Introduction To Supply Chain Management

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Introduction to Supply Chain Management Supply chain management is fast developing in recent years. The meaning of the supply chain starting from production, distribution and sale to the last customer, this is not an isolated act, but closely interlinked. Supply chain management is concerned with all aspects of the supply chain for effective management. It involves a holistic approach, such as procurement, operations, transportation and warehousing management application functionality. For the author’s point view supply chain management is the ability to manage the goods flow to achieve the customer’s satisfaction. The goods flow is include five steps: buy, make, store, move and sell. During this transaction the supplier and customer will share the goods, information and money. This is very important for every company to have a good supply chain system to save the optimised costs and investments and also to provide the end customer the right products at the right time, right price, in the right quantity and quality. Because that supply chain management is a “win-win” game. Question 1: NITL defines supply chain management in terms of the Four Fundamentals A. Explain the Four Fundamentals with specific reference to other definitions which have been developed. Four Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management The Four Fundamentals represents an attempt to concisely, yet comprehensively, define the essence of SCM. It is aimed primarily at a practitioner audience and aims to bring clarity and understanding to the issue. The avoidance of jargon and complex language is an element of this. It seeks to describe the main constituent elements of SCM, as well as positioning SCM in the overall corporate strategy framework. (Sweeney 2007) Fundamental 1- Supply Chain Management Objectives Stevens,G.C(1989) point out that “ The objective of managing the supply chain is
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