Supply Chain Management | Essay

Running Head: SUPPLY CHAIN
SUPPLY CHAIN
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Supply Chain Management........................................................................................................2
Logistics.....................................................................................................................................5
Lean Management......................................................................................................................9
References................................................................................................................................12

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Supply Chain Management
Theoretical Model of Supply Chain
Supply chain is a network of all the organisational activities which includes;
individuals. Resources and technology for creating and sale of particular product. This
involve all the activities starting from purchase of raw materials to delivery of the goods to
the end users. Supply Chain is the distribution channel of the overall manufacturing process.
During the process, the materials, finances and information flows from the manufacturer to
the retailers or wholesalers and then it reaches to the customer (Zomorrodi et al. 2019).
Supply chain process coordinates these elements among or within the company.
Current supply chain of Palm oil
Palm oil is produced in single or complex supply chain process. The process begins
with recruiting an agent then they are contracted and then the workers are transported to the
palm oil plant. Then the oil is processed in the oil manufactured plant and then the MNC’s
companies purchase this palm oil or their derivatives from these purchasing companies to
popular their brand and sells it to all over the world.

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Figure 1: (Supply Chain process of Palm Oil)
This process is linked to theoretical model of supply chain because, it also includes
the three most elements that are involved in the supply chain process. These elements are
information, finances and materials. The oil is crushed from the pal fruit and then it passes to
all the production steps. Hence, oil is the raw materials in the production process. Information
from the oil plant processing industries to the multinational companies is passed through
proper documentation and then, the MNC’s uses various brand positioning strategy to pass
the information to all over the world or to the end users (Schusterinstituteinvestigations.org.
2020). During the overall process; money or finances is transferred; starting from the
transportation of crushed oil to the oil processing companies to the distribution of the product
to the end users or the customers. Hence, the overall process of palm oil production is
involved in supply chain management process.
Key Issues within the Palm oil Supply Chain
Some of the problems are: