Create a product control PowerPoint presentation on how business functions collaborate to control the production in a supply chain and then address the following:

Introduce the audience to the role of marketing, finance, and IT in a supply chain.

Discern how the functions work together to control a supply chain production, including systems used.

Analyze a poor-performing supply chain, including how marketing and IT collaboration is causing the problem and how to improve performance.

Closing slides should summarize key points from the analysis.

Various business functions collaborate to control production, as stated in the following examples:

• Marketing helps drive demand for products, and finance helps the supply chain operation forecast production costs relating to materials and transportation.
• IT maintains various systems used by a supply chain such as the following:
  • Customer relationship management (CRM) system
  • Procurement management system (PMS)
  • Materials management system (MMS)
  • Transportation management system (TMS)
• Collaboration across the functional teams is critical to a supply chain operation