Supply chain management is a wider concept than logistics

Supply chain management is a wider concept than logistics 

Logistics is essentially a planning orientation and framework that seeks to create a single plan for the flow of products and information through a business. Supply chain management builds upon this framework and seeks to achieve linkage and co-ordination between the processes of other entities in the pipeline, i.e. suppliers 

The definition of suppiy chain management adopted in this book is  

The management of upstream and downstream relationships with suppliers and customers in order to deliver superior customer value at less cost to the supply chain as a whole. 

Thus the focus of suppiy chain management is upon the management of relationships in order to achieve a more profitabie outcome for aii parties in the chain. This brings with it some significant chaiienges since there may be occasions when the narrow seif-interest of one party has to be subsumed for the benefit of the chain as 

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