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What Do Logisticians Do?

Supply Chain Management and Logistics

You probably don’t know it, but the supply chain and logistics sector plays an important role in your everyday life. Everything in your home that has been manufactured and delivered to your house or to grocery stores, Big Box retailers, or other locations arrived on time and in the right amounts because of the work of supply chain and logistics professionals. A well-performing supply chain is essential to manufacturers because factories could not function without the timely delivery of raw materials , machine parts, and other components. Even your school would stop operating effectively if the supply chain failed and new books, cleaning supplies, sports equipment, office supplies, and school lunches were not delivered on time. The supply chain is the system that exists between companies and their suppliers. The supply chain results in products that are manufactured, packaged, distributed, transported to warehouses,

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