A supply chain is every step from raw material to the customer's hands. Supply chain problems, a global supply chain, secure the supply chain.
It is only as strong as its weakest link, and one factory in one country stopping can empty shelves on the other side of the world. Just-in-time delivery makes a supply chain cheap and fragile at once.
1nounsupply chainEvery step from raw material to the customer's hands.
“The company checked its supply chain to make sure no cotton came from farms using child labour.”
supply chain is a chain.
Practised in Business & Money, Shipping & Logistics