Improve Assess Current Supply Chain Supplier Relations Set up Client Local Operations Sourcing Strategy Contract Suppliers Develop Sourcing Strategy Identify & Screen Suppliers In essence, supply-chain management integrates supply-and-demand management within and across companies. Activities in the supply chain include: ⚫ demand management (e.g., forecasting, pricing, and customer segmentation), ⚫ procurement (e.g., purchasing, supplier selection, and supplier-base rationalization), ⚫ inventory management (e.g., raw materials and finished goods), ⚫ warehousing and material handling, ⚫ production planning and control (e.g., aggregate planning, workforce scheduling, and factory operations), ⚫ packaging (i.e., industrial and consumer), ⚫transportation management, order management, ⚫ distribution network design (e.g., facility location and distribution strategy), and product-return management.

Improve Assess Current Supply Chain Supplier Relations Set up Client Local Operations Sourcing Strategy Contract Suppliers Develop Sourcing Strategy Identify & Screen Suppliers In essence, supply-chain management integrates supply-and-demand management within and across companies. Activities in the supply chain include: ⚫ demand management (e.g., forecasting, pricing, and customer segmentation), ⚫ procurement (e.g., purchasing, supplier selection, and supplier-base rationalization), ⚫ inventory management (e.g., raw materials and finished goods), ⚫ warehousing and material handling, ⚫ production planning and control (e.g., aggregate planning, workforce scheduling, and factory operations), ⚫ packaging (i.e., industrial and consumer), ⚫transportation management, order management, ⚫ distribution network design (e.g., facility location and distribution strategy), and product-return management.

Principles of Management

OER 2019th Edition

ISBN:9780998625768

Author:OpenStax

Publisher:OpenStax

Chapter16: Managerial Communication

Section: Chapter Questions

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