supply chain

system of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in moving a product or service from the point where it is manufactured to where it is consumed
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supply chain

Summary

supply chain ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,823 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • supply chain is a type of supply network[2].
  • supply chain is part of business logistics[3].
  • supply chain is part of economic production[4].
  • supply chain is part of industrial sector[5].
  • supply chain is part of product distribution[6].
  • supply chain is part of transportation, logistics and supply chains[7].
  • supply chain's Commons category is recorded as Supply chains[8].
  • supply chain's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Supply chains[9].
  • supply chain's facet of is recorded as globalization[10].

Body

Definition and Type

supply chain is a type of supply network[2].

Use and Application

Part of include business logistics[3]; economic production[4], a type of process[11]; industrial sector[5], an economic sector[12]; product distribution[6], a planning[13]; and transportation, logistics and supply chains[7].

Why It Matters

supply chain ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,823 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of business logistics, economic production, industrial sector +2
    Facet of globalization
    Aliases
    Subclass of supply network
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 19415, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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