Supply chain management: An overview

1. Forces driving the rate of change

1.1. Globalization

1.1.1. Competitively intense

1.1.1.1. Geopolitical environment

1.1.1.2. Economic environment

1.1.1.2.1. Important challenges

1.2. Technology

1.2.1. Easy access to information

1.2.2. Better and faster process

1.3. Organizational consolidation

1.3.1. Vendor-Managed Inventory (VMI)

1.4. Empowered consumer

1.4.1. Better service

1.5. Government policy and regulation

1.5.1. Taxes

1.5.2. Regulations

1.5.3. Policies

1.5.4. Centifications

2. Supply chain issues

2.1. Supply chain networks

2.2. Complexity

2.3. Inventory development

2.4. Information

2.5. Cost/Value

2.6. Organizational relationships

2.7. Performance measurement

2.8. Technology

2.9. Transportación management

2.10. Supply chain security

3. Supply chain concept

3.1. 1960

3.2. Value chain concept

3.3. Physical distribución concept

3.4. Integrated logistics management concept

3.5. Integranted supply chain

3.6. Supply chain flows

3.6.1. Demand flow

3.6.2. Cash flow

3.6.3. Information flow

3.6.4. Product flow