Supply Chain: It covers all the successive links from the procurement stage of goods and services to production and reaching the final consumer. When viewed from the perspective of business processes, the supply chain includes many areas such as sales process, production, inventory management, material supply, distribution, supply, sales forecasting and customer service. Supply Chain Management: It is the integrated management of the flow of materials, information and money that ensures that the right product reaches the customer, at the right time, in the right place, at the right price, at the lowest possible cost for the entire supply chain.
Effective supply chain management; It ensures the continuity of production by ensuring the supply of inputs. It ensures that changes in the market are responded to in a short time by reducing the supply period. It increases quality by meeting consumer demands in the best way. It encourages innovation by using technology. It reduces total costs. It enables the business to manage all information, material and money flows.
In supply chain management, all functions that make up the chain must be integrated. In the transportation of products from the supplier to the end user, a series of functions fulfill certain tasks in line with basic goals.
These are;
•Demand and Order Management
•Purchasing
•Planning and Inventory Management
•Warehouse Management
•Shipping
Outsourcing can be defined as businesses increasingly wanting to do work based on their capabilities that provide them with a competitive advantage, while tending to take work from other businesses that do not use their core capabilities. In order to adapt to changes, be less affected by fluctuations, and benefit quickly from current and cutting-edge technologies and knowledge, “outsourcing” is a practice that has begun to be widely used by businesses.
