Many people do not know what it’s about managing the supply chain in a company, but before he could develop it is important to understand the concept of supply chain. The complexities of managing the supply chain are most evident in manufacturing. Manufacturers must meet the demands of its customers by maximizing your most valuable assets: equipment, human capital, materials and capital. But the main challenges are at the heart of their production processes.

SCM is a network of distribution facilities and installations whose function is based on obtaining materials, converting them into intermediate and finished products and the corresponding distribution in the market, taking into account we can say that the management of supply chain focuses on three basic steps: the provision, manufacture and distribution.

Now if we analyze each of these steps taken by the management of the supply chain will say that first supplied we mean how, where and when to get materials or raw materials necessary for the company develops manufacture of its products. In some companies, there is a lack of investment in management and planning for implementation techniques. In addition, generally, there is less collaboration between companies in the same channel than desirable, due to cultural and educational issues.