Abstract
The supply chain is the processes from raw material to the ultimate consumption of the finished product linking across supplier-user companies. Production and inventory management must be synchronized from end to end across the entire supply chain. This synchronization will require engineered and controlled flow of information. The product will flow from raw material to the end use customer, but the information will flow from customer back to raw material. Examples of reverse information flow are inventory relief and customer demand.
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Toomey, J.W. (2000). Supply Chain Management. In: Inventory Management. Materials Management / Logistics Series, vol 12. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4363-3_13
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