Supply Chain Management
chain management (SCM) is the oversight of products (primarily), services (sometimes) or results (least often) as they transition from producer (developer) to retailer (middle-person) to consumer (end-user). SCM has a close relationship to project management because projects frequently involve SCM.The key supply chain processes are:
- Customer service/technical support management
- Customer/end user relationship management
- Sales and operations planning management
- Distributor/retailer management
- Supplier/vendor management
- Transportation/shipping management
- Returns/recycling management
- Inventory/warehouse Management
- Labeling/packing management
- Procurement/forecasting management
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