Supply Chain,
a common definition across the globe
The Supply Chain's mission is to manage end-to-end flows, product flows, information flows, physical infrastructures and human organizations, from suppliers to the final customer.
It covers a wide range of activities, which account for ~ 60% to 80% of product costs.
In the course of our history, our members first evolved in logistics services to extend to all those of the Supply Chain. In 1982, this English term appeared to the greatest number of people thanks to a paper in the Financial Times. From then on, many people will look for a French translation of the term Supply Chain. However, this would be to reduce it to its sole dimension of supply. The definition of Supply Chain is more global, transversal and therefore extremely strategic .
There is no difference between logistics and supply chain, but rather an interweaving of the supply chain within the latter. Distribution logistics is the tip of the iceberg with its logistics platforms, warehouses and transport. Internal and external flowsgo beyond the management of raw materials and finished products to include: work-in-progress, consumables, production operators, data management, etc. With such a wide range of activities, Supply Chain Management must answer key questions for the competitiveness of companies.
Supply Chain Management is about steering, organizing, coordinating flows and people or optimizing processes: many professions at the heart of the company's business.
Their ambition is not only to reduce costs, but to arbitrate between largely conflicting objectives.
of employees, which represents 10% of employment in the market sector*.
tonne-kilometres of goods transported*(in tonnes)
ofm2 of warehouses of more than 5000m2*
of French GDP*
positions to be filled each year
for the next 5 years of which :
in operational positions (drivers, warehouse staff, etc.)
in management positions
The world is speeding up, so are you. Here is the space of the supply chain by those who make it: industrialists, trading companies, distributors, large companies, ETIs or SMEs?
But also all the service providers who contribute to its development.
The health crisis has revealed or accentuated major challenges and highlighted the strategic importance of the Supply Chain. France Supply Chain has responded and launched a movement.
Participate with your collaborators in the Labs and projects led by France Supply Chain in order to move from intention to action and thus facilitate the transformation of entreprises ;
" L 'all the employees who follow (...) France Supply Chain, are very satisfied with the richness of the contents and exchanges. We are happy to join such a dynamic association. » – Bertrand Neyret - Saint-Gobain Group
" le Groupe APRIL is delighted to join France Supply Chain because the ambition, values and projects we have brought to the company correspond to our expectations. " - Marc Raffo - Groupe APRIL
Supply Chain responsiveness and agility, efficiency and reliability, as well as the ability of organizations to be resilient have become unavoidable issues in corporate strategy. As a result, it has become essential to measure its performance on a structured and regular basis.
To help companies in this approach, FRANCE SUPPLY CHAIN by Aslog has developed for more than 15 years, a Supply Chain audit methodology accessible to all Supply Chain professionals.