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1. ''Internal systems and resources.''


The supply chain is the whole of the processes and resources needed to move a product or service from a supplier to a buyer.
The supply chain is the whole of the processes and resources needed to move a product or service from a supplier to a buyer.
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2. ''Suppliers.''


'Supply chain' also refers to businesses which supply another, often larger, business with components or other inputs.
'Supply chain' also refers to businesses which supply another - often larger - business with components or other inputs.




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Revision as of 12:37, 11 April 2021

1. Internal systems and resources.

The supply chain is the whole of the processes and resources needed to move a product or service from a supplier to a buyer.

The supply chain includes both:

  • Financial processes and resources; and
  • Systems, people and other non-financial resources (the physical supply chain).


2. Suppliers.

'Supply chain' also refers to businesses which supply another - often larger - business with components or other inputs.


Nissan X-Trail to be manufactured in Japan, not UK
'Nissan's Sunderland plant grew to be the largest car plant in the history of Britain.
The firm invested nearly £3.7 billion in it, and it currently employs about 7,000 people, with approximately another 35,000 in the supply chain.'
Hansard, 4 February 2019.


See also