Supply Chain Homework
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Review the places and processes of the supply chain below. Then describe the supply chain
process for your final project company.
Here is the Supply Chain process from the PPT slides:
Source
Manufacturing
or sourcing
• Manufacturing
or sourcing
materials
needed to
create the final
product
Factory
Assembling
• Assembling
parts and
testing the
product
Warehouse
Transportation
Packaging
Transporting
and delivering
• Packaging the
product for
shipment (or
holding in
inventory until
a later date)
• Transporting
and delivering
the finished
product to the
distributor,
retailer, or
consumer
Retail Site and
Customer
Sale and
Customer
• Seliing and
Providing
customer
service support
for returned
items
Choose a product, products, or service from your company. Identify what happens at each step of
the Supply Chain for the chosen product, products, or service.
Writing 1-2 sentences for each step of the process, describe what happens in the creation and
delivery of your product. There are six steps so your answer should be six sentences at least.
Please write more if you think it’s needed.
1. Manufacturing or sourcing
2. Assembling
3. Packaging
Supply Chain Homework
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4. Transporting and delivering
5. Sale and Customer