The supply chain in the takeaway restaurant industry is an end-to-end supply chain. An end-to-end supply chain includes all organizations involved in the upstream and downstream flow of products, services, capital and information from the end supplier to the end consumer.
Based on the complexity of the supply chain can be divided into direct supply chain, extended supply chain and terminal supply chain. A direct supply chain consists of a company, its suppliers and its customers in the upstream and downstream flows of products, services, money and information.
The extended supply chain includes direct suppliers and customers of direct customers, and these members are involved in the upstream and downstream flows of products, services, money and information.
Extended Information
The supply chain generally includes four processes: material flow, business flow, information flow, and capital flow. The four processes have their own different functions as well as different circulation directions.
1, material circulation
This process is mainly the circulation of materials (goods), which is a program to send goods. The direction of this process is directed from the supplier to the consumer via the manufacturer, wholesale and logistics, and retailer. The material process has been widely emphasized because business theories have long been centered on physical products. Many logistics theories deal with how to get goods out of the material flow process in a short period of time and at a low cost.
2, commercial circulation
This process is mainly the circulation process of buying and selling, which is the commercial process of accepting orders, signing contracts and so on. The direction of the process is in the two-way flow between suppliers and consumers. The form of commercial circulation tends to diversify: both the traditional store sales, door-to-door sales, mail order, and through the Internet and other emerging media for shopping in the form of e-commerce.
3, the flow of information
This process is the flow of goods and transaction information. The direction of the process is also in the two-way flow between suppliers and consumers. In the past, people tend to focus on seeing the physical, and thus the flow of information has been neglected. Some people even think that the country's logistics backwardness and they put too much money into the material process and delay the grasp of information is not unrelated.
4, the circulation of funds
This process is the circulation of money, in order to protect the normal operation of the enterprise, must ensure that the timely recovery of funds, otherwise the enterprise will not be able to establish a sound business system. The direction of the process is by consumers through retailers, wholesale and logistics, manufacturers, etc. point to the supplier.