Critically evaluate the development of Supply Chain Management over the last 30 years from its roots in physical distribution into a strategic boardroom level business issue.

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 1, Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh (School of Management and Languages), language: English, abstract: When logistics is debated in general public, people mostly consider trucks, truck-drivers and noise. These aspects certainly belong to the broad business area related to logistics and nowadays Suppl...