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Unit 2: Supply Chain Management
Description of unit
The aim of this unit is to provide an understanding of the strategies, systems, policies, procedures and techniques involved with managing the supply chain. The unit will help learners to understand the evolution of supply chain management and the strategies organisations develop to maintain effective supplier relationships. The unit gives learners the opportunity to evaluate its increasing contribution to business objectives. The unit also considers how e-supply chain business solutions help to integrate the supply chain for competitive advantage.
Summary of learning outcomes
To achieve this unit a learner must:
1 Explain the evolution of supply chain management and its growing contribution to business objectives
2 Explore strategies used by organisations to develop and maintain effective supplier relationships
3 Investigate how web-based applications contribute to the full integration of the supply chain
4 Investigate the effectiveness of systems, policies and processes for web-based.
