1 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY and CATTLE - BEEF SUPPLY CHAINS
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چکیده
As part of the session on “Information Technology and Changing Supply Chain Behavior,” this paper focuses on one agri-food industry and considers how the cattle-beef sector utilizes information technology to facilitate supply chain functions. The core functions of a supply chain are 1) responsiveness to consumer needs and 2) transformation of goods in form and location to deliver them efficiently to consumers. Chains differ from the traditional marketing channel in the degree to which firms cooperate with each other. Information technology assists the functioning of supply chains by enabling partners to track consumer demand at the transaction level of detail. Information technology also is used in supply chains to monitor costs of the chain partners so that functions can be performed at the most cost-effective level and revenues appropriately shared.
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