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The Supply Chain

“The integrated management of the major business functions and processes within and across internal functions and third party organisations to serve customer demand”

• Affects virtually every part of the business
• As it’s a supply chain, if there is one link that breaks the effects can snowball quickly through the company
• Supply chains have become more complex and difficult to manage with increasing globalisation making them more vulnerable
• Outsourcing to contract manufacturers has reduced many companies’ direct control and necessitated a more collaborative approach

SB Partners will analyse the needs of the potentially conflicting objectives, from sourcing, production, distribution, sales and customer service.

We believe that a supply chain should

• be demand driven (pull rather than push)
• have a dynamic and reliable network (as opposed to rigid point to point chain)
• be an integrated and strategic part of the business
• be aligned to strategy, customer and business needs
• focus on collaboration not competition
• be relationship building and managing
• show a holistic view of the total chain