End-to-end distribution.(Highlight)

Supply chain management is getting the right things to the right places at the right times. Many important strategic decisions impact the supply chain: how to coordinate the production of goods and services, including which suppliers to buy materials from; how and where to store inventory and how to distribute products in the most cost-effective and timely manner.

A typical supply chain is composed of many interrelated firms and organizations. Component and subassembly suppliers are upstream from the manufacturer. Further up the chain are the supplier's suppliers, who