Researching Supply Chains

Start with an answer to the basic question: What is a Supply Chain?

Here's a generic diagram illustrating the use of RFID technology In the Supply Chain.

Flow charts and diagrams for the production process or the supply chain in individual industries are sometimes available e.g.

• 4 Things You Didn’t Know About the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
• Bio-Pharmaceutical Supply Chain
• Book Publishing Supply Chain
• Cement Industry Supply Chain
• Chocolate Bar Supply Chain (higher resolution version inside the Activity Guide from the The Right Move - Geography of Logistics & Supply Chains)
• Coffee Supply Chain and Ten Steps from Seed to Cup
• Ethanol Production Process
• Fertilizer Production Chain
• Fuel Supply Chain
• General Supply Chain Flow for Tomatoes
• Peanuts Supply Chain
• Pharma Supply Chains 2.0
• From Dr. Jane Macfarlane:
  • Process Steps for Bedsheet
  • Process Steps for Men’s Cotton Slacks
  • Process Steps for Men’s Nylon Supplex Parka
• Production of Cement by the Dry Process
• Sake Production Process Chart
• Steel Tube Production Process
• Sugar Production Process
• Supply Chain of Jeans
• Tea Trade Flow (world map plus sector overview with supply chain info)
• Total Food Supply Chain