Logistics management stage

In the early view, supply chain is a process of transferring the purchased raw materials and parts to users through production conversion and sales activities. Therefore, supply chain is only regarded as a logistics process within an enterprise. It mainly involves the coordination of the functions of material purchasing, inventory, production and distribution departments. The ultimate purpose is to optimize the internal business process, reduce the logistics cost and improve the operation efficiency.

Value added stage

In the 1990s, people's understanding of supply chain has undergone new changes: first, due to the change of demand environment, the status of the end-users and consumers who were excluded from the supply chain has been attached unprecedented importance, and has been included in the scope of supply chain. In this way, the supply chain is no longer just a production chain, but a value-added chain covering the whole product movement process.

Network chain stage

With the development of information technology and the increase of industrial uncertainty, the relationship between enterprises is showing an increasingly obvious trend of network. At the same time, people's understanding of supply chain is also changing from linear single chain to non-linear network chain. The concept of supply chain pays more attention to the network chain relationship around the core enterprise, that is, all forward relationship between core enterprise and suppliers, suppliers' suppliers, and users, users' users and everything backward. The concept of supply chain has been different from the traditional sales chain. It has crossed the boundaries of enterprises. Starting from the new thinking of expanding enterprises, and considering the competitiveness of product management from the overall and overall perspective, the concept of supply chain has risen from an operational tool to a management method system, a thinking and mode of operation and management.

present situation

As early as 2001, Fortune magazine, the world authority, has listed supply chain management as one of the four most important strategic resources in this century. Supply chain management is an indispensable means for the world's top 500 enterprises to maintain strong competition. Whether it is manufacturing industry, commodity distribution or circulation industry, whether you are engaged in or starting a business, mastering supply chain management will help you or your enterprise Control the commanding heights of your field.