Validation in Supply Chain Decision Support Systems

Decision Support Systems are used currently to support various high impact decisions in industry. This study explores the subcategory of DSSs related to Supply Chain Management. More precisely we explore the problem of integrating companies’ strategic supply chain decision support systems to financial reporting systems for the purpose of validation. The study is done through literature survey, and inductive case studies. The author finds that integration is challenging because systems are typically disjoint and capture data at different levels of granularity. The author conceptualizes the present problem and proposes a generic solution framework.