January 2018
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
6h 41m
English
Traditionally businesses view themselves as units that exist independently from other businesses that they interact with. In fact, most businesses see their suppliers and manufacturers as competition and encourage an adversarial relationship. The supply chain in the literal sense is a network of businesses that are interconnected through upstream and downstream connections that add value in the form of products and services until they reach the customer. Downstream is a term used to describe the organizations that precede the business. Upstream is a term used to describe the organizations that supersede the business. For example, a sausage manufacturer will have organizations downstream, ...
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