Supply chain design (SCD) is a process to build supply chains. It consists of: (a) the choice of supply chain partners; (b) the identification of customer segments; (c) the location of production and distribution facilities; and (d) the identification of facility capacity and transportation means (Stadtler 2005). Stadtler (2005, 576), moreover, presents SCD as the basis for supply chain man-agement (SCM), which is “…the task of integrating al units along a supply chain and coordinat-ing materials, information and financial flows in order to fulfil (ultimate) customer demands with the aim of improving competitiveness of the supply chain as a whole”. Supply chain partners achieve competitiveness and customer service through enacting supply chain activities such as managing relationships, defining supply chain leadership and advanced planning (Stadtler 2005).