Basics of Supply Chain Management (St. Lucie Press/Apics Series on Resource Management)
Publisher: CRC
Published: December 28, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9781574441208
Subjects: Management of real estate, property & plant; Purchasing & supply management; Management - General; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Materials Management; Manufacturing; Entrepreneurship; Marketing - Product Management; Business & Economics / Purchasing & Buying; Business logistics
First sentence: The APICS dictionary defines the term supply chain as either the "processes from the initial raw materials to the ultimate consumption of the finished product linking across supplier-user companies," or as the "functions within and outside a company that enable the value chain to make products and provide services to the customer."