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     This refers to all the operations needed to plan and organize the operations in the other three categories.

• PLAN

• SOURCE

• MAKE

• DELIVER

      This category includes the operations required to develop and build the products and services that a supply chain provides.

• PLAN

• SOURCE

• MAKE

• DELIVER

     Operations in this category include the activities necessary to acquire the inputs to create products or services.

• PLAN

• MAKE

• SOURCE

• DELIVER

      These operations encompass the activities that are part of receiving customer orders and delivering products to customers.

• PLAN

• SOURCE

• MAKE

• DELIVER

        It becomes the basis for companies to plan their operations and to cooperate with each other to meet market demand.

• Demand Forecasting

• Product Pricing

• Inventory Management

• Procurement

      It is determined by the number of producers of a product and by the lead times that are associated with a product.

• Supply

•  Demand

• Product Characteristics 

• Competitive Environment

    It refers to the actions of a company and its competitors.

• Supply   

• Demand

• Product Characteristics  

• Competitive Environment

      This method of forecasting assume that demand is strongly related to particular environmental or market factors.

•   Simulation    

• Causal  

• Time-series

• Qualitative

        They are based on the assumption that historical patterns of demand are a good indicator of future demand.              

•    Simulation

• Causal

• Time-series

• Qualitative

      This method can be used to answer questions such as what will happen to revenue if prices on a line of products are lowered or what will happen to market share if a competitor introduces a competing product or opens a store nearby.

• Simulation

• Causal

• Time-series

• Qualitative