supply chain management
End-to-end logistics
Supply chain management is the coordination of all activities involved in sourcing, producing, and delivering a product—from raw materials to the end customer.
It encompasses procurement, manufacturing, logistics, and distribution.
Effective supply chain management minimizes costs and delays while maximizing efficiency: The company overhauled its supply chain management after pandemic disruptions exposed vulnerabilities.
- forecastingEstimating future conditions
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- customs clearanceFormal import approval procedure
- downstreamAlong the current's path
- bulk shippingTransporting loose goods en masse
ethical sourcing · traceability · end to end · resource allocation · bottleneck · cold chain logistics · risk assessment · procurement · quality control · manufacturing processes · just in time · backorder · contract negotiation · shipping · supplier · flow · fulfillment · customs
supply chain managementvertical integration
Owning multiple production stages
self-sufficiency · autarky · subsistence economy · cottage industry · direct-to-consumer