Supply chain

A supply chain is a network of facilities that procures raw materials, transforms them into intermediate subassemblies and final products, and then delivers the products to customers through a distribution system.

Definition

According to Managing Quality by Foster (6th edition),

Supply chain. A network of facilities that procures raw materials, transforms them into intermediate subassemblies and final products, and then delivers the products to customers through a distribution system.

According to Cost Accounting by Horngren, Datar, Rajan (14th edition),

Supply chain. Describes the flow of goods, services, and information from the initial sources of materials and services to the delivery of products to consumers, regardless of whether those activities occur in the same organization or in other organizations.

Management

General

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Quality

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