Question - what do you think of when you say “supply chain”? What defines it?

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It's everything that goes into getting items from one point to another (e.g. farm to table, supplier to consumer) - planning (sales and inventory), making (manufacturing), buying (procurement, order management), moving (warehouse management, transportation management)

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I think plan source make deliver basically

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Supply Chain is the management of key stakeholders , partners, and systems designed to move goods or provide services from supplier to end consumers

Basically all the shit needed to make sure a supplier can sell shit to customers

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Old school thought generally thinks about procurement or logistics. I would say everything needed to sell something to a customer with its digital twin needed for step change improvements

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