Supply chain management is a critical aspect of conducting any business. In this article, we provide an overview of the advancements in supply chain management. In the initial section, we present alternative definitions and key issues related to supply chain management followed by a discussion of complexities associated with managing supply chains. Subsequently, we discuss major inefficiencies of poor supply chain management. Finally, a brief summary of research activity to date and a discussion of future challenges related to supply chain management are presented. Supply chain management is a set of approaches utilized to efficiently integrate suppliers, manufacturers, warehouse and stores, so that merchandise is produced and distributed at that right quantities, to the right time, in order to minimize system wide costs while satisfying services level required. Modern day supply chains integrate the operations of a firm, its suppliers and its customers and involve all of them in the planning process for providing products and services to delight the customers. This article mainly focuses importance, problems of supply chain management and also importance for integrations of supply chain management to improve business. The organization has enormous opportunities to grow beyond the expectations. With freight cost controlling, Eco friendly supply chain solutions support the automated checking of all freight costs objectively, professionally and comparatively. Thus, an automatic check can be made to see whether the transport invoiced for has really taken place and whether the weight, capacity and tariff are correct