A Study on the Innovation of Supply Chain Operation Model Based on Cloud Computing

In order to optimize the operation efficiency of supply chain and help multiple players coordinate for jointly utilizing individual resources, better dealing with service process and more quickly answering the customer's demand, a cloud comp uting perspective model of supply chain operation model, the intension and characteristics of cloud computing was introduced, and the necessity of applying cloud computing in the supply chain environment was pointed out. A new supply chain management (SCM) model based on cloud computing was put forward, whose structure in the aspects of both business and technology was elaborated subsequently. A five-step method was proposed for companies to consider cloud computing strategy in their supply chain management.