Supply chain

A __supply chain__ is a system of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in supplying a product or service to a consumer - wikipedia

# Supply chain game

We imagine using wiki, and mobile to gamify supply chain monitoring. This Supply Chain Game is an example of a Fabulous Social Machine

# Overview

Supply chain activities involve the transformation of natural resources, raw materials, and components into a finished product that is delivered to the end customer.

Supply chain. System for moving a product or service from where it is produced to where it is consumed - wikimedia

In sophisticated supply chain systems, used products may re-enter the supply chain at any point where residual value is recyclable. Supply chains link value chains.

A chain is actually a complex and dynamic supply and demand network - wikimedia

# Topics A typical supply chain begins with the ecological, biological, and political Regulation of Natural Resources, followed by the human Extraction of raw material, and includes several Production links (e.g., Component construction, [Assembly]], and Merging) before moving on to several layers of Storage facilities of ever-decreasing size and increasingly remote geographical locations, and finally reaching the Consumer - wikipedia

Many of the exchanges encountered in the supply chain are therefore between different companies that seek to maximize their revenue within their sphere of interest but may have little or no knowledge or interest in the remaining players in the supply chain. More recently, the loosely coupled, self-organizing network of businesses that cooperates to provide product and service offerings has been called the ''extended enterprise''.

As part of their efforts to demonstrate ethical practices, many large companies and global brands are integrating codes of conduct and guidelines into their Organizational culture and management systems. Through these, corporations are making demands on their Vendor (supply chain) (facilities, farms, subcontracted services such as cleaning, canteen, security etc.) and verifying, through social audits, that they are complying with the Requirement.

Replica of East Indiaman of the Dutch United East India Company (VOC). In terms of production and trade of spices and wine, the VOC was an early pioneering model of the global supply chain at the dawn of modern capitalism, particularly in the 17th and 18th centuries - wikimedia

A lack of transparency in the supply chain is known as Mystification, which bars consumers from the knowledge of where their purchases originated and can enable socially irresponsible practices.

Supply-chain managers are under constant scrutiny to secure the best pricing for their resources, which becomes a difficult task when faced with the inherent lack of transparency. Cost benchmarking is one effective method for identifying competitive pricing within the industry. This gives Negotiation a solid basis to form their strategy on and drive overall spend down.

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