Parts of the Supply Chain
Transportation
Jobs in the Warehouse
Supply Chain "P"s
Inventory
100
Mines and farms that produce materials needed to make a product
What are Raw Material Providers?
100
Uses roads to transport goods
What are trucks?
100
Getting and inspecting a shipment of goods.
What is recycling?
100
Used to transport gas and oil through pipes
What is a pipeline?
100
The need for a particular product
What is demand?
200
Factories that convert raw materials into manufactured products
What are Production Facilities? (What are Manufacturing Facilities?)
200
Using jets to transport goods
What is air?
200
Putting products in the proper location in the warehouse/distribution center
What is stocking?
200
The part of order processing that requires picking items from different areas to get ready for shipping
What is picking?
200
All the materials currently being worked on
What is Work-In-Process Inventory?
300
Places where materials are stored or ready to be shipped
What are Warehouses/Distribution Centers?
300
Using trains to transport goods
What is Rail?
300
The part of order processing that requires picking items from different areas to get ready for shipping
What is picking?
300
Factories that convert raw materials into manufactured products
What are Production Facilities?
300
Materials ready to be used to make a product
What are Raw Materials Inventory?
400
Trucks, Jets, Trains, and Ships that carry products
What is Transportation?
400
Using ships to transport goods
What is water?
400
Includes carrier selection, palletization, wrapping, marking and labeling
What is shipping?
400
The part of order processing that prepares for items to be protected when shipped.
What is packaging?
400
Finished products ready for storage or shipment
What are Finished Goods Inventory?
500
The force driving a product through the supply chain
What is a Customer?
500
Used to transport gas and oil through pipes
What is a pipeline?
500
The key function of the shipping department
What is loading?
500
An item that is manufactured or refined for sale
What are products?
500
Products that are in the process of being transported from a supplier to a customer.
What is In-transit Inventory?
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