Managing Inventory

AT&T uses a SCM (Supply Chain Management) system. Supply Chain Management spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption. When AT&T uses their Supply Chain Management, the company uses real-time wireless data. With this, inventory can be evaluated and orders can be place immediately so they can be delivered to retail outlets in a shorter period of time; cutting costs and increasing revenue.


AT&T is technologically advanced, having mobile access to MRO/Inventory Management. They keep production on track with real-time access to inventory of maintenance, repair, and operations supplies; and reorder them automatically by triggering reorders from a wireless device or telemetry sensor. Using Mobile Inventory/RFID Solutions increases supply chain visibility by deploying wireless devices with bar code scanning and RFID for material handling in distribution warehouses, high-value asset tracking, moving inventory, cycle counting, shipping and receiving, and direct store delivery programs.




They also use an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system, which provides access to job, inventory, and scheduling information, with predefined alerts for quality and delivery issues.

AT&T is able to save time and money by minimizing the need to track
order status and inventory manually.

In addition to the supply chain management example mentioned above, a supply chain is the stream of processes of moving goods from the customer order through the raw materials stage, supply, production, and distribution of products to the customer. All organizations have supply chains of varying degrees, depending upon the size of the organization and the type of product manufactured. These networks obtain supplies and components, change these materials into finished products and then distribute them to the customer.