Supply chain control

Author: Dai Yongliang, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2001-11-01
Features: "You don’t need to do everything yourself; others will do 90% of the things better than you." When a company thinks and acts this way, it needs a supply chain and must control it. And now, we are in such an era. Supply chain control is an integrated management concept and method that performs functions such as planning and controlling logistics from suppliers to the end users in the supply chain. Supply chain control is a set of methods designed to effectively integrate suppliers, suppliers of suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses and stores, users, and users of users into a system to design, produce, and distribute goods, ensuring that the correct quantity of goods is provided at the right time and in the right place while meeting service level requirements and minimizing system costs.