supply chain

supply chain 

definition： supply chain is the movement of materials as they flow from their source to the end customer. Supply Chain includes purchasing, manufacturing, warehousing, transportation, customer service, demand planning , supply planning and Supply Chain management.  It is made up of the people, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product from its supplier to customer.

Supply chain for Dried Mangoes

The farmer may sell directly to an exporter or even the 

consumer (especially for small local markets); however the most common route is through a 

contract buyer. From the buyer the product passes through either a wholesaler-retailer, or 

wholesalers, who then send the product to a retailer or to an exporter. 

One complication is the introduction of processing (dried mango, mango juice, mango pulp), 

which caters to the export or domestic market. Furthermore between the farmer and retailer 

there may be multiple layers of traders as described in BAS (2002). The categories are:

• Assembler: focuses on procurement from farmers or other traders; typically sells to one 

(primary) buyer. Can be distinguished by geographic level of sources: barangay, 

municipal, provincial, regional, interregional. 

• Distributor: focuses on selling to multiple buyers. Can be distinguished by size, i.e. small, 

medium, and large distributor. 

• Assembler-distributor: equal attention to procurement and sales. Can distinguish both by 

level of procurement operation, and size.