Quelle: CIO Asia

SUPPLY CHAIN AUTOMATION is one of the most difficult tasks a CIO hasto undertake. It is uniquely difficult because its complexity extendsbeyond a company's walls. Yet, there are companies that have automatedtheir supply chains and found their efforts worthwhile and downrightrewarding. CIO Asia speaks to the leading IT architects of winning SCMsystems, and unearths one common success factor: they are all organic,put together to be versatile, flexible and adaptable at the drop ofthe partner's or the customer's hat. They are all 'alive'!

Here are their stories.

From Benchwarmer To MVP

Just a year ago, General Milling Corp. (GMC), a manufacturer ofconsumer and industrial food products in the Philippines, supplied 20percent of the soybean oil requirements of its key customer, amanufacturer of mayonnaise and sandwich spreads. GMC was the supplierits customer turned to whenever the latter's main suppliers could notfulfil its needs, or, as Allen Bacallan, director of MIS at GMC, putsit: the benchwarmer, not the star player. Today, however, GMC is verymuch the most valuable player, or MVP; it is this same customer's solesupplier. And at a time when regional economies are contracting, salesis growing, says Bacallan. Credit for these achievements is due toGMC's series of supply chain enhancements, which began twoyears ago.