Supply chain Problems and Solutions Typical Problems along the Supply Chain Supply chains can be very long, involving many internal and external partners located in different places Both materials and information must flow among several entities, and these transfers especially when manually handled, can be slow and error-prone Companies can improve their demand forecasting by using IT-supported forecasts, which are done in collaboration with business Electronic Commerc Prentice Hall 2006Electronic Commerce Prentice Hall © 2006 10 Supply Chain Problems and Solutions • Typical Problems along the Supply Chain – Supply chains can be very long, involving many internal and external partners located in different places – Both materials and information must flow among several entities, and these transfers, especially when manually handled, can be slow and error-prone – Companies can improve their demand forecasting by using IT-supported forecasts, which are done in collaboration with business