This is another in the ‘in Ninety Minutes’ series, which offers the reader a comprehensive but easily read and easily digestible text, covering a specific topic in an hour and a half of study. Supply Chain is the process which integrates, coordinates and controls the movement of goods, materials and information from a supplier to a customer to the final consumer. The essential point with a supply chain is that it links all the activities - buying/sourcing, making, moving and selling - between suppliers and customers to the consumer in a timely manner. This easy-to-follow book is specifically written for anyone involved in the business of logistics, as user, operator or student. It covers the following essential areas: The role of warehousing and its strategic aspects; Stock analysis and inventory management; Stock control; Equipment and information/communications technology; Regulations and legislation, risk assessment and accidents; Productivity, cost and service; Outsourcing, developments and trends; People management, culture and team work