33:799:301- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 22 pages long!)

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Supply Chain Management
• Course: 33:799:301
• Professor: B Mclaury

Document Summary

What is a supply chain: any organization offering a product or a service has a supply chain, products and services are created from materials, equipment, labor, time, money, and other resources. Producing and delivering products and services requires suppliers, manufacturers, and customers; all of which make up a supply chain: a supply chain can be very simple or very complex, supply chains exist in organizations that are: Large or small (i. e. , a multinational corporation or a mom & pop shop on the local corner) Public or private (i. e. , a publically traded company or a privately held company) For-profit or not-for-profit (i. e. , a commercial business or a government or charitable institution: a supply chain consists of the flow of materials and products from: Raw material suppliers, intermediate suppliers, and finished material suppliers . to. Wholesalers, distributors, retailers and/or consumers: nodes or links in the supply chain are connected by. From the biggest company in the world to running your household.