supply chain

plural supply chains

1. A system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from the supplier to the customer.

   Two months after gas and food shortages caused shudders of anxiety across the country, Britain continues to face challenges in its supply chain.

   2021 November 28, Stephen Castle, Jenny Gross, “A Wine Rack on Rails? U.K. Businesses Seek Solutions to Shortages.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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   [during the British expedition to Tibet] ... the expedition under General Macdonald became dominant. The difficulties of penetrating a hostile and barren country in the dead of winter, of keeping a supply chain with India unbroken, and of fighting for the capture of fortified passes ...

   1905 January 5, “The Year at Home and Abroad”, in The Independent, volume 58, number 2927, page 7

   In Bullough’s estimation, Moneyland is the dark twin of globalization, an unregulated system made possible by the same tissues of connectivity that have enabled global supply chains, cross-border trade and electronic cash flows.

   2019 May 28, Zachary Karabell, “How Hidden Billions Are Making the Rich Richer”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   It adds that the majority of TfL's costs are spent on its supply chain and internal labour costs. "Without a stable source of income or funding during the COVID-19 pandemic, our supply chain will not be able to gain adequate assurance that TfL will be able to fund their future commitments," the report concludes.

   2020 May 20, Andrew Roden, “Transport for London fears £3.2bn funding gap”, in Rail, page 8

   Synonyms: logistics network, supply network