Essentials of Supply Chain Management
Chapter One
Key Concepts of
Supply Chain management
After reading this chapter you will be able to
Appreciate what a supply chain is and what it does
Understand where your company fits in the supply chains it
participates in and the role it plays in those supply chains
Discuss ways to align your supply chain with your business
strategy
Start an intelligent conversation about the supply chain
management issues in your company
This book is organized to give you a solid grounding in the "nuts
and bolts" of supply chain management. The book explains the
essential concepts and practices and then shows examples of how
to put them to use. When you finish you will have a solid foundation in
supply chain management to work from.
The first three chapters give you a working understanding of the
key principles and business operations that drive any supply chain. The
next three chapters present the techniques, technologies, and metrics to
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