From your initial research About ABC Company, you will also have noticed that it has different problems. In ABC these problems are creating substantial issues with product availability and the board has therefore concluded that it would be best to consider how, in the first instance, this operation could be improved. Hence your overall task will be to analyze the current supply chain of ABC and to identify improvements that could be implemented immediately and those that could be explored in the longer term. ABC is a manufacturing company for filters in domestic alliance and industrial as well.

a . Explain the types of products that are moved upstream in supply chains.

b. ABC is considering an electronic marketplace with online purchasing delivered to consumer addresses, explain how this might change the supply chain configuration.

c. Explain how supply chains are structured and provide examples of the different supply chain structures.