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Supply Chain Technology Adoption: Address the Key Issues and Achieve the Benefit

A Knowledge-Driven Consulting® White Paper

© 2006 Hitachi Consulting Corporation

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Contents

Introduction........................................................................................ 3 Supply Chain Management (SCM) – A Definition.............................. 3 Strategic Issues When Adopting SCM .............................................. 3 What is Your Business or Company Strategy?.................................. 4 Where Should You Begin? ................................................................ 4 Do You Have the Right People?........................................................ 5 Can You Manage the Risk?............................................................... 6 How Much Change Can Your Company Make?................................ 6 What Does Your Technology Architecture Look Like? ...................... 7 What is the Quality of Your Enabling Data? ...................................... 8 Are You Outsourcing Supply Chain Processes? ............................... 8 How Will You Support the New Technology? .................................... 8 How Do You Justify the Investment?................................................. 9 Conclusion......................................................................................... 9 Action Plan ........................................................................................ 9 About Hitachi Consulting ................................................................... 10 About Hitachi ..................................................................................... 10

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Introduction

In all technology implementations, upgrades, reversals and whole-scale revolutions, the post-go-live benefits the company receives are directly proportional to the time invested developing a strategy up front. In addition, if the recent past is any indication of how much value companies produced...