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supply chain
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supply chain
n
(Business / Marketing) Marketing a channel of distribution beginning with the supplier of materials or components, extending through a manufacturing process to the distributor and retailer, and ultimately to the consumer
The linked activities associated with providing materiel from a raw materiel stage to an end user as a finished product. See also supply; supply chain management.
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