Supply Chain e-Commerce

Dan Wancura

Embassy Software

Getting Started

• Majored in Geography and Computer Science at KSU

• Graduated in 1984

• Worked 3 years as a programmer at ABF Freight located in Fort Smith, AR

Graduate Studies

• Focus on the transportation industry – trucking, rail, and ocean

• Deregulation of transportation

• Transaction cost economics

• Research method – very unstructured

Software, Software, Software

• Trucking software – Innovative Computing

• Integration Software - Viewlocity

• EDI Software – Embassy Software

Supply Chain Defined

The flow of resources into and out of the enterprise's collective operations

The network of retailers, distributors, transporters, storage facilities and suppliers that participate in the sale, delivery and production of a particular product.

OR

Supply Chains Are:

• Source of resource or product

• Local transportation

• Long haul transportation

• Delivery to customer

Supply chains are heavily supported by information technology

Enterprise ResourceManagement (ERP)

• SAP

• Oracle applications

• Microsoft (Great Plains, Axapta)

• Etc.

Electronic Messaging

• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

• Proprietary data formats

• Extensible Markup Language (XML)

Document Types Include:

GS*TM*RINF*TARGETTRAN*20031110*1100*36*X*004020~

ST*212*360001~

ATA*RINF*110603*20031111~

B2A*00~

AT7*AV*NS***20031111*1000*CT~

MS2*RINF*REEER~

LX*1~

L11*261600*CN~

L11*23026831012*BM~

BLR*RINF~

AT8*N*L*19006*1666~

G62*86*20031111*8*1000*CT~

OID**0007-5782379-**CTN*18*L*195~

OID**0049-7947571-**CTN*772*L*11628~

OID**0055-2267530-**CTN*266*L*1162~

OID**0063-2539396-**CTN*90*L*997~

OID**0094-4434805-**CTN*513*L*4953~

OID**0094-9287047-**CTN*7*L*71~

SE*18*360001~GE*1*36~

<!DOCTYPE ShipmentMessage> <ShipmentMessage>

<MessageHeader><OrgininatorSoftwareVersion>1/12</OrgininatorSoftwareVersion><CreatedDateTime>

<Local>2000-01-01 13:00:00</Local><UTC>2000-01-01 15:20:00</UTC>

</CreatedDateTime><OriginatorSoftware>AMTrix</OriginatorSoftware>

</MessageHeader><Shipment>

<Action>AddUpdate</Action><HandlingInstructions>XML Message</HandlingInstructions><Cube>5000</Cube><Quantity>20</Quantity><ShipmentReferenceNumber>UPI8304</

ShipmentReferenceNumber><CarrierReferenceNumber>98438</CarrierReferenceNumber><Weight>

<WeightUnits>EA</WeightUnits><WeightQTY>20</WeightQTY>

</Weight><Container>Pallets</Container><MasterShipmentReferenceNumber></

MasterShipmentReferenceNumber><Description>Oranges</Description><Origin>

<Location><PostalCode>86596</PostalCode><City>Beaumont</City><Name>Ryder</Name><Country>TX</Country><State>TX</State><AddressLine2>Suite

Differ by Industry

• Automotive

• Consumer Products

• Grocery Products

• Health Care

• High-Tech

• Agribusiness

• Chemical

• Government

• Commodities

High Tech

High Tech

RosettaNet

www.rosettanet.org

Grocery

Governed by very traditional technology standards

ship

Sample shipment – Inland China to Indianapolis

ship

rail

truck

Dell’s Network?

Sourcing

• Local partners

• Get it to the port

Ocean Shipping

Hong Kong

Seattle

Electronic Manifest

List of ContainersCargo contents

Port of Seattle

Inland Shipping

Conventional EDI Messaging

Conventional EDI

Transportation ManagementApplication

Carrier ManagementApplication

ReceiverRail or Motor Carrier

214 EDI Transaction

What about the Web?

Web site data entry simply doesn’t get most people too excited…

Value of Integration

• Reduces double data entry

• Reduces data errors from mis-keying

• Speeds up supply chain processes

Challenges of Integration

• Time consuming to establish

• Software can be expensive

• Costs for data transfer can be high

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals

www.cscmp.org

CSCMP Mission

To lead the evolving Supply Chain Management profession by developing, advancing, and disseminating Supply Chain knowledge and research.

CSCMP Vision

• Provide opportunities for supply chain professionals to communicate in order to develop and improve their

supply chain management skills. • Identify and conduct research which adds to the

knowledge base of supply chain theory and practice. • Create awareness of the significance of supply chain to

business and to the economy.

CSCMP exists to: