Define Supply Chain Network

The activities associated with gathering and documenting the current state flow of materials and high-level process capabilities - the 'supply chain network'. This typically includes suppliers, customers, factories, warehouses, distribution centers and other entities involved in the planning, sourcing, making, delivery and return of products. For each entity or node list the process capabilities and optionally identify the Customer Order Decoupling Point for each supply chain.

Example tools to document the network include:

Users have also reported using Value Stream Maps for this purpose. The key information needed at this point is the flow of materials to understand the scope of the network.

Hierarchy

ID	Name	Level	x
A1	Align Strategy	2	A1
A108	Define Supply Chain Network	3	A108

Term(s)

ID	Name	Clear	x
CODP	Customer Order Decoupling Point		CODP
SCN	Supply Chain Network		SCN

Workflow

From

Input(s)

Process

Output(s)

To

wf_process	wf_arrow
A104	Prioritized Supply Chains
A103	Supply Chain Definition

A108

wf_arrow	wf_process
Geographic Map	A202
Network Definition	A109

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