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Supply Chain Network

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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 (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