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中国矿业大学矿业工程学院 论文翻译课程名称 供应链论文翻译姓名班级 工业13-X班学号 01X 日期 2016.5.11成绩 教师 李XIntroduction to supply chainconceptsFirms can no longer effectively competeinisolationof their suppliers and other entitiesin the supply chain. Interest in the concept ofsupply chain management has steadilyincreased since the 1980s when companiessaw the benefits of collaborative relationshipswithin and beyond their own organization. Anumber of definitions have been proposedconcerning the concept of “the supply chain”and its management. This paper defines theconcept of the supply chain and discusses theevolution of supply chain management. Theterm does not replace supplier partnerships,nor is it a description of the logistics function. Industry groups are now workingtogether to improve theintegrative processesof supply chain management and acceleratethe benefits available through successfulimplementation. The competitive importanceof linking a fir m’s supply chain strategy to itsoverall business strategy and some practicalguidelines are offered for successful supplychain management.Definition of supply chainVarious definitions of a supply chain havebeen offered in the past several years as theconcept has gained popularity. The APICSDictionary describes the supply chain as:1 .the processes from the initial raw materials to the ultimate consumption of thefinished product linking across supplieruser companies; 2 and the functions within and outside a company that enable the value chain to makeproducts and provide services to the customer (Coxet al., 1995).Another source defines supply chain as, thenetwork of entities through which materialflows. Those entities may include suppliers,carriers, manufacturing sites, distributioncenters, retailers, and customers (Lummusand Alber, 1997). The Supply Chain Council(1997) uses the definition: “The supply chain –a term increasingly used by logistics professionals – encompasses every effort involvedin producing and delivering