Project Title: Project Report on Advance Supply

Chain Management and Planning".

Objective of the Project:
Holistic Optimization, Planning, and Scheduling. We can plan all supply chain
facilities simultaneously. Short-term detailed scheduling and long-term aggregate
planning are supported within a single plan. This single plan also supports multiple
manufacturing

methods,

including

discrete,

flow,

project,

and

process

manufacturing.
Finite Capacity Planning and Scheduling. generates feasible supply chain plans
that consider both resource and material constraints.
Optimization. Users can easily configure to optimize specific business criteria.
Workflow-Driven Exception Messaging. exception messages alert planners to
critical issues across the extended supply chain. Workflows that drive these
exceptions route data to and feedback from trading partners as required, thus
effectively involving them in the supply chain planning process.
Global Accessibility. database-centric architecture stores plan data in a central
planning server database. These data are accessible from anywhere via a simple
browser. It is possible for multiple planners to simultaneously access data from a
single plan.

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research simply means a search for facts answers to questions and
solutions to problems. It is a purposive investigation. It is an organized

inquiry. It seeks to find explanations to unexplained phenomenon to clarify

the doubtful facts and to correct the misconceived facts.
The search for facts may be made through either:
Arbitrary (or unscientific) Method: Its a method of seeking answers
to question consists of imagination, opinion, blind belief or impression.
E.g. it was believed that the shape of the earth was flat; a big snake
swallows sun or moon causing solar or lunar eclipse. It is subjective; the
finding will vary from person to person depending on his impression or
imagination. It is vague and inaccurate. Or
Scientific Method: this is a systematic rational approach to seeking
facts. It eliminates the drawbacks of the arbitrary method. It is objective,
precise and arrives at conclusions on the basis of verifiable evidences.
Therefore, search of facts should be made by scientific method rather than
by arbitrary method. Then only we may get verifiable and accurate facts.
Hence research is a systematic and logical study of an issue or problem or
phenomenon through scientific method.
Young defines Research as a scientific undertaking which, by means of
logical and systematic techniques, aims to:
(a) Discover of new facts or verify and test old facts,
(b) Analyze their sequences, interrelationships and causal explanations,
(c) Develop new scientific tools, concepts and theories which would
facilitate reliable and valid study of human behaviour.
(d) Kerlinger defines research as a systematic, controlled, empirical and
critical investigation of hypothetical propositions about the presumed
relations among natural phenomena.

The Problem of the supply chain can be eliminated with the implementation of the
following methodologies:

Master Production Plans (MPP): They typically include your distribution

facilities and not your manufacturing facilities. Use the master production plan to
summarize all of the demands for production in your manufacturing plants.
Typically, independent demand drives this plan and this plan drives the
manufacturing planning and scheduling process.
Master Production Schedules (MPS) and Material Requirements Plans
(MRP): They typically include your manufacturing facilities and not your
distribution facilities.
Use the master production schedule and material requirements plan to plan the full
production schedule. Typically, the master production plan drives this plan and this
plan drives the manufacturing execution and the distribution planning.
Distribution Plans (DRP): They typically include your distribution facilities and
not your manufacturing facilities. Use the distribution plan to schedule transfers
with carrier recommendations that move finished goods across the warehouse
network, outwards from the manufacturing plants through the supply chain.

Problem Statement:
In today dynamic changing world the Problem of the Global supply chain
management and Planning always pose the great challenge to every Sphere of the
business, below are the common Problem faced are:

 How do I plan my supply chain in the least amount of time possible?

How do I minimize the number of plans and iterations?
How do I plan my entire supply chain?
How do I involve my trading partners?
How can I access my plan from anywhere?
How do I keep improving my plans?
How can I plan all manufacturing methods?
The Supply Chain Management (SCM) paradigm is widely discussed today in
virtually all industry sectors. This paradigm emerged in the late 1980s, and became
widespread in the 1990s as a way to organize a set of concepts, methods and tools
for promoting a holistic view of the entire supply chain. Supply chain optimization
greatly depends on the planning process. This process aims to obtain a balance
between supply and demand, from primary suppliers to final customers, to deliver
superior goods and services through the optimization of supply chain assets. This is
quite a difficult task since it involves simultaneously synchronizing a large
quantity of complex decisions, and dealing with other issues that can complicate
the process, for instance the existence of conflicting objectives and the presence of
stochastic behaviors.
To cope with the complexity of supply chain planning, a set of information
technology (IT) tools can be used directly or indirectly. These systems are used for
information integration, inventory management, order fulfilment, delivery planning
and coordination, just to mention a few. Among the leading IT tools for Supply
Chain Management, the Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) system is

widely discussed today, which may be due to the fact that APS systems focus on a
very relevant problem in supply chains, i.e. how to synchronize hundreds of real
planning decisions at strategic, tactical and operational levels in a complex
environment. This quite challenging objective requires an advanced solution.