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Supply chain

A supply chain is a complex logistics system that consists of facilities that convert raw materials into finished products and distribute them to end consumers or end customers, while supply chain management focuses on the optimization of the flow of goods within the supply chain's distribution channels to ensure efficiency.

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Overview

Typologies

Modeling and mapping

Management

Performance

Resilience

Social responsibility

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Regulation

Trends affecting supply chains

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Supply chain

Nodes113
Edges112
Triples118
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017699
Components1

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Supply chain

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related to Food supply chains · 17
Supply chain → An, Arising, Commission, Communication, December, Europe, European, European Commission, European Food Prices Monitoring, Eurostat, In October, Many, Over, Rather, The, This, Tool
related to Management · 13
Supply chain → Alizamir, Booz Allen Hamilton, Burns, Financial Times, If, In, Keith Oliver, Original, SCM, Sivazlian, The, This, Yet
related to Resilience · 13
Supply chain → Adaptation, African, British Industry, Earth, European, Finally, For, More, Persistence, Suez Canal, Supply, The United Kingdom's Confederation, This
related to Performance · 11
Supply chain → Cost, Debra Hofman, Demand, Hofman, However, Most, One, Performance, Supply, The, The SCOR
related to Modeling and mapping · 10
Supply chain → Additionally, APICS, It, SCM, SCOR, Supply Chain Council, Supply-Chain Operations Reference, The, The SCOR, There
related to Social responsibility · 10
Supply chain → Finally, Handfield, Hoi, In, Incidents, Lin, Savar, They, This, Wieland
related to Regulation · 9
Supply chain → As, Certified Cargo Screening Program, EU's, Importer Security Filing, In, ISF, Supply, These, United States
related to Typologies · 9
Supply chain → Berry, Fisher, Godsell, Harrison, Marshall, Mentzer, Naim, Naylor, Which
related to Trends affecting supply chains · 8
Supply chain → Broadly, Deloitte, However, In, Product, Some, The, With
related to overview · 6
Supply chain → Alan Harrison, At, In, Janet Godsell, Mentzer, The

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supply chain suppliers product chains management customer also production distribution within products logistics companies demand performance manufacturing process global organizations

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Supply chainis acomplex logistics system that consists of facilities that convert raw materials into finished products and distribute them to end consumers or end customers0.90text
cleaninginstance ofsubcontracted services0.80text
canteeninstance ofsubcontracted services0.80text
security etcinstance ofsubcontracted services0.80text
dresses on clothes racks rather than in folded forminstance ofare used to transport fragile items0.80text
Supply chainrelated to Clothing productsThe0.60section
Supply chainrelated to Clothing productsStarting0.60section
Supply chainrelated to Clothing productsThen0.60section
Supply chainrelated to External linksLogistics Terms0.60section
Supply chainrelated to External linksGlossary0.60section
Supply chainrelated to Food supply chainsMany0.60section
Supply chainrelated to Food supply chainsThis0.60section

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