon customers can offer primary delivery, 1-day delivery, premium delivery andfree super-free delivery in some of the common delivery options. With its constant efforts tosatisfy the delivery preferences of every customer, Amazon is a logistical powerhouse. As aresult, it uses a pure push approach to the goods that it stores in its warehouses, whichpredicts demand for the area. On the other hand, when it buys items from third parties, it usesa sheer pull-out approach, with a delivery model by order.
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