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Supply chain, logistics network, or supply network, consists of all suppliers, manufacturing facilities, distribution centers, warehouses, and customers, as well as all raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods, and all related information and resources involved in satisfying end-customer's requirements.A more specific definition: Supply chain is a business process that links suppliers, manufacturers, warehousing, logistics, retailers and the end customer in the form of a linear integrated skill and resource pool with the aggregated goal of delivering a product or service. It encompasses all activities and the flow of information both upstream and downstream the chain and is associated with the transformation of a product from raw materials through to a finished product.Traditionally, the activities involved in managing the supply chain for optimal performance were collectively known as Supply chain management. More recently, reflecting the increasing amount of collaboration between the actors involved, some industry observers now collectively refer to these activities as supply network operations.Typically in the context of an enterprise, the supply chain is considered to begin at the supplier's suppliers and to extend up the value chain to customer's customers.The supply chain is often described by the costs involved in each component: Suppliers / material costs Transportation / transportation costs Manufacturing facilities / manufacturing costs Warehouses and Distribution Centers / inventory costs Customers / revenueIt should be noted that the term "supply chain" is often used as jargon in sales and marketing literature. Its use in isolation from the issues mentioned above should be regarded with suspicion.
See also - Supply network Supply chain management distribution (business)distribution logistics marketing manufacturing trade item transport APICS
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Obvient Strategies, Inc.
Obvient Strategies, Inc. is an industry leader in packaged business intelligence. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA Obvient Strategies, Inc. has provided rapid implementations of packaged business intelligence to numerous industries such as Electric Utilities, Transportation, and Manufacturing.
http://www.obvient.com/
BESTgroup Consulting & Software
Improving operational performance - lower cost, better on-time delivery, shorter order fulfillment lead time, lower inventory
http://www.b-e-s-t-group.com/
nFocus Technologies ERP Business Solutions
nFocus Technologies Inc. offers industry specific business solutions based upon the Microsoft platform, providing a greater ROI and quicker implementation. As a leading partner recognized for providing outstanding business solution implementations and expertise, we work with our clients as a partner, offering superior quality products, backed with unparalleled support and service.
http://www.nfocustechnologies.com/
MRI Executive Solutions
Specialists in Talent Acquistion Our business is people. Meeting the needs of clients ranging from private, regional providers to globally recognized public corporations. And we have assisted top talent in career transitions from executive leadership at the C-level to VPs, Directors and Managers in a variety of functional areas.
http://www.mriexecutivesolutions.com/
Williams Supply Chain Group, Inc.
Consulting firm specializing in improving your supply chain performance. Site includes a number of papers delivered at International Conferences regarding supply chain management.
http://www.w-scg.com/
Heminge & Condell
Counselors to leading businesses, not-for-profits, and governments, world-wide
http://www.hemingeandcondell.com/
IDS Scheer Austria Business Process Excellence
The software and consulting company IDS Scheer develops Business Process Management solutions for corporations and public authorities. With its ARIS Platform for Process Excellence, the company offers an integrated and complete tool portfolio for strategy, design, implementation and controlling of business processes. Thanks to the integrated approach of ARIS Value Engineering (AVE), IDS Scheer consultants build bridges between corporate strategy, business processes, IT solutions and the controlling of running processes in their customers’ organizations. IDS Scheer was founded in 1984 by Prof. August-Wilhelm Scheer and now serves about 6,000 customers in over 70 countries through a network of its own branch offices and partners. In 2005, the company earned revenues of about 318 million Euro. About 2500 people are working for IDS Scheer worldwide. The company is listed in the TecDAX on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Germany).
http://www.ids-scheer.at/
LOGISTICS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Supply Chain-Freight Management consulting firm
http://www.logisticsds.com/
Supply Chain Council
Organization for those specializing in supply chain management.
http://www.supply-chain.org/
Manufacturing.Net
Offers comprehensive information for manufacturing professionals including news, magazine articles, association links, tradeshows, and web communities.
http://www.manufacturing.net/
SLAC Managing Contractor
Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu/
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