Improving Supply Chain Relations and Sustainability

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMNET

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
Measures for improving supply chain relations...........................................................................3
How managers mitigate supply chain risk and reduce cost of supply chain management..........5
Describe the approaches of organisation for improving supply chain sustainability..................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10
Books and journals....................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Supply chain management is a technique of managing the flow of goods and services
which includes all processes that transform raw material into finished goods. The operations of
supply chain management focuses on whole process of production and the flow of goods or
services which includes raw material to delivering the final goods to market and customers. In
other words, supply chain management is a network of suppliers (Brandenburg and Rebs, 2015).
Unilever is a consumer goods company and is a public limited company which is operating
worldwide. The company is offering wide variety of products which includes instant coffee,
confections, energy drinks, ice cream, baby food, beauty products, personal care, pharmaceutical
and consumer healthcare products. This project report is based on the supply chain management
of an organisation and how operations of this departments are performed. The report will depict
several measures which help in improving supply chain management and how risk can be
reduced for performing functions of supply chain management.
MAIN BODY
Measures for improving supply chain relations
Supply chain management is a technique of management which helps organisation to
maximize the value of customers and helps the business to gain competitive advantage. The
activities of supply chain management involve outsourcing of resources, logistics, information
system and product development. Supply chain relationship is relationship between customers
and suppliers which helps them to easily exchange information demand data and monitoring the
visibility of status. In other words, communication of demand and direction of strategic plans
also helps in improving quality and reduced cost (Chase, Shankar and Jacobs, 2018). Some of the
measures of improving supply chain relations are listed below:
 Evaluate your suppliers- The process of supply chain management begins with the help
of suppliers so by evaluating and improving the supplier relationship will help in
enhancing performance and productivity of the organisation. By identifying suppliers, it
will help in communicating and interacting through which valuable information regarding
supply and demand can be identified and it will ensure reliability. This will also help
maximizing the speed off the supply chain cycle. In context of Unilever, it can be seen