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Lean Basics
We will begin by defining the roles, objectives, and responsibilities of supply chain
management, first from a traditional framework, covering the basics of supply chain
management, then describing the Lean basics, exploring the conflicts between Lean
and the traditional framework.
Supply chain: e global network used to deliver products and services from raw mate-
rial to end customers through an engineered flow of information, physical distribution
and cash.
—APICS Dictionary, 12th edition
Supply chain management (SCM) is the planning and management of all activities
involved in sourcing and procurement, conversion (make), and logistics management
activities. e steps generally included in the discipline are: (1) plan, (2) source, ...