The activities associated with gathering and documenting the current nodes, flow of materials and high-level process capabilities - the 'supply chain network'. This typically commercial partners - such as suppliers, contractors and customers - as well as internal facilities - like plants, factories, warehouses, terminals, stores, etc, involved in the planning, sourcing, making, delivering and returning of products and services.
Typical tools to define and document a network are:
Users also report creating high-level Value Stream Maps for this purpose.
Customer Order Decoupling Point
Distribution Center
Warehouse
Hierarchy
| ID | Name | Level | x | | A2 | Align Network | 2 | A2 |
| A202 | Define Supply Chain Network | 3 | A202 |
Workflow
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