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Operations In Supply Management

Running Head: OPERATIONS IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Operations in Supply Chain Management
What Process Management can do for a Company

Edward Wanalista

Operations Management ASCI 641
Mr. Michael Pickett
April 15, 2008

Operations in Supply Chain Management: What Process Management can do for a Company

In an age where global economies share markets, airlines move customers to hundreds of countries around the globe, the sales of products on Internet web pages and the demand for new or improved products make for any company wishing to learn the correlations of operations and supply chain management techniques. This is no easy task for any one management team, production team, design team or financial team. The team definition in this sense has grown to include video conferencing, product monitoring data and analysis for all members of the company to decide on and give input. This research paper will accent the numerous variables needed to understand why these two services must remain joined.
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