A supply chain where end-user demand will drive allactivities among trading partners.

Advantages

The advantages with respect a traditional supply chain are: to distinguish between actions that provide customers with real value, and actions which just add costs; to facilitate and possibly maximizes collaboration with suppliers; to reduce throughtout time, touch points and decision points; to increase machine and transport effectiveness; to provide quick and easy access to inventory for sales and service; to reduces excess inventory, stock-outs, shrinkage, and order delays, as well as to automate inventory data transfers between stores and warehouses; to reduces purchase order and other errors; to accelerates time to market.

Supply chain management | Production and manufacturing | Management | Distribution, retailing, and wholesaling