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The '''supply chain''' goes from [[extraction]] to [[distribution]] of products.  It is the company looking at all the [[service]]s it requires from others in order to serve its own customers.  ''See also [[value chain]] and [[inventory]].''
The '''supply chain''' goes from [[extraction]] to [[distribution]] of products.  (It is like the [[food chain]] in [[ecology]]).  the company looking at all the [[service]]s it requires from others in order to serve its own customers.  ''See also [[value chain]] and [[inventory]].'' [[Industrial ecology]] is about matching supply chains up to minimize the total materials waste and energy use by all businesses involved.
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