Role of Information Technology in Optimization of Supply Chain Management

In today's global era, with specific reference to take the competitive advantage. It is therefore necessary to have your supply chain management (SCM) optimized. It is management of flow of information as well as the material from the point of origin to the point of consumption. So information flow is also vital part of the SCM.It is necessary to have integrated information system as well as the utilization of the various information technology tools in order to have the optimization in the SCM.Traditional tools are not leading to the cost as well as time minimization. So this research paper specifically focus on the role of the IT in the optimization of SCM.