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Supply chain management

In commerce, supply chain management (SCM) deals with a system of procurement (purchasing raw materials/components), operations management, logistics and marketing channels, through which raw materials can be developed into finished products and delivered to their end customers. A more narrow definition of supply chain management is the "design, planning,…

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Origin of the term and definitions

Functions

Historical developments

Components

Sustainable Supply Chain Optimization

Business-process integration

Theories

Organization and governance

Supply chain centroids

Tax-efficient supply chain management

Sustainability and social responsibility in supply chains

Circular supply chain management

Supply chain engineering

Digitizing supply chains

Roles and responsibilities

Skills and competencies

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Supply chain management

Nodes215
Edges214
Triples217
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009302
Components1

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Supply chain management

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related to Theories · 45
Supply chain management → Agency, Agile, AT, ATP, Channel, CRM, Customer, Delivery Window, Dynamic Capabilities TheoryDynamic Management, Halldorsson, Hult, InT, JIT, Just-in-time, KBV, Ketchen, Knowledge-based, Lavassani, Material, Materials
related to Organizations · 34
Supply chain management → Alliance, Another, APICS, Association, Canada, Certified Professional, Certified Supply Chain Manager, Certified Supply Chain Professional, Chartered Institute, Chartered Supply Chain Management, CISCM, Council, CPSM, CSCM, CSCMP, CSCP, IIPMR, Institute, International Institute, International Supply Chain Education
related to Creation era · 13
Supply chain management → Chinese, Ernest, Handfield, However, Introduction, Japanese, Jr, Keith Oliver, Korean, Nichols, Robert, Russian, The
related to Supply chain centroids · 13
Supply chain management → California, Canada, Canada's, Dayton, For, I-70, I-75, In, Mississippi River, Ohio, Riverside, The, US
related to Supply chain resilience · 13
Supply chain management → According, An, APICS, Chain Professional, CSCP, Earth, For, In, More, SCM, The, The APICS Certified Supply, This
related to Functions · 10
Supply chain management → According, As, Drucker, In Peter Drucker's, Less, Organizations, Supply, The, These, This
related to Sustainable Supply Chain Optimization · 9
Supply chain management → According, Alibaba, Generally, In, Major, Pareto, Since, Sustainable, The
related to Integration era · 7
Supply chain management → An, EDI, ERP, In, Internet-based, Tesco, This
related to Origin of the term and definitions · 6
Supply chain management → Booz Allen Hamilton, Financial Times, In, Keith Oliver, Mentzer, Supply
related to Skills and competencies · 6
Supply chain management → In, Massachusetts Institute, More, Supply, Technology, Tramarico

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Supply chain managementis amanagement of such a chain.Other commonly accepted definitions of supply chain management include0.90text
Supply chain managementis abusiness model that considers the effect of tax in the design and implementation of supply chain management0.90text
resilienceinstance ofResearch in supply chain management focuses on topics0.80text
sustainabilityinstance ofResearch in supply chain management focuses on topics0.80text
and risk managementinstance ofResearch in supply chain management focuses on topics0.80text
among othersinstance ofResearch in supply chain management focuses on topics0.80text
productioninstance ofsystems0.80text
storageinstance ofsystems0.80text
distributioninstance ofsystems0.80text
and material control are not linkedinstance ofsystems0.80text
are independent of each otherinstance ofsystems0.80text
the configuration of processesinstance offrom the foundation layers of establishing and managing electronic communication between trading partners to more complex requirements0.80text

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