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Basic of supply chain management
upply Chain Management (SCM) was once a dream, a concept more than a reality, since there were many necessary components of supply chain management that could not be fully achieved. A key barrier to full supply chain management was the cost of communicating with and coordinating among the many independent suppliers in each supply chain. An entire supply chain stretches from the creation of raw materials to the delivery of the finished consumer goods. Because firms are involved in many, many supply chains, active supply chain management is practical only for items essential to the firm’s market success. Managers are increasingly interested in actively managing their supply chains because of three environmental changes. First, technology has been developed to simplify communication between members of the supply chain.
Second, new management paradigms have developed that are being widely shared among supply chain members so that it is simpler for these managers to coordinate their efforts. Third, the development of a highly trained workforce allows employees at each stage of the supply chain to assume responsibility and the authority necessary to quickly make decisions and take actions required to coordinate the supply chain.
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A model of supply chain and supply chain decision-making complexity | Vol. 41 Iss 1 pp. 63-82 | en |
Strategic supply chain management | en | |
Global supply chain management and international logistics | en |