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Definition: Any sequence of events involved in the production and distribution of a product. Who is involved in the process?  Suppliers  Manufacturers  Transport & Logistics  Distributors/ reseller  Retailers

Image: Weber State University, Utah USA How many events do you think take place in the Supply Chain of a Bellis Fruit Bar?

Orchard  Fruit picked  Forklift transfer  Truck  Processing plant  Fruit is Graded, washed, sorted & dried Dried fruit packed 

Loading Dock  Empty Container  Documents  Truck collects container  Container Terminal  Container placed in stack & loaded onto ship  Ship voyage 

Container arrives in Australia  Customs and Quarantine cleared  Container delivered to warehouse  Empty container returned  Dried fruit arrives at Bellis  Recorde d  Warehouse storage

Fruit bars made  Wrapped and boxed  Product packed  Moved to warehouse  Order received & processed  Moved to dispatch area  Product loaded onto truck  Distributor

Unload pallets  warehouse  Stock recorded  Order received & processed  Picked & packed  Loaded onto truck  Delivery to retail store  Bars are purchased  Taken to your house  Your lunch box!

What other sorts of products go through a supply chain?

 Warehouse Manager  Store person  Forklift Driver  Truck Driver  Diesel Mechanic  Dispatch/Receivals Clerk  Cartage Coordinator  Stevedore  Seafarer (Ship’s Officer)  Crane Operator  Customs Officer  Quarantine Officer  Train Driver  Rail Terminal Planner  Rail Track Worker  Purchasing Officer  Customs Broker  Import/Export Coordinator  Documentation Clerk  Airline Operations Officer  Supply Chain Analyst  Cold Chain Specialist  Transport Engineer  Pilot (Marine & Air) What do all of these jobs have in common?

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Aaron Barty- Transpacific Cleanaway (Age 21)  Completed SACE 2008  Logistics Cadetship with Transpacific Cleanaway 2009, completed October 2010  Certificate IV Warehouse & Storage completed 2009  Studied Diploma of Logistics Management, 2010  Currently Operations Supervisor John Sorrenti- Pacific National Rail (Age 30)  Completed SACE 1998  Pacific National Rail, Data Entry Operator 1998  Terminal Operations Manager in 2005  Business Improvement Manager 2010  Six Sigma Course- (Business Improvement Program)  Accelerate SA Vice-Chairperson Industry Profile Cadet Profile Industry Profile Aleisha MacFarlane- SA Freight Council (Age 28)  Completed SACE 2000  Bachelor of International Studies completed 2004  Solo Resource Recovery 2006  Customs Agency Services, Import Operator 2008  Joined SA Freight Council 2010, Project Officer  CILT-Accelerate SA Chairperson

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