Supply Chain Management is the management of goods from their initial starting points to their final destinations. It consists of all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from origin to consumption.
Supply Chain Management is used by every company in every industry, from small, single proprietor businesses to the largest corporations in the world. As globalization has increased, so has competition, and thus the need for improvements of efficiencies, cost controls, warehousing techniques, shipping methods, and uses of data.
