Echelons and Nodes

Echelons and nodes are very helpful concepts to visualize an end-to-end supply chain. Let us take an automotive supply chain. It contains four levels of suppliers Tier-4, Tier-3, Tier-2 and Tier-1. The Tier-4 supplier supplies to Tier-3 and Tier-3 supplies to Tier-2 and so on until Tier-1. The Tier-1 supplier supplies to the OEM that is the car manufacturing plant. Once the cars are manufactured they are sent to Regional Distributors from where it is sent to the Dealers who manages the showrooms. To read the full transcript of this podcast, please click here. *****For more details related to Supply Chain Consulting, Certifications (CSCP, CPIM and CLTD) and Executive Development Programs, please visit www.IISCM.org. Fhyzics is an Authorized Channel Partner (ACP) of APICS, USA [Part of the ASCM Network].

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