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Supply Chain Management is managing the flow of goods and information along the supply chain, from procurement at source to delivery and service to the end customer.
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University of Ulster Coleraine Faculty of Business & Management. Supply Chain Management (BMG514C2) Aislinn Newcombe Co-ordinator: Dr Patrick Ibbotson Submission: 31st March 2004 Words: 3,500 Introduction Supply Chain Management is: "... managing the flow of goods and information along the supply chain, from procurement at source to delivery and service to the end customer. ' Supply chain management is understood to be a distinct business management approach or philosophy. There are many definitions of what a supply chain is and what it involves. Cooper and Ellram (1993) describe it as an integrative philosophy to manage the total flow from the supplier to the ultimate user. However it has been recognised that supply chain management does not deal with the chain in its entirety. Christopher (1998) regards supply chain management as the management of upstream and downstream relationships with the suppliers and customers to deliver superior customer value at less cost to the supply chain as a whole. Cox (1999) has recognised that the currently...
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