The concept of supply chain management or Supply Chain Management (SCM) appeared in literature in the years 80, although its practice has already occurred before that (COOPER et al. 1997). According to the definition given by the Global Supply Chain Forum, in 1994, the management of the supply chain would be "the integration of key processes of final consumer until the first supplier involved, promoting the flow of products, services and information that add greater value to consumers and shareholders, through operational excellence and integrated business management and relations with other members of the chain" (LAMBERT et al. , 1998).
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