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predictable.Someexamplesaretrafficjams,accidents,breakdownsofamodeof
transport,delaysortroublesduetolanguageproblems.
Tounderstandlaterremarksaboutpreviouslyandcurrentlyappliedsupplychain
managementsoftware,theauthorwantstogiveabriefoverviewofthedevelopment
andthefunctionsofthetools(ContentuallybasedonKuhn,2002,p.127).
Fordecades,companiestrytoincreasetheirflexibilityandreactivitytorealise
timeadvantageswithsoftwaresystemsandatthesametimeimprovetheirquality.
Inearlystages,materialhandlingwascontrolledandthematerialdemandcouldbe
forecasted.Theinformationfeedbackwaspoorandthusthattheactualityofdata
insufficient.
Fig.1Stagesofdevelopmentofsoftwaresystems
LatersystemslikePPSincludedprogramandcapacityplanning,orderman-
agementandordermonitoring.Theproblemwastheinflexibilityindemand
changesandnoinformationofthesupplychainwaspickedupandprocessed
(Kuhn&Hellingrath,2002,p.127).CurrentElectronicResourcePlanning(ERP)
[ERPSystemsareintegratedeconomicalstandardsoftwareapplications,thatsup-
portalmostalltasksandprocesses(e.g.production,controlling,humanresources,
distribution,procurement)ofanenterprise.]systemsareabletointegrateexternal
systemsandthereforeincreasethequalityofdata.Thedisadvantageofallconven-
tionalsystemsisthestaticplanning.AdvancedPlanningSystemshavedynamic
planningfeatures;hencethiscomprisesvariousinfluencingfactorsanddynamical-
