Real life examples of Supply Chain Management

For anyone who has ordered anything on Amazon, you have been a costumer to one of the leaders and innovators of supply chain management. When you order a package included in their Prime service, or two day delivery offer, a warehouse is notified, and puts your packages together within hours, and sends it off for delivery. 

This supply chain is commonly used by all online companies, but what sets Amazon apart is how they are able to to do it so quickly and at such a low cost. Thanks to the supply chain management, the company is light years away from most companies, in metrics and communication, delivery speed.

Methods that Amazon has used to obtain success include, cutting down their use of human labor as well as partnering with other companies to ensure the lowest price and the most consistent product. In many of their factories they have cut down on human labor using machines to package, as well as in some countries delivering using drones. Amazon has taken great success from utilizing their supply chain managers and increasing the speed of purchase to delivery with flawless coordination in-between.

Next time you order something on Amazon with two day delivery, you have a supply chain manager to thank for getting you your package on time!

-Kenzie Miller

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