Integrating supply chain processes helps each member of that supply chain to reduce inventory costs.
Suppliers can share up-to-date information on demand to route their products to warehouses for onward shipment to stores with minimum time in inventory.
This reduces costs significantly, enabling customers to be offered highly competitive pricing.
To achieve this level of integration, companies develop single information networks that enable all members to access and share supply and demand data securely.
An example of integrating Supply Chains can be seen in the following short video: