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---+ Supply Chains

Ganesh and Harrison [[https:// silmaril.smeal.psu.edu/misc/supply_chain_intro.html][Ram Ganeshan and Terry P. Harrison. An Introduction to Supply Chain Management. Penn State University]] define a supply chain as follows:

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A supply chain is a network of facilities and distribution options that performs the functions of procurement of materials, transformation of these materials into intermediate and finished products, and the distribution of these finished products to customers.

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[[#fig1][Figure 1]] shows the flow of materials (raw or finished) in a supply chain.

<a name="fig1"></a> *Figure 1* An example of a supply chain (adapted from [[https://www.eil.utoronto.ca/profiles/rune/node5.html][Supply Chain Management]])

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