Supply chain management 302 INDEX

Supply chains are a hot management topic. Eyes are opening to a more global view of end-to-end material, information, and financial flows. As this introduction is written, two achievements exemplify the trend. Dell Computer has topped the Standard Poor s 500 index for its 88,918% value gain in the decade of the 1990s. Forbes magazine has crowned UPS as the 1999 "company of the year" for its exploding role in e-commerce. Each distinction is a variant on the supply chain theme. 

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