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Supply Chain Information Technology, Second Edition, is a seven-chapter book published by Business Expert Press in 2014 and written by David L. Olson, James & H. K. Stuart Professor in Management Information Systems and Chancellor's Professor at the University of Nebraska. In this book, the author provides tools to evaluate, select, and coordinate systems for supply chain management (SCM). He reviews fundamental elements of different supply chain systems and provides tools for determining the type of system that will best fit a business process. The second edition includes new and updated examples. Chapter 1, Supply Chain Information Systems (22 pages), begins with a brief look at the development of supply chains and systems for managing them. The author describes six basic elements in the supply chain process, from product development to customer relationship management, and says that system applications are usually oriented towards a particular process element. He reviews the evolution of several supply chain systems, including materials requirements planning (MRP), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and advanced planning system (APS) software, as well as systems for warehouse management, transportation management, and manufacturing execution. He also looks at more recent systems developments and online marketplaces. He provides a detailed examination of the benefits of an ERP system and a warehouse management system.

• Operations strategy
• IT management
• Supply chain management
• Manufacturing processes
• Inventory management
• Information systems
• Systems theory