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Supply Chain Management

SCM – some definitions

• Supply chain management (SCM) The coordination  of all supply activities of an organization from its  suppliers and partners to its customers
• Upstream supply chain Transactions between an  organization and its suppliers and intermediaries,  equivalent to buy-side e-commerce
• Downstream supply chain Transactions between an  organization and its customers and intermediaries,  equivalent to sell-side e-commerce.
• Supply network
• Involving multiple organizations
• More than one chain to manage

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