SUPPLY/VALUE CHAIN

Presented by;

MR. JOHN KERWIN MACDON

What is a Supply Chain?
SUPPLY CHAIN

• Supply chain is comprises with the flow of

all information, products, materials, and
funds between different stages of creating
and selling a product to the end user.
SUPPLY CHAIN

• refers to the entire network of the

companies that work together to design,
produce, and deliver firm’s product to end
users.
Typical Supply Chain

Supplier Manufacturer Distributor Retailer Consumer

 Typical Supply Chain

Upstream Internal Downstream

Process

Supplier Manufacturer Distributor Retailer Consumer

There are three kinds of flow in supply
chain;
*Materials
*Information
*Finance
Supply Chain Management (SCM)
• SCM is the integrated planning, coordination
and control of all business processes and
activities in the supply chain to deliver superior
consumer value at least cost to the chain as a
whole, whilst satisfying requirements of other
stakeholders in a supply chain.
• Supply chain management (SCM) is the
centralized management of the flow of
goods and services and includes all
processes that transform raw materials
into final products.
Importance of SCM
• Increases competitiveness and customer
satisfaction.
• Allow firms to quickly deliver product to
the end user at a lower cost.
Supply Chain Integration
• Supply chain integration is a large-scale
business strategy that brings as many links
of the chain as possible into a closer
working relationship with each other. The
goal is to improve response time,
production time, and reduce costs and
waste
Types of Supply Chain Management
• Horizontal integration

• Vertical integration