Consider the purchase of a can of soda at a convenience store. Describe the various stages in the supply chain and the different flows involved.
Purchasing a soda can through convenience store is the end of a supply chain delivery process. If we look at the different stages in the supply chain it includes raw material suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers, retailers and finally the consumers. Once a customer purchases the product, the product moves towards the customer whereas the information and the dollar moves towards the retailers. Here based on this information the retailer places back an order with either wholesaler or the distributor to replenish the stock. Here information moves back to the start of the supply chain and consequently the product moves downwards. The wholesaler and distributors sends the information and dollar value back to the manufacturer who produces back the product and ships it down to the supply chain process.