What is the SCOR Model? (Supply Chain Operations Reference)
In collaboration with 69 members consisting of manufacturers, logistics / distribution service providers and software solutions suppliers Supply Chain Council introduced Supply Chain Operations Reference-model (SCOR). Numbers of companies have pooled their real-world supply chain experiences to build a flexible framework and a common language that can help companies improve their supply chain internally and externally
The model defines common supply chain management process, matches them against “best practices. It provides companies with powerful tool in improving supply chain operations. It allows manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and retailers with a framework to evaluate the effectiveness of their supply chain operations and to target and measure specific process operations
The SCOR model was designed to enable companies to communicate, compare and learn from competitors and companies both within and outside of their industry. It not only measures supply chain performance but also effectiveness of supply chain reengineering. Further it has the ability to test and plan future process improvements.
The Supply Chain Operations Reference-model (SCOR) is a process reference model. At the core of this model is a “pyramid of four levels” that represents the path a company takes on the road to supply-chain improvement: