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FACULTAD DE CONTADURIA PÚBLICA Y ADMINISTRACIÓN

                                           INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PROGRAM

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Evidence 5

Student: Jorge Esteban Yañez Ayala

ID: 1704119

Group: 3Ai

Monterrey, N.L, july, 2, 2015

The management of the supply chain is how an organization improve the way are necessary components to manufacture their products, produce and distribute. It uses key components including production, supply, transportation and information.

production

The production is a key element in the management of the supply chain. This element focuses on the products that the market demands and the products that customers want. A company first decides what products do.

Location and transport

The location and transportation management are elements of the supply chain working together. An organization determines the best places to produce the desired products. The company focuses on the best methods for the production, storage and distribution of goods produced. This decision is based on available resources and existing customers. If a large customer is located near one of the plants of the company, the company may choose to manufacture the products that company buys the plant located nearby. Other factors included in this decision are locating suppliers. Within this element, companies decide which methods are the most convenient transportation for delivery of the goods.

Supply and inventory

The second key element of the management of the supply chain is supply. This element focuses on the skills and capacities of plant operations. The company determines the economically viable and efficient to produce quantity.

information

The last element of the supply chain is the information and how it is used. Companies using management supply chain must implement methods of recording and transmitting effective and accurate information.

You can end considering that at present one of the most sought after goals by all companies is the highest efficiency at the lowest cost, while on the one hand the standards of quality and customer service.

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