Transportation and the Supply and Distribution Chain

An economic activity is linked to a complex system of suppliers and customers, which must be supported by a transport system. Activities that are upstream of a specific activity (suppliers) are part of its supply chain, while the activities that are downstream (customers) are part of its distribution chain. The term supply chain commonly refer to the whole chain as an activity, namely retailing, eventually acts as the final "customer".

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