set of processes used to effectively and efficiently integrate suppliers, manufacturers, distribution centers, distributions, and retaillers
Supply Chain Management
it also includes coordination and collaboration with channel partners, which can be suppliers, customers
Supply Chain according to Supply Chain Management Professionals
Provides combination of Product, service or solution to end customer
Common Definition of SCM
Designing, planning, executing, or measuring activities related to:
- Sourcing
- Procurement
- Manufacturing
- Integrated Operations Planning
SCM and Logistics
Use product in additional process or product
Customer
Residential homes that consume food and use appliances
Consumers
Supply chain Value Adds
Supply Chain Application
Involving suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers for consumer products
Product
Supply Chain Applications:
For items that are being heavily promoted such as end-aisle tasting displays in wholesale clubs.
Promotional
Supply Chain Applications:
Moves bulk products such as grains, metals, and chemicals. In many cases, these materials are relatively low value
Bulk material
Supply Chain Applications:
Applies supply chain principles to talent management, where individual talent represents that products that are moved through the supply chain with the value-added process being training and education.
Talent
Supply chain Applications:
Addresses the increasing volume of product that is sold online from manufacturers or distributors directly consumers.
Business to consumer (B2C)
Supply chain Applications:
Handles product returns for recycling of products, components, reprocessing, and packaging.
Recycling
Supply chain Applications:
Provides facility resources for information-based supply chains, such as servers farms for cloud or social media applications.
Resource
Supply chain Applications:
Provides and sequences the equipment and the building suppliers for construction
Construction
Supply chain Applications:
Recovers material that has reached its useful life in the field.
Recovery
Supply chain Applications:
Provides post-event support for disaster recovery, This includes bringing in equipment for recovery, food and medical care items, and commodities to support reconstruction.
Humanitarian
Supply chain Applications:
Sources and delivers from multiple regions around the world
Global
Supply chain Applications:
Facilitates the handling and delivery of heavy equipment, such as agricultural, construction, or military equipment
Durables
Supply chain Applications:
Moves agricultural product from the farm to the commodity elevator or processing plant.
Agricultural Commodity
Supply chain Applications:
Rapidly introduces new product to the market, this is typically a responsive supply chain that is defined to bring new product variation to market or to have souvenirs such as for movies, athletics events
Innovative
Supply chain Applications:
Specialized requirements include the ability to provide chains for range of products
Military
Supply chain Applications:
Supports the very precise demands for completing.
Clinical trials
Assessment of demand and strategic design to achieve maximum responsiveness to customer requirements
Demand Planning Responsiveness