Introduction To Supply Chain Management Evolution of Supply Chain Management The evolution of supply chain management has been characterized by an increasing degree of integration of separate tasks, a trend that was underlined in the 1960s as a key area for future productivity improvements since the system was highly fragmented. This process moved further in the 1990s as globalization incited a functional integration and the emergence of logistics in a true sense, all the elements of the supply chain became part of a single management perspective. Definition of Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Can be defined as "Supply chain management is the handling of the entire production flow of a good or service — starting from the raw components all the way to delivering the final product to the consumer. A company creates a network of suppliers that move the product along from the suppliers of raw materials to those organizations that deal directly with users." Objective of
