供应链设计与管理(第三版)期末考试重点 供应链知识理念 英文版本.docxVIP

Chapter1.Iroduction to Supply Chain Management【supply chain】The system of suppliers, manufacturers, transportation, distributors, and vendors that exists to transform raw materials to final products and supply those products to customers.【supply chain management】SCM is a business network covering from buying, making, moving, warehousing to selling.【What makes supply chain management difficult?】Supply chain strategies cannot be determined in isolation. They are directly affected by another chain that most organizations have, the development chain.It is challenging to design and operate a supply