A supply chain involves four distinct yet interrelated flows.
These flows include material, information, ownership, and payment flows.
Supply chain management is not just streamlining the material flow. Successful supply chain management requires
planning, managing and controlling these four flows through the integration of key processes, from original suppliers through manufacturers, retailers to the end-users, which produce values to the ultimate consumers
(Christopher, 1998; Lambert et al.,1998; Bowersox et al., 2003).
Supply chain management emphasizes close coordination among the various companies involved in the chain.
It requires supply chain members