The Internet in E-commerce: Inventory planning and order management

This article explains what order tracking and inventory management can do for any business that indulges in e-commerce. We've assumed that you've made the decisions about how many plants and warehouses you own, whether you need to stock inventory and if so, at how many locations and what distribution channels.Most of the time the job of forecasting demand and replenishing inventory to suit the demand is not accomplished in a manner that is useful. We'll tell you how to collaborate over the Internet on order management, inventory management, and demand forecasting, production scheduling and transportation. We'll describe how through collaborative planning on the Internet, consumer behavior can be communicated throughout the organization.