Supply Chain Management

Supply Chain Management

Introduction

The supply chain management covers various activities relating to the logistics of companies, with the aim of monitoring the performance and improves efficiency of the organization. These activities are included in the systematic cataloging of products and strategic coordination of the various elements of the supply chain (John, 2001). The primary goal of supply chain management is to maximize the level of service to the end customer, the same time optimizing operating costs and capital employed. It is of substantial importance to stress that, in the projects of SCM, collaboration plays a primary role. However, in the ...