Glossary
- Supply chain network:
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A set of interconnected organizations that produce value
- Supply chain integration:
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Cooperation between members of a supply chain network
Definition
A supply chain network can be defined as a set of interconnected organizations whose different processes and activities produce value (following Slack and Lewis 2011, p. 144), which is closely related to the definition of supply chain (management) by Christopher (2011) defined as the management of “a network of connected and interdependent organisations mutually and cooperatively working together to control, manage and improve the flow of goods and materials and information from suppliers to end users” (p. 19). In other words, it is the network of organizations that are involved, through upstream and downstream linkages, in the different processes and activities that produce value in the form of...
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Handfield RB, Nichols EL (1999) Introduction to supply chain management. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River (basic text)
Hsuan J, Skjott-Larsen T, Kinra A, Kotzab H (2015) Managing the global supply chain, 4th edn. Copenhagen Business School Press, Copenhagen (advanced text)
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van Donk, D.P. (2018). Supply Chain Networks. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7131-2_278
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