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In a highly competitive business world, it has become widely recognised that supply chains play a pivotal role in shaping competitive performance. A typical supply chain is an arrangement of component and materials’ providers, production plants, distribution facilities, retailers and consumers connected by the downstream flow of materials and credit and the upstream flow of information and money.
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Lyons, A.C., Mondragon, A.E.C., Piller, F., Poler, R. (2012). The Development of Supply Chain Strategy. In: Customer-Driven Supply Chains. Decision Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-876-0_1
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