Example network configurations
Supply Chain Network is a term describing the collection of nodes that a business establishes, maintains, and utilizes through which goods, services, information, and financial instruments flow for the purposes of operating a business.
Nodes include:
- Suppliers and vendors (feedstocks, raw material, sub-assemblies, direct, and indirect material suppliers)
- Service providers (external warehouses, toll manufacturers, distribution centers, stores, call centers)
- Physical locations (internal warehouses, factories, distribution centers, stores, call centers)
- Customers (distributors, e-commerce, retailers, consumers)
Supply Chain Network 0 0 Supply Chain, Network, Definition, Standard, Nodes, Locations, Plants, Warehouses, Customers, Suppliers The collection of suppliers, partners, physical locations, and customers through which goods, services, information, and/or money flows for the purpose of operating a business