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Information Quality Applied: Best Practices for Improving Business Information, Processes and Systems
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Information Quality Applied: Best Practices for Improving Business Information, Processes and Systems

by Larry P. English
October 2009
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
839 pages
29h 16m
English
Wiley
Content preview from Information Quality Applied: Best Practices for Improving Business Information, Processes and Systems
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Introduction to Information Quality
in the Supply Chain
This chapter focuses on the Forecasting, Production Scheduling, Production, Delivery,
In-use Service, and Product Disposition in Supply Chain Management.
Supply Chain Management can be very complex when there are many inde-
pendent entities or trading partners involved. This is further complicated by
the many logistic and external factors and variables that can cause failure or
sub-optimization.
The Supply Chain is an end-to-end set of activities that begins with requests
or Requirements for Products and services from or for end-Consumers and ends
with satisfied — or unsatisfied — Customers. From the beginning request, the
Production work must be scheduled and controlled from materials and com-
ponents until the Finished Product is produced. Delivery Processes move the
Product to various Trading Partners until the finished Products and services
get delivered to the end-Consumer.
Information Quality problems with Information exchanged among Trading
Partners cause Supply Chain Management to fail. Problems caused by disparately
defined Information and incompatible Information Models cause miscommu-
nication throughout the Supply Chain.
Uncontrollable variables, such as weather events, economic downturns or
upturns, political events, and union work stoppages that shut down assembly
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