This book gives unique insights into Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM) of world leading companies. Aims, methods, instruments as well as resources and budgets in Supply Chain Event Management are discussed. The reader will gain strong understanding in the way to deal with problems along the supply chain and how to avoid them. Supply Chain Event Management is a transparent view of the company and all value chain partners, and enables timelines to be met with decreased cost and risks.

Klappentext
This book gives unique insights into the Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM) of world-leading companies. Aims, methods, instruments as well as resources and budgets in Supply Chain Event Management are discussed. The reader will gain a strong understanding of the way to deal with problems along the supply chain and how to avoid them. Supply Chain Event Management is a transparent view of the company and all value chain partners and allows to meet timelines with decreased cost and risks.

Zusammenfassung
This book aims at assisting global industry in its challenge of expansion within a world of ever increasing globalisation. The book wants to make the reader aware of the importance of transparent business processes and provides knowledge c- bining latest scientific findings and best practice in the high-tech industry. Major Companies provide comments and solutions drawing on their experience with - gard to their special requirements with regard to Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM). Some model cases and examples give practical solutions in a tangible manner. Leading scientists in companies, managers, universities and research - stitutes explain and provide information about probable future requirements - garding SCEM development. This book will assist not only the larger companies but also any smaller ent- prises, such as Interturbine Logistik GmbH, in their efforts towards international speed delivery, service technology and competitiveness. It serves the common goal of networks transparency hereby offering significant cost reduction and p- viding ground for service performance enhancement, creating a base for total or partial business re-engineering. For this achievement I like to express my admiration to the University of Aachen (RWTH) that has been able to combine science and the highly performing industry in order to gather all knowledge available at present in this compacted format (for more on this topic, see article by Raschid Ijioui on page 267 et seq.).

Inhalt
Conceptual Design and Case Studies of Supply Chain Event Management.- Transparency in Global Supply Chain Networks Methods and Tools for Integrated Supply Chain Event Management.- Supply Chain Event Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry Status and Outlook.- Event Based Process Performance Management.- Interfaces @ Supply Chain Event Management.- Proactive Event Management in the Supply Chain of Aircraft Spare Parts.- Supply Chain Event Management: Managing Risk by Creating Visibility.- Supply Chain Risk Management: A Neural Network Approach.- Performance Management in the Value Chain.- Supply Chain Event Management in the Retail Sector Three Steps to Success.- Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Performance Measurement System for Virtual Enterprises in the Aerospace Industry.- Usage and Promotion of Employee Potentials in Modern Production Systems.- Added Value by Outsourcing of SCEM Solutions: Background and Technical Basis.- Holistic and Pragmatic Approach on Proactive Supply Chain Event Management.- Supply Chain Event Management (SCEM): A Strategic Application of Business Process Management (BPM).- Supply Chain Event Management: Innovation in Logistics Services.- SCEM-System to Support the Development of Consumer Promotion.- Dynamic Models for Simulation and Optimization of Supply Networks.- Design of an Organisational Structure to Govern the Dynamic Behaviour of Aviation-oriented Orders with Multiple Priorities.- Focused Interviews.- SCEM at Telecommunications Service Providers Useful or Superfluous?.- The Change of REFA Methods by Supply Chain Event Management Considering Globalisation.- Supply Chain Event Management by FORD of Europe.- Supply Chain Event Management in the Financial World.- A Personal Field Report.- Supply Chain EventManagement & Strategic Networking.