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supply chains

supply chains is the plural of supply chain.

Meaning of supply chain

Noun

supply chain (plural supply chains)

  1. A system of organizations, people, technology, activities, information and resources involved in moving a product or service from the supplier to the customer.
    • [during the British expedition to Tibet] ... the expedition under General Macdonald became dominant. The difficulties of penetrating a hostile and barren country in the dead of winter, of keeping a supply chain with India unbroken, and of fighting for the capture of fortified passes ...1905 January 5, “The Year at Home and Abroad”, in The Independent, volume 58, number 2927, page 7

Questions about supply chains

What is supply chains the plural of?
Supply chains is the plural of supply chain.

Words near supply chains in the dictionary

  1. supply chain
  2. supply chain attack
  3. supply chain attacks
  4. supply chain visibilities
  5. supply chain visibility
  6. supply chains
  7. supply curve
  8. supply curves
  9. supply depot
  10. supply depots
  11. supply line

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