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What is Business Logistics

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Frameworks and Cases on Evolutional Supply Chain
A part of the supply chain. It is a broader concept than physical distribution. Its main activity is backup and supplement. It contributes to a company's financial performance directly through increased sales and lower costs.
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Evolutional Supply Chain Management and Strategy: Pencil Supply Chain Case
Toru Higuchi (Tokyo Seitoku University, Japan)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9800-9.ch001
Abstract
At the beginning of this chapter, SCM and related concepts such as physical distribution, business logistics, and company groups are explained, and the areas of difference among them are clarified. In the middle of this chapter, the framework of a supply chain and SCM are described. Important factors about SCM and drivers changing the supply chain management and strategy are proposed. At the end of this chapter, the case of the pencil supply chain is introduced to illustrate the evolutional SCM and supply chain strategy. The pencil supply chain has a long history and has experienced dramatic changes due to product and process innovations.
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