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Supply chain management field of operations: complex and dynamic supply- and demand-networks.[1] (cf. Wieland/Wallenburg, 2011)
In commerce, supply chain management (SCM), the management of the flow of goods and services,[2] involves the movement and storage of raw materials, of work-in-process inventory, and of finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption. Interconnected or interlinked networks, channels and node businesses combine in the provision of products and services required by end customers in a supply chain.[3] Supply-chain management has been defined [4] as the "design, planning, execution, control, and monitoring of supply chain activities with the objective of creating net value, building a competitive infrastructure, leveraging worldwide logistics, synchronizing supply with demand and measuring performance globally."[5] SCM practice draws heavily from the areas of industrial engineering, systems engineering, operations management, logistics, procurement, information technology, and marketing [6] and strives for an integrated approach.[citation needed] Marketing channels play an important role in supply chain management [6] Current research in supply chain management is concerned with topics related to sustainability and risk management, among others, whereas the “people dimension” of SCM, ethical issues, internal integration, transparency/visibility, and human capital/talent management are topics that have, so far, been underrepresented on the research agenda.[7]
Contents
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1 Origin of the term and definitions
2 Functions
3 Importance
4 Historical developments
4.1 Creation era
4.2 Integration era
4.3 Globalization era
4.4 Specialization era (phase I): outsourced manufacturing and distribution
4.5 Specialization era (phase II): supply chain management as a service
4.6 Supply chain management 2.0 (SCM 2.0)
5 Business process integration
6 Theories
7 Supply chain
8 Tax efficient supply chain management
9 Sustainability and social responsibility in supply chains
10 Components
10.1 Management components
10.2 Reverse supply chain
11 Systems and value
12 Global applications
13 Supply chain consulting
14 Certification
14.1 Skills and competencies
14.2 Roles and responsibilities
14.3 Education
14.4 Rankings
14.5 Organizations
14.5.1 Topics addressed by selected professional supply chain certification programmes
15 See also
16 References
17 Further reading
18 External links
Origin of the term and definitions[edit]
In 1982, Keith Oliver, a consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton (now Strategy),[8] introduced the term "supply chain management" to the public domain in an interview for the Financial Times.[9]
In the mid-1990s, more than a decade later, the term "supply chain management" gained currency when a flurry of articles and books came out on the subject. Supply chains were originally defined as encompassing all activities associated with the flow and transformation of goods from raw materials through to the end user, as well as the associated information flows. Supply chain management was then further defined as the integration of supply chain activities through improved supply chain relationships to achieve a competitive advantage.[9]
In the late 1990s, "supply chain management" (SCM) rose to prominence, and operations managers began to use it in their titles with increasing regularity.[10][11][12]
Other commonly accepted definitions of supply chain management include:
The management of upstream and downstream value-added flows of materials, final goods, and related information among suppliers, company, resellers, and final consumers.[citation needed]
The systematic, strategic coordination of traditional business functions and tactics across all business functions within a particular company and across businesses within the supply chain, for the purposes of improving the long-term performance of the individual companies and the supply chain as a whole[13]
A customer-focused definition is given by Hines (2004:p76): "Supply chain strategies require a total systems view of the links in the chain that work together efficiently to create customer satisfaction at the end point of delivery to the consumer. As a consequence, costs must be lowered throughout the chain by driving out unnecessary expenses, movements, and handling. The main focus is turned to efficiency and added value, or the end-user's perception of value. Efficiency must be increased, and bottlenecks removed. The measurement of performance focuses on total system efficiency and the equitable monetary reward distribution to those within the supply chain. The supply chain system must be responsive to customer requirements."[14]
The integration of key business processes across the supply chain for the purpose of creating value for customers and stakeholders (Lambert, 2008)[15]
According to the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), supply chain management encompasses the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing, procurement, conversion, and logistics management. It also includes coordination and collaboration with channel partners, which may be suppliers, intermediaries, third-party service providers, or customers.[6] Supply chain management integrates supply and demand management within and across companies. More recently, the loosely coupled, self-organizing network of businesses that cooperate to provide product and service offerings has been called the Extended Enterprise.[citation needed]
A supply chain, as opposed to supply chain management, is a set of organizations directly linked by one or more upstream and downstream flows of products, services, finances, or information from a source to a customer. Supply chain management is the management of such a chain.[13]
Supply chain management software includes tools or modules used to execute supply chain transactions, manage supplier relationships, and control associated business processes.[citation needed]
Supply chain event management (SCEM) considers all possible events and factors that can disrupt a supply chain. With SCEM, possible scenarios can be created and solutions devised.[citation needed]
In many cases the supply chain includes the collection of goods after consumer use for recycling. Including third-party logistics or other gathering agencies as part of the RM re-patriation process is a way of illustrating the new endgame strategy.[citation needed]
Functions[edit]
Supply chain management is a cross-functional approach that includes managing the movement of raw materials into an organization, certain aspects of the internal processing of materials into finished goods, and the movement of finished goods out of the organization and toward the end consumer. As organizations strive to focus on core competencies and become more flexible, they reduce their ownership of raw materials sources and distribution channels. These functions are increasingly being outsourced to other firms that can perform the activities better or more cost effectively. The effect is to increase the number of organizations involved in satisfying customer demand, while reducing managerial control of daily logistics operations. Less control and more supply chain partners lead to the creation of the concept of supply chain management. The purpose of supply chain management is to improve trust and collaboration among supply chain partners thus improving inventory visibility and the velocity of inventory movement.
Importance[edit]
Organizations increasingly find that they must rely on effective supply chains, or networks, to compete in the global market and networked economy.[16] In Peter Drucker's (1998) new management paradigms, this concept of business relationships extends beyond traditional enterprise boundaries and seeks to organize entire business processes throughout a value chain of multiple companies.
In recent decades, globalization, outsourcing, and information technology have enabled many organizations, such as Dell and Hewlett Packard, to successfully operate collaborative supply networks in which each specialized business partner focuses on only a few key strategic activities (Scott, 1993). This inter-organisational supply network can be acknowledged as a new form of organisation. However, with the complicated interactions among the players, the network structure fits neither "market" nor "hierarchy" categories (Powell, 1990). It is not clear what kind of performance impacts different supply network structures could have on firms, and little is known about the coordination conditions and trade-offs that may exist among the players. From a systems perspective, a complex network structure can be decomposed into individual component firms (Zhang and Dilts, 2004). Traditionally, companies in a supply network concentrate on the inputs and outputs of the processes, with little concern for the internal management working of other individual players. Therefore, the choice of an internal management control structure is known to impact local firm performance (Mintzberg, 1979).
In the 21st century, changes in the business environment have contributed to the development of supply chain networks. First, as an outcome of globalization and the proliferation of multinational companies, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and business partnerships, significant success factors were identified, complementing the earlier "just-in-time", lean manufacturing, and agile manufacturing practices.[17] Second, technological changes, particularly the dramatic fall in communication costs (a significant component of transaction costs), have led to changes in coordination among the members of the supply chain network (Coase, 1998).
Many researchers have recognized supply network structures as a new organisational form, using terms such as "Keiretsu", "Extended Enterprise", "Virtual Corporation", "Global Production Network", and "Next Generation Manufacturing System".[18] In general, such a structure can be defined as "a group of semi-independent organisations, each with their capabilities, which collaborate in ever-changing constellations to serve one or more markets in order to achieve some business goal specific to that collaboration" (Akkermans, 2001).
Supply chain management is also important for organizational learning. Firms with geographically more extensive supply chains connecting diverse trading cliques tend to become more innovative and productive.[19]
The security management system for supply chains is described in ISO/IEC 28000 and ISO/IEC 28001 and related standards published jointly by the ISO and the IEC.Supply Chain Management draws heavily from the areas of operations management, logistics, procurement, and information technology, and strives for an integrated approach.
Historical developments[edit]
Six major movements can be observed in the evolution of supply chain management studies: creation, integration, and globalization (Movahedi et al., 2009), specialization phases one and two, and SCM 2.0.
Creation era[edit]
The term "supply chain management" was first coined by Keith Oliver in 1982. However, the concept of a supply chain in management was of great importance long before, in the early 20th century, especially with the creation of the assembly line. The characteristics of this era of supply chain management include the need for large-scale changes, re-engineering, downsizing driven by cost reduction programs, and widespread attention to Japanese management practices. However, the term became widely adopted after the publication of the seminal book Introduction to Supply Chain Management in 1999 by Robert B. Handfield and Ernest L. Nichols, Jr.,[20] which published over 25,000 copies and was translated into Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Russian.[21]
Integration era[edit]
This era of supply chain management studies was highlighted with the development of electronic data interchange (EDI) systems in the 1960s, and developed through the 1990s by the introduction of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. This era has continued to develop into the 21st century with the expansion of Internet-based collaborative systems. This era of supply chain evolution is characterized by both increasing value added and cost reductions through integration.
A supply chain can be classified as a stage 1, 2 or 3 network. In a stage 1–type supply chain, systems such as production, storage, distribution, and material control are not linked and are independent of each other. In a stage 2 supply chain, these are integrated under one plan and is enterprise resource planning(ERP) enabled. A stage 3 supply chain is one that achieves vertical integration with upstream suppliers and downstream customers. An example of this kind of supply chain is Tesco.
Globalization era[edit]
The third movement of supply chain management development, the globalization era, can be characterized by the attention given to global systems of supplier relationships and the expansion of supply chains beyond national boundaries and into other continents. Although the use of global sources in organisations' supply chains can be traced back several decades (e.g., in the oil industry), it was not until the late 1980s that a considerable number of organizations started to integrate global sources into their core business. This era is characterized by the globalization of supply chain management in organizations with the goal of increasing their competitive advantage, adding value, and reducing costs through global sourcing.
Specialization era (phase I): outsourced manufacturing and distribution[edit]
In the 1990s, companies began to focus on "core competencies" and specialization. They abandoned vertical integration, sold off non-core operations, and outsourced those functions to other companies. This changed management requirements, by extending the supply chain beyond the company walls and distributing management across specialized supply chain partnerships.
This transition also refocused the fundamental perspectives of each organization. Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) became brand owners that required visibility deep into their supply base. They had to control the entire supply chain from above, instead of from within. Contract manufacturers had to manage bills of material with different part-numbering schemes from multiple OEMs and support customer requests for work-in-process visibility and vendor-managed inventory (VMI).
The specialization model creates manufacturing and distribution networks composed of several individual supply chains specific to producers, suppliers, and customers that work together to design, manufacture, distribute, market, sell, and service a product. This set of partners may change according to a given market, region, or channel, resulting in a proliferation of trading partner environments, each with its own unique characteristics and demands.
Specialization era (phase II): supply chain management as a service[edit]
Specialization within the supply chain began in the 1980s with the inception of transportation brokerages, warehouse management (storage and inventory), and non-asset-based carriers, and has matured beyond transportation and logistics into aspects of supply planning, collaboration, execution, and performance management.
Market forces sometimes demand rapid changes from suppliers, logistics providers, locations, or customers in their role as components of supply chain networks. This variability has significant effects on supply chain infrastructure, from the foundation layers of establishing and managing electronic communication between trading partners, to more complex requirements such as the configuration of processes and work flows that are essential to the management of the network itself.
Supply chain specialization enables companies to improve their overall competencies in the same way that outsourced manufacturing and distribution has done; it allows them to focus on their core competencies and assemble networks of specific, best-in-class partners to contribute to the overall value chain itself, thereby increasing overall performance and efficiency. The ability to quickly obtain and deploy this domain-specific supply chain expertise without developing and maintaining an entirely unique and complex competency in house is a leading reason why supply chain specialization is gaining popularity.
Outsourced technology hosting for supply chain solutions debuted in the late 1990s and has taken root primarily in transportation and collaboration categories. This has progressed from the application service provider (ASP) model from roughly 1998 through 2003, to the on-demand model from approximately 2003 through 2006, to the software as a service (SaaS) model currently in focus today.
Supply chain management 2.0 (SCM 2.0)[edit]
Building on globalization and specialization, the term "SCM 2.0" has been coined to describe both changes within supply chains themselves as well as the evolution of processes, methods, and tools to manage them in this new "era". The growing popularity of collaborative platforms is highlighted by the rise of TradeCard's supply chain collaboration platform, which connects multiple buyers and suppliers with financial institutions, enabling them to conduct automated supply-chain finance transactions.[22]
Web 2.0 is a trend in the use of the World Wide Web that is meant to increase creativity, information sharing, and collaboration among users. At its core, the common attribute of Web 2.0 is to help navigate the vast information available on the Web in order to find what is being bought. It is the notion of a usable pathway. SCM 2.0 replicates this notion in supply chain operations. It is the pathway to SCM results, a combination of processes, methodologies, tools, and delivery options to guide companies to their results quickly as the complexity and speed of the supply chain increase due to global competition; rapid price fluctuations; changing oil prices; short product life cycles; expanded specialization; near-, far-, and off-shoring; and talent scarcity.
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SCM 2.0 leverages solutions designed to rapidly deliver results with the agility to quickly manage future change for continuous flexibility, value, and success. This is delivered through competency networks composed of best-of-breed supply chain expertise to understand which elements, both operationally and organizationally, deliver results, as well as through intimate understanding of how to manage these elements to achieve the desired results. The solutions are delivered in a variety of options, such as no-touch via business process outsourcing, mid-touch via managed services and software as a service (SaaS), or high-touch in the traditional software deployment model.
Business process integration[edit]
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Successful SCM requires a change from managing individual functions to integrating activities into key supply chain processes. In an example scenario, a purchasing department places orders as its requirements become known. The marketing department, responding to customer demand, communicates with several distributors and retailers as it attempts to determine ways to satisfy this demand. Information shared between supply chain partners can only be fully leveraged through process integration.
Supply chain business process integration involves collaborative work between buyers and suppliers, joint product development, common systems, and shared information. According to Lambert and Cooper (2000), operating an integrated supply chain requires a continuous information flow. However, in many companies, management has concluded that optimizing product flows cannot be accomplished without implementing a process approach. The key supply chain processes stated by Lambert (2004)[23] are:
Customer relationship management
Customer service management
Demand management style
Order fulfillment
Manufacturing flow management
Supplier relationship management
Product development and commercialization
Returns management
Much has been written about demand management[citation needed]. Best-in-class companies have similar characteristics, which include the following:
Internal and external collaboration
Initiatives to reduce lead time
Tighter feedback from customer and market demand
Customer-level forecasting
One could suggest other critical supply business processes that combine these processes stated by Lambert, such as:
Customer service management process
Customer relationship management concerns the relationship between an organization and its customers. Customer service is the source of customer information. It also provides the customer with real-time information on scheduling and product availability through interfaces with the company's production and distribution operations. Successful organizations use the following steps to build customer relationships:
determine mutually satisfying goals for organization and customers
establish and maintain customer rapport
induce positive feelings in the organization and the customers
Procurement process
Strategic plans are drawn up with suppliers to support the manufacturing flow management process and the development of new products. In firms whose operations extend globally, sourcing may be managed on a global basis. The desired outcome is a relationship where both parties benefit and a reduction in the time required for the product's design and development. The purchasing function may also develop rapid communication systems, such as electronic data interchange (EDI) and Internet linkage, to convey possible requirements more rapidly. Activities related to obtaining products and materials from outside suppliers involve resource planning, supply sourcing, negotiation, order placement, inbound transportation, storage, handling, and quality assurance, many of which include the responsibility to coordinate with suppliers on matters of scheduling, supply continuity (inventory), hedging, and research into new sources or programs. Procurement has recently been recognized as a core source of value, driven largely by the increasing trends to outsource products and services, and the changes in the global ecosystem requiring stronger relationships between buyers and sellers.[24]
Product development and commercialization
Here, customers and suppliers must be integrated into the product development process in order to reduce the time to market. As product life cycles shorten, the appropriate products must be developed and successfully launched with ever-shorter time schedules in order for firms to remain competitive. According to Lambert and Cooper (2000), managers of the product development and commercialization process must:
coordinate with customer relationship management to identify customer-articulated needs;
select materials and suppliers in conjunction with procurement; and
develop production technology in manufacturing flow to manufacture and integrate into the best supply chain flow for the given combination of product and markets.
Integration of suppliers into the new product development process was shown to have a major impact on product target cost, quality, delivery, and market share. Tapping into suppliers as a source of innovation requires an extensive process characterized by development of technology sharing, but also involves managing intellectual[25] property issues.
Manufacturing flow management process
The manufacturing process produces and supplies products to the distribution channels based on past forecasts. Manufacturing processes must be flexible in order to respond to market changes and must accommodate mass customization. Orders are processes operating on a just-in-time (JIT) basis in minimum lot sizes. Changes in the manufacturing flow process lead to shorter cycle times, meaning improved responsiveness and efficiency in meeting customer demand. This process manages activities related to planning, scheduling, and supporting manufacturing operations, such as work-in-process storage, handling, transportation, and time phasing of components, inventory at manufacturing sites, and maximum flexibility in the coordination of geographical and final assemblies postponement of physical distribution operations.
Physical distribution
This concerns the movement of a finished product or service to customers. In physical distribution, the customer is the final destination of a marketing channel, and the availability of the product or service is a vital part of each channel participant's marketing effort. It is also through the physical distribution process that the time and space of customer service become an integral part of marketing. Thus it links a marketing channel with its customers (i.e., it links manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers).
Outsourcing/partnerships
This includes not just the outsourcing of the procurement of materials and components, but also the outsourcing of services that traditionally have been provided in-house. The logic of this trend is that the company will increasingly focus on those activities in the value chain in which it has a distinctive advantage and outsource everything else. This movement has been particularly evident in logistics, where the provision of transport, storage, and inventory control is increasingly subcontracted to specialists or logistics partners. Also, managing and controlling this network of partners and suppliers requires a blend of central and local involvement: strategic decisions are taken centrally, while the monitoring and control of supplier performance and day-to-day liaison with logistics partners are best managed locally.
Performance measurement
Experts found a strong relationship from the largest arcs of supplier and customer integration to market share and profitability. Taking advantage of supplier capabilities and emphasizing a long-term supply chain perspective in customer relationships can both be correlated with a firm's performance. As logistics competency becomes a critical factor in creating and maintaining competitive advantage, measuring logistics performance becomes increasingly important, because the difference between profitable and unprofitable operations becomes narrower. A.T. Kearney Consultants (1985) noted that firms engaging in comprehensive performance measurement realized improvements in overall productivity. According to experts[according to whom?], internal measures are generally collected and analyzed by the firm, including cost, customer service, productivity, asset measurement, and quality. External performance is measured through customer perception measures and "best practice" benchmarking.
Warehousing management
To reduce a company's cost and expenses, warehousing management is concerned with storage, reducing manpower cost, dispatching authority with on time delivery, loading & unloading facilities with proper area, inventory management system etc.
Workflow management
Integrating suppliers and customers tightly into a workflow (or business process) and thereby achieving an efficient and effective supply chain is a key goal of workflow management.
Theories[edit]
There are gaps in the literature on supply chain management studies at present (2015)[citation needed]: there is no theoretical support for explaining the existence or the boundaries of supply chain management. A few authors, such as Halldorsson et al. (2003), Ketchen and Hult (2006), and Lavassani et al. (2009), have tried to provide theoretical foundations for different areas related to supply chain by employing organizational theories, which may include the following:
Resource-based view (RBV)[26]
Transaction cost analysis (TCA)
Knowledge-based view (KBV)
Strategic choice theory (SCT)
Agency theory (AT)
Channel coordination
Institutional theory (InT)
Systems theory (ST)
Network perspective (NP)
Materials logistics management (MLM)
Just-in-time (JIT)
Material requirements planning (MRP)
Theory of constraints (TOC)
Total quality management (TQM)
Agile manufacturing
Time-based competition (TBC)
Quick response manufacturing (QRM)
Customer relationship management (CRM)
Requirements chain management (RCM)
Dynamic Capabilities Theory
Dynamic Management Theory
Available-to-promise (ATP)
Supply Chain Roadmap®[27]
However, the unit of analysis of most of these theories is not the supply chain but rather another system, such as the firm or the supplier-buyer relationship. Among the few exceptions is the relational view, which outlines a theory for considering dyads and networks of firms as a key unit of analysis for explaining superior individual firm performance (Dyer and Singh, 1998).[28]
Supply chain[edit]
In the study of supply chain management, the concept of centroids has become an important economic consideration. A centroid is a location that has a high proportion of a country's population and a high proportion of its manufacturing, generally within 500 mi (805 km). In the US, two major supply chain centroids have been defined, one near Dayton, Ohio, and a second near Riverside, California.
The centroid near Dayton is particularly important because it is closest to the population center of the US and Canada. Dayton is within 500 miles of 60% of the US population and manufacturing capacity, as well as 60% of Canada's population.[29] The region includes the interchange between I-70 and I-75, one of the busiest in the nation, with 154,000 vehicles passing through per day, 30–35% of which are trucks hauling goods. In addition, the I-75 corridor is home to the busiest north-south rail route east of the Mississippi River.[29]
Wal-Mart strategic sourcing approaches Direct sourcing from suppliers-In 2010, Wal-Mart announced what would be a big change in its sourcing strategy. Initially, Wal-Mart relied on the intermediaries in the sourcing process. It bought only 20% of its stock directly but the rests were bought through the intermediaries (Cmuscm, 2014). Therefore, the company came to realize that the presence of many intermediaries in the product sourcing was actually increasing the costs in the supply chain. To cut these costs, Wall-Mart decided to do away with intermediaries in the supply chain and started direct sourcing of its goods from the suppliers. Eduardo Castro-Wright the then vice president of Wal-Mart set an ambitious goal of buying 80% of all Wal-Mart goods directly from the suppliers (Lu, 2014). Wal-Mart started purchasing fruits and vegetables on a global scale where it interacted directly with the suppliers of these goods. It later engaged the suppliers of other goods such as cloth and home electronics appliances directly and eliminated the importing agents. One advantage of this strategy of direct sourcing is that the supplier and the purchaser collaborate in finding goods of the highest quality that would appeal to the consumers. Moreover, the purchaser in this case Wal-Mart can easily direct the suppliers on how to manufacture certain products so that they can be acceptable to the consumers (Gilmorte, 2010). Thus, Wal-Mart through direct sourcing manages to get the exact product quality as it expects since it engages the suppliers in the producing of these products hence quality consistency (Lu, 2014). Using agents in the sourcing process in most cases lead to inconsistency in the quality of the products since the agent's source the products from different manufacturers which have varying qualities. Wal-Mart managed to source directly 80%v profit its stock and this has greatly eliminated the intermediaries and cut down the costs between 5-15% as markups that are introduced by these middlemen in the supply chain hence saving approximately $4-15 billion (Cmuscm, 2014). This strategy of direct sourcing not only helped Wal-Mart in reducing the costs in the supply chain but also helped in the improvement of supply chain activities through boosting efficiency throughout the entire process. In other words, direct sourcing reduced the time that takes the company to source and stocks the products in its stock (Lu, 2014). The presence of the intermediaries elongated the time in the process of procurement which sometimes led to delays in the supply of the commodities in the stores thus, customers finding empty shelves. Creation of procurement centers- Wal-Mart adopted this strategy of sourcing through centralizing the entire process of procurement and sourcing by setting up four global merchandizing points for general goods and clothing. The company instructed all the suppliers to be bringing their products to these central points that are located in different markets (Gilmorte, 2010). The procurement team assesses the quality brought by the suppliers and buys the goods and distributes them to various regional markets. The procurement and sourcing at centralized places helped the company to consolidate the suppliers. The company has established four centralized points including an office in Mexico City and Canada. Just a mere piloting test on the combining the purchase of fresh apples across the United States, Mexico, and Canada led to the savings of about 10%. As a result, the company intended to increase centralization of its procurement in the North America for all its fresh fruits and vegetables (Cmuscm, 2014). Thus, centralization of the procurement process to various points where the suppliers would be meeting with the procurement team is the latest strategy which the company is implementing and signs show that this strategy is going to cut costs and also improve the efficiency of the procumbent process. Strategic vendor partnerships are another strategy the company is using in the sourcing process. Wal-Mart realized that in order for it to ensure consistency in the quality of the products it offers g to the consumers and also maintains a steady supply of goods in its stores at a lower cost, it had to create strategic vendor partnerships with the suppliers (Cmuscm, 2014). Wal-Mart identified and selected the suppliers who met its demand and at the same time offered it the best prices for the goods. It then made a strategic relationship with these vendors by offering and assuring the long-term and high volume of purchases in exchange for the lowest possible prices (Lu, 2014). Thus, the company has managed to source its products from same suppliers as bulky but at lower prices. This enables the company to offer competitive prices of its products in its stores hence, maintaining a competitive advantage over its competitors whose goods are a little expensive compared to those of Wal-Mart. Efficient communication relationship with the vendor networks to improve the material flow is another sourcing strategy Wal-Mart uses. The company has all the contacts with the suppliers whom they communicate regularly and make dates on when the goods would be needed so that the suppliers get ready to deliver the goods in time (Wisner, Leong, & Tan, 2005). The efficient communication between the company’s procurement team and the inventory management team enables the company source goods and fill its shelves on time without causing delays and empty shelves (Roberts, 2002). In other words, the company-y realized that in ensuring a steady flow of the goods into the store, the suppliers have to be informed early enough so that they can act accordingly to avoid delays in the delivery of goods (Lu, 2014). Thus, efficient communication is another tool which Wal-Mart is using to make the supply chain to be more efficient and cutting the costs. Cross-docking is another strategy that Wal-Mart is using to cut costs in its supply chain. Cross-docking is the process of transferring goods directly from inbound trucks to outbound trucks (Cmuscm, 2014). When the trucks of from the suppliers arrive at the distribution centers, most of the trucks are not offloaded to keep the goods in the distribution centers or warehouses, but they are transferred directly to another truck designated to deliver goods to specific retail stores for sale. Cross-docking helps in saving the storage costs (Gilmorte, 2010). Initially, the company was incurring considerable costs of storing the suppliers from the suppliers in its warehouses and the distributions centers to await the distribution trucks to the retail stores in various regions.
Tax efficient supply chain management[edit]
Tax efficient supply chain management is a business model that considers the effect of tax in the design and implementation of supply chain management. As the consequence of globalization, cross-national businesses pay different tax rates in different countries. Due to these differences, they may legally optimize their supply chain and increase profits based on tax efficiency.[30]
Sustainability and social responsibility in supply chains[edit]
Supply chain sustainability is a business issue affecting an organization's supply chain or logistics network, and is frequently quantified by comparison with SECH ratings, which uses a triple bottom line incorporating economic, social, and environmental aspects.[31] SECH ratings are defined as social, ethical, cultural, and health' footprints. Consumers have become more aware of the environmental impact of their purchases and companies' SECH ratings and, along with non-governmental organizations (NGOs), are setting the agenda for transitions to organically grown foods, anti-sweatshop labor codes, and locally produced goods that support independent and small businesses. Because supply chains may account for over 75% of a company's carbon footprint, many organizations are exploring ways to reduce this and thus improve their SECH rating.
For example, in July 2009, Wal-Mart announced its intentions to create a global sustainability index that would rate products according to the environmental and social impacts of their manufacturing and distribution. The index is intended to create environmental accountability in Wal-Mart's supply chain and to provide motivation and infrastructure for other retail companies to do the same.[32]
It has been reported that companies are increasingly taking environmental performance into account when selecting suppliers. A 2011 survey by the Carbon Trust found that 50% of multinationals expect to select their suppliers based upon carbon performance in the future and 29% of suppliers could lose their places on 'green supply chains' if they do not have adequate performance records on carbon.[33]
The US Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, signed into law by President Obama in July 2010, contained a supply chain sustainability provision in the form of the Conflict Minerals law. This law requires SEC-regulated companies to conduct third party audits of their supply chains in order to determine whether any tin, tantalum, tungsten, or gold (together referred to as conflict minerals) is mined or sourced from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and create a report (available to the general public and SEC) detailing the due diligence efforts taken and the results of the audit. The chain of suppliers and vendors to these reporting companies will be expected to provide appropriate supporting information.
Incidents like the 2013 Savar building collapse with more than 1,100 victims have led to widespread discussions about corporate social responsibility across global supply chains. Wieland and Handfield (2013) suggest that companies need to audit products and suppliers and that supplier auditing needs to go beyond direct relationships with first-tier suppliers. They also demonstrate that visibility needs to be improved if supply cannot be directly controlled and that smart and electronic technologies play a key role to improve visibility. Finally, they highlight that collaboration with local partners, across the industry and with universities is crucial to successfully managing social responsibility in supply chains.[34]
Components[edit]
Management components[edit]
SCM components are the third element of the four-square circulation framework. The level of integration and management of a business process link is a function of the number and level of components added to the link (Ellram and Cooper, 1990; Houlihan, 1985). Consequently, adding more management components or increasing the level of each component can increase the level of integration of the business process link.
Literature on business process re-engineering[35] buyer-supplier relationships,[36] and SCM[37] suggests various possible components that should receive managerial attention when managing supply relationships. Lambert and Cooper (2000) identified the following components:
Planning and control
Work structure
Organization structure
Product flow facility structure
Information flow facility structure
Management methods
Power and leadership structure
Risk and reward structure
Culture and attitude
However, a more careful examination of the existing literature[38] leads to a more comprehensive understanding of what should be the key critical supply chain components, or "branches" of the previously identified supply chain business processes—that is, what kind of relationship the components may have that are related to suppliers and customers. Bowersox and Closs (1996) state that the emphasis on cooperation represents the synergism leading to the highest level of joint achievement. A primary-level channel participant is a business that is willing to participate in responsibility for inventory ownership or assume other financial risks, thus including primary level components (Bowersox and Closs, 1996). A secondary-level participant (specialized) is a business that participates in channel relationships by performing essential services for primary participants, including secondary level components, which support primary participants. Third-level channel participants and components that support primary-level channel participants and are the fundamental branches of secondary-level components may also be included.
Consequently, Lambert and Cooper's framework of supply chain components does not lead to any conclusion about what are the primary- or secondary-level (specialized) supply chain components (see Bowersox and Closs, 1996, p. 93) —that is, which supply chain components should be viewed as primary or secondary, how these components should be structured in order to achieve a more comprehensive supply chain structure, and how to examine the supply chain as an integrative one (See above sections 2.1 and 3.1).
Reverse supply chain[edit]
Reverse logistics is the process of managing the return of goods. It is also referred to as "aftermarket customer services". Any time money is taken from a company's warranty reserve or service logistics budget, one can speak of a reverse logistics operation. Reverse logistics is also the process of managing the return of goods from store, which the returned goods are sent back to warehouse and after that either warehouse scrap the goods or send them back to supplier for replacement depending on the warranty of the merchandise. 3
Systems and value[edit]
Supply chain systems configure value for those that organize the networks. Value is the additional revenue over and above the costs of building the network. Co-creating value and sharing the benefits appropriately to encourage effective participation is a key challenge for any supply system. Tony Hines defines value as follows: "Ultimately it is the customer who pays the price for service delivered that confirms value and not the producer who simply adds cost until that point".[14]
Global applications[edit]
Global supply chains pose challenges regarding both quantity and value. Supply and value chain trends include:
Globalization
Increased cross-border sourcing
Collaboration for parts of value chain with low-cost providers
Shared service centers for logistical and administrative functions
Increasingly global operations, which require increasingly global coordination and planning to achieve global optimums
Complex problems involve also midsized companies to an increasing degree
These trends have many benefits for manufacturers because they make possible larger lot sizes, lower taxes, and better environments (e.g., culture, infrastructure, special tax zones, or sophisticated OEM) for their products. There are many additional challenges when the scope of supply chains is global. This is because with a supply chain of a larger scope, the lead time is much longer, and because there are more issues involved, such as multiple currencies, policies, and laws. The consequent problems include different currencies and valuations in different countries, different tax laws, different trading protocols, vulnerability to natural disasters and cyber threats[39], and lack of transparency of cost and profit.
Supply chain consulting[edit]
Supply-chain consulting is the providing of expert knowledge in order to assess the productivity of a supply-chain and, ideally, to enhance the productivity.[40]
Supply chain Consulting is a service involved in transfer of knowledge on how to exploit existing assets through improved coordination and can hence be a source of competitive advantage; Hereby the role of the consultant is to help management by adding value to the whole process through the various sectors from the ordering of the raw materials to the final product.[41]
On this regard, firms either build internal teams of consultants to tackle the issue or use external ones, (companies choose between these two approaches taking into consideration various factors).[42]
The use of external consultants is a common practice among companies.[43] The whole consulting process generally involves the analysis of the entire supply-chain process, including the countermeasures or correctives to take to achieve a better overall performance.[44]
Certification[edit]
Skills and competencies[edit]
Supply chain professionals need to have knowledge of managing supply chain functions such as transportation, warehousing, inventory management, and production planning. In the past, supply chain professionals emphasized logistics skills, such as knowledge of shipping routes, familiarity with warehousing equipment and distribution center locations and footprints, and a solid grasp of freight rates and fuel costs. More recently, supply chain management extends to logistical support across firms and management of global supply chains.[45] Supply chain professionals need to have an understanding of business continuity basics and strategies.[46]
Roles and responsibilities[edit]
Supply chain professionals play major roles in the design and management of supply chains. In the design of supply chains, they help determine whether a product or service is provided by the firm itself (insourcing) or by another firm elsewhere (outsourcing). In the management of supply chains, supply chain professionals coordinate production among multiple providers, ensuring that production and transport of goods happen with minimal quality control or inventory problems. One goal of a well-designed and maintained supply chain for a product is to successfully build the product at minimal cost. Such a supply chain could be considered a competitive advantage for a firm.[47][48]
Beyond design and maintenance of a supply chain itself, supply chain professionals participate in aspects of business that have a bearing on supply chains, such as sales forecasting, quality management, strategy development, customer service, and systems analysis. Production of a good may evolve over time, rendering an existing supply chain design obsolete. Supply chain professionals need to be aware of changes in production and business climate that affect supply chains and create alternative supply chains as the need arises.[47] Individuals working in supply chain management can attain a professional certification by passing an exam developed by a third party certification organizations. The purpose of certification is to guarantee a certain level of expertise in the field.
Education[edit]
The knowledge needed to pass a certification exam may be gained from several sources. Some knowledge may come from college courses, but most of it is acquired from a mix of on-the-job learning experiences, attending industry events, learning best practices with their peers, and reading books and articles in the field.[49] Certification organizations may provide certification workshops tailored to their exams.[50] There are also free websites that provide a significant amount of educational articles, as well as blogs that are internationally recognized which provide good sources of news and updates.
Rankings[edit]
The following North American universities rank high in their master's education in the SCM World University 100 ranking, which was published in 2017 and which is based on the opinions of supply chain managers: Michigan State University, Penn State University, University of Tennessee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Arizona State University, University of Texas at Austin and Western Michigan University. In the same ranking, the following European universities rank high: Cranfield School of Management, Vlerick Business School, INSEAD, Cambridge University, Eindhoven University of Technology, London Business School and Copenhagen Business School.[51] In the 2016 Eduniversal Best Masters Ranking Supply Chain and Logistics the following universities rank high: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, KEDGE Business School, Purdue University, Rotterdam School of Management, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Vienna University of Economics and Business and Copenhagen Business School.[52]
Organizations[edit]
There are a number of organizations that provide certification exams, such as CSCMP (Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals), IIPMR (International Institute for Procurement and Market Research), APICS (the Association for Operations Management), ISCEA (The International Supply Chain Education Alliance) and IoSCM (Institute of Supply Chain Management). APICS' certification is called Certified Supply Chain Professional, or CSCP, and ISCEA'S certification is called the Certified Supply Chain Manager (CSCM), CISCM (Chartered Institute of Supply Chain Management) awards certificate as Chartered Supply Chain Management Professional (CSCMP). Another, the Institute for Supply Management, is developing one called the Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM)[53] focused on the procurement and sourcing areas of supply chain management. The Supply Chain Management Association (SCMA) is the main certifying body for Canada with the designations having global reciprocity. The designation Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP) is the title of the supply chain leadership designation.
Topics addressed by selected professional supply chain certification programmes[edit]
It has been suggested that this list be split into a new article titled Comparison of supply chain certification programmes. (Discuss) (October 2017)
The following table compares topics addressed by selected professional supply chain certification programmes.[53][54][55][56]
Awarding Body
Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS)
Supply Chain Management Association (SCMA) Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP)
International Institute for Procurement and Market Research (IIPMR) Certified Supply Chain Specialist (CSCS) and Certified Procurement Professional (CPP)
Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM)
The Association for Operations Management (APICS) Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)
International Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA) Certified Supply Chain Manager (CSCM)
American Society of Transportation and Logistics (AST&L) Certification in Transportation and Logistics (CTL)
The Association for Operations Management (APICS) Certified Production and Inventory Management (CPIM)
International Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA) Certified Supply Chain Analyst (CSCA)
Institute of Supply Chain Management (IOSCM)
Institute for Supply Management (ISM) Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM)
International Supply Chain Education Alliance (ISCEA) Certified Demand Driven Planner (CDDP)
CISCM (Chartered Institute of Supply Chain Management) awards certificate as Chartered Supply Chain Management Professional (CSCMP)
Procurement High High High High High High Low Low High High High Low High
Strategic Sourcing High High High Low High Low Low Low Low Low Low High
New Product Development Low High High High Low Low Low Low Low Low Low High
Production, Lot Sizing Low Low Low Low Low High High Low High Low High High
Quality High High High High Low Low High Low High High High High
Lean Six Sigma Low High Low Low High Low Low High Low Low High Low
Inventory Management High High High High High High High High High High High High
Warehouse Management Low Low Low Low Low High Low High High Low Low High
Network Design Low Low Low Low High High High High Low Low Low Low
Transportation High High Low Low High High High High High High Low High
Demand Management, S&OP Low High High High High High High High High Low High High
Integrated SCM High High Low High High High Low High High High High High
CRM, Customer Service High Low Low High High Low Low Low High Low High High
Pricing High High Low High High Low Low Low Low Low Yes High
Risk Management High High High Low Low Low High Low High Low High Low
Project Management Low High High Low High Low High Low High Low High High
Leadership, People Management High High High Low High Low High Low High High High High
Technology High High Low High High High Low High High High High High
Theory of Constraints High Low Low Low High Low Low High Low Low High High
Operational Accounting High High High Low High Low Low Low Low High Low Low
See also[edit]
Beer distribution game
Bullwhip effect
Calculating demand forecast accuracy
Cold chain
Customer-driven supply chain
Customer relationship management
Demand chain management
Distribution
Document automation
Ecodesk
Enterprise planning systems
Enterprise resource planning
Industrial engineering
Information technology management
Integrated business planning
Inventory
Inventory control system
Inventory management software
LARG SCM
Liquid logistics
Logistic engineering
Logistics
Logistics management
Logistics Officer
Management accounting in supply chains
Management information system
Master of Science in Supply Chain Management
Military supply chain management
Netchain analysis
Offshoring Research Network
Operations management
Order fulfillment
Procurement
Procurement outsourcing
Radio-frequency identification
Reverse logistics
Service management
Strategic information system
Supply chain management software
Supply chain network
Supply chain security
Supply chain
Supply management
Value chain
Value grid
Vendor-managed inventory
Warehouse
Warehouse management system
Associations
INFORMS
Institute of Industrial Engineers
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Ferenc Szidarovszky and Sándor Molnár (2002) Introduction to Matrix Theory: With Applications to Business and Economics, World Scientific Publishing. Description and preview.
Cooper, M.C., Lambert, D.M., & Pagh, J. (1997) Supply Chain Management: More Than a New Name for Logistics. The International Journal of Logistics Management Vol 8, Iss 1, pp 1–14
FAO, 2007, Agro-industrial supply chain management: Concepts and applications. AGSF Occasional Paper 17 Rome.
Haag, S., Cummings, M., McCubbrey, D., Pinsonneault, A., & Donovan, R. (2006), Management Information Systems For the Information Age (3rd Canadian Ed.), Canada: McGraw Hill Ryerson ISBN 0-07-281947-2
Halldorsson, Arni, Herbert Kotzab & Tage Skjott-Larsen (2003). Inter-organizational theories behind Supply Chain Management – discussion and applications, In Seuring, Stefan et al. (eds.), Strategy and Organization in Supply Chains, Physica Verlag.
Halldorsson, A., Kotzab, H., Mikkola, J. H., Skjoett-Larsen, T. (2007). Complementary theories to supply chain management. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Volume 12 Issue 4, 284-296.
Handfield, R., and Nichols, E., (1999), Introduction to Supply Chain Management. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.
Hines, T. (2004). Supply chain strategies: Customer driven and customer focused. Oxford: Elsevier.
Hopp, W. (2011). Supply Chain Science. Chicago: Waveland Press.
Kallrath, J., Maindl, T.I. (2006): Real Optimization with SAP® APO. Springer ISBN 3-540-22561-7.
Kaushik K.D., & Cooper, M. (2000). Industrial Marketing Management. Volume29, Issue 1, January 2000, Pages 65–83
Ketchen Jr., G., & Hult, T.M. (2006). Bridging organization theory and supply chain management: The case of best value supply chains. Journal of Operations Management, 25(2) 573-580.
Kouvelis, P.; Chambers, C.; Wang, H. (2006): Supply Chain Management Research and Production and Operations Management: Review, Trends, and Opportunities. In: Production and Operations Management, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 449–469.
Larson, P.D. and Halldorsson, A. (2004). Logistics versus supply chain management: an international survey. International Journal of Logistics: Research & Application, Vol. 7, Issue 1, 17-31.
Movahedi B., Lavassani K., Kumar V. (2009) Transition to B2B e-Marketplace Enabled Supply Chain: Readiness Assessment and Success Factors, The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, Volume 5, Issue 3, pp. 75–88.
Lavassani K., Movahedi B., Kumar V. (2009) Developments in Theories of Supply Chain Management: The Case of B2B Electronic Marketplace Adoption, The International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management, Volume 9, Issue 6, pp. 85–98.
Mentzer, J.T. et al. (2001): Defining Supply Chain Management, in: Journal of Business Logistics, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2001, pp. 1–25
Poluha, R.G. (2016) : The Quintessence of Supply Chain Management: What You Really Need to Know to Manage Your Processes in Procurement, Manufacturing, Warehousing and Logistics (Quintessence Series). First Edition. Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London. ISBN 978-3662485132
Simchi-Levi D.,Kaminsky P., Simchi-levi E. (2007), Designing and Managing the Supply Chain, third edition, Mcgraw Hill
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List of largest employers in the United States
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This is a list of largest employers in the United States. Note that, for some companies such as Tata Consultancy Services, the United States does not comprise the majority of total employees.
Contents
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1 Private employment by company
2 Employment by major industry sector
3 See also
4 References
Private employment by company[edit]
[hide]United States Largest Private Employers (as of 2016)[1][2][3]
Rank
Employer
Global number of Employees
1 Walmart 2,300,000
2 Amazon 541,900
3 Kroger 443,000
4 Yum! Brands 420,000
5 The Home Depot 406,000
6 International Business Machines 380,000
7 McDonald's 375,000
8 Berkshire Hathaway 367,700
9 FedEx 335,767
10 United Parcel Service 335,520
11 Target Corporation 323,000
12 Walgreens Boots Alliance 300,000
13 General Electric 295,000
14 Albertsons 273,000
15 Wells Fargo 269,100
16 AT&T 268,540
17 PepsiCo 264,000
18 Cognizant Technology Solutions 260,200
19 Starbucks 254,000
20 Deloitte 244,400
21 J.P. Morgan Chase 243,355
22 Lowe's 240,000
23 TJX 235,000
24 Ernst & Young 231,000
25 UnitedHealth Group 230,000
Employment by major industry sector[edit]
According to research from the Federal Reserve Economic Data, health care has now surpassed both manufacturing and retail as the engine for employment growth in the coming decades. There were approximately 16 million people employed in the health care sector in 2017.[4]
All employees, private industries, by branches
[hide]Employment by Major Industry Sector[5][6]
Industry Sector
Employee count (as of Jan. 2013)
Total [A] 145,000,000
Total nonfarm 133,074,000
Total private 111,342,000
Goods-producing 18,071,000
Mining and logging 838,000
Logging 48,900
Mining 800,500
Oil and gas extraction 192,300
Mining, except oil and gas 204,900
Coal mining 78,200
Support activities for mining 392,000
Construction 5,353,000
Construction of buildings 1,208,700
Residential building 565,100
Nonresidential building 192,300
Heavy and civil engineering construction 773,800
Specialty trade contractors 3,370,200
Residential specialty trade contractors 1,409,800
Nonresidential specialty trade contractors 1,960,400
Manufacturing 11,880,000
Durable goods 7,468,000
Wood products 340,700
Nonmetallic mineral products 354,600
Primary metals 397,900
Fabricated metal products 1,412,300
Machinery 1,100,900
Computer and electronic products 1,071,300
Computer and peripheral equipment 156,000
Communications equipment 104,500
Semiconductors and electronic components 377,500
Electronic instruments 394,000
Electrical equipment and appliances 373,800
Transportation equipment 1,488,900
Motor vehicles and parts 797,600
Furniture and related products 349,900
Miscellaneous durable goods manufacturing 577,900
Nondurable goods 4,412,000
Food manufacturing 1,442,000
Textile mills 116,300
Textile product mills 115,500
Apparel 145,300
Paper and paper products 378,800
Printing and related support activities 452,700
Petroleum and coal products 109,700
Chemicals 787,100
Plastics and rubber products 644,800
Miscellaneous nondurable goods manufacturing 219,900
Private service-providing 93,271,000
Trade, transportation, and utilities 25,505,000
Wholesale trade 5,663,000
Durable goods 2,841,300
Nondurable goods 1,955,800
Electronic markets and agents and brokers 865,900
Retail trade 14,852,100
Motor vehicle and parts dealers 1,737,200
Automobile dealers 1,107,100
Furniture and home furnishings stores 447,300
Electronics and appliance stores 515,700
Building material and garden supply stores 1,126,600
Food and beverage stores 2,883,700
Health and personal care 1,007,900
Gasoline stations 838,600
Clothing and clothing accessories stores 1,420,800
Sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores 596,100
General merchandise stores 3,041,600
Department stores 1,377,400
Miscellaneous store retailers 778,400
Nonstore retailers 458,200
Transportation and warehousing 4,440,300
Air transportation 446,000
Rail transportation 230,200
Water transportation 62,600
Truck transportation 1,343,700
Transit and ground passenger transportation 460,000
Pipeline transportation 43,300
Scenic and sightseeing transportation 20,500
Support activities for transportation 591,000
Couriers and messengers 546,900
Warehousing and storage 696,100
Utilities 549,700
Information 2,635,000
Publishing industries, except Internet 732,100
Motion picture and sound recording industries 315,700
Broadcasting, except Internet 284,400
Telecommunications 853,500
Data processing, hosting and related services 263,000
Other information services 186,600
Financial activities 7,783,000
Finance and insurance 5,850,200
Monetary authorities-central bank 17,500
Credit intermediation and related activities 2,614,000
Depository credit intermediation 1,742,100
Commercial banking 1,322,400
Securities, commodity contracts, investments, and funds and trusts 854,500
Insurance carriers and related activities 2,364,200
Real estate and rental and leasing 1,932,400
Real estate 1,411,800
Rental and leasing services 497,100
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets 23,500
Professional and business services 17,845,000
Professional and technical services 8,012,800
Legal services 1,122,800
Accounting and bookkeeping services 989,300
Architectural and engineering services 1,314,000
Computer systems design and related services 1,659,200
Management and technical consulting services 1,131,400
Management of companies and enterprises 2,059,800
Administrative and waste services 7,773,000
Administrative and support services 7,402,700
Employment services 3,031,800
Temporary help services 2,409,300
Business support services 7,783,000
Services to buildings and dwellings 1,681,000
Waste management and remediation services 369,300
Education and health services 20,791,000
Educational services 3,232,900
Health care and social assistance 17,558,500
Health care 14,365,700
Ambulatory health care services 6,389,000
Offices of physicians 2,414,400
Outpatient care centers 663,700
Home health care services 1,203,800
Hospitals 4,780,700
Nursing and residential care facilities 3,196,000
Nursing care facilities 1,651,300
Social assistance 3,192,800
Child day care services 855,000
Leisure and hospitality 13,324,000
Arts, entertainment, and recreation 1,768,600
Performing arts and spectator sports 364,300
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions 126,400
Amusements, gambling, and recreation 1,277,900
Accommodation and food services 11,555,300
Accommodation 1,745,800
Food services and drinking places 9,809,500
Other services 5,388,000
Repair and maintenance 1,194,300
Personal and laundry services 1,315,200
Membership associations and organizations 2,878,400
Government 21,732,000
Federal government 2,786,000
Federal government, except U.S. Postal Service 2,185,200
U.S. Postal Service 600,600
State government 4,928,000
State government education 2,273,900
State government, excluding education 2,654,000
Local government 14,018,000
Local government education 7,880,000
Local government, excluding education 6,138,100
See also[edit]
List of companies of the United States
List of largest employers
List of the largest software companies
List of largest Internet companies
List of the largest information technology companies
References[edit]
Jump up ^ http://fortune.com/fortune500/list/filtered?sortBy=employees&first500
Jump up ^ https://www.forbes.com/largest-private-companies/list/
Jump up ^ http://phoenix.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2311821
Jump up ^ Thompson, Derek (2018-01-09). "Health Care Just Became the U.S.'s Largest Employer". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
Jump up ^ http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_table_201.htm
Jump up ^ http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm
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p-cactions
navigation
vectorMenu emptyPortlet
p-cactions-label

values:
mw-wiki-logo
/wiki/Main_Page
Visit the main page

values:
/wiki/Main_Page
Visit the main page [ctrl-alt-z]
z

values: Featured content – the best of Wikipedia

values: Find background information on current events

values:
/wiki/Special:Random
Load a random article [ctrl-alt-x]
x

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values: Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia

values: About the project, what you can do, where to find things

values: A list of recent changes in the wiki [ctrl-alt-r]

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values: List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [ctrl-alt-j]

values: Recent changes in pages linked from this page [ctrl-alt-k]

values:
/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard
Upload files [ctrl-alt-u]
u

values: A list of all special pages [ctrl-alt-q]

values: Permanent link to this revision of the page

values: Link to connected data repository item [ctrl-alt-g]

values: Printable version of this page [ctrl-alt-p]

values: Danh sách công ty sử dụng nhiều lao động nhất Hoa Kỳ – Vietnamese

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