glossary

• Objective: Optimize the flow to ensure production targets are met and customer deadlines are respected
• Activities: Anticipate needs, plan launches, prioritize and reschedule in case of incident
• Key functions: Supply Chain Director, Logistics Manager, Planner, Scheduler, Logisticians 

We can talk about the supply chain in terms of:

• Upstream logistics: capturing customer needs, i.e. orders by sales representatives
• Planning: translating orders into a planning of OFs to be launched
• Workshop logistics: monitoring work in progress in the workshop
• Downstream logistics: production output and shipment

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