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SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND APPLICATIONS WITH ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC IMPACT, Introduction
Pages 117-120

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... is the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the operations of a supply chain, with the goal of satisfying customer requirements as efficiently as possible. For large multinational corporations that manufacture complex products, such as automobiles, electronics, or aircraft, supply chains are highly complex systems, and the management of these systems is a large-scale problem involving many interrelated components, including facility location and network design, production planning and scheduling, inventory control, transportation and vehicle routing, information systems, and so on.
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... These papers will provide examples of some of the work being done in SCM. However, potential applications of SCM methods could also include many other areas, such as water-resource management, certain nanoenvironments, network design of electrical systems, and so on.
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Key Terms

  • chain management
  • supply chains
  • complex products
  • effective scm
  • uncertain environments

  • independently owned
  • business processes
  • inventory control
  • stochastic processes
  • interrelated components

  • manufacture complex
  • vehicle routing
  • methods developed
  • production planning
  • manufacturing industries

  • private companies
  • satisfying customer
  • chains operate
  • scm relies
  • including facility

  • network design
  • customer requirements
  • highly complex
  • relies heavily
  • facility location

  • competitive advantage
  • significant source
  • multinational corporations
  • operations research
  • highly variable


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