Study of Supply Chain Monitoring System Based on IDEF Method

摘要

Aiming at the business competition in the global market, how to real-timely monitor the dynamic trends of supply chain in the market has been a difficulty of supply chain management. By putting into several levels of monitoring process of the supply chain, we developed a method for the information system of supply chain monitoring on the basis of the IDEF model. With this method, one would expect to detect unexpected variations at an early stage and to give early-warnings for potential risks. The enterprises would have enough time to respond to unwanted situations, to take preventive decisions and to meet efficiently the market demands.