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IJSTR >> Volume 8 - Issue 10, October 2019 Edition



International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research  
International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research

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ISSN 2277-8616



The Engineering Behind A Successful Supply Chain Management Strategy: An Insight Into Amazon.Com

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AUTHOR(S)

Samrat Bharadwaj

 

KEYWORDS

Supply Chain Management, Online Retailing, Inventory, e-tailing, e-commerce, m-commerce, cyberspace.

 

ABSTRACT

Today is the era of E-Commerce. Almost every other individual is by some way or the other connected with the online business hubs. One thing to be noticed here is that the products available in these stores are being manufactured in different parts of the globe and subsequently are being supplied in different parts of the world. This network of effective procurement of products and distribution worldwide is basically called Supply Chain Management (SCM). This paper is an attempt to highlight the pivotal role SCM plays in any E-commerce retailing activity and also depict the way in which Amazon.com proper utilized this concept for its grand success ever since its inception and act as a market ruler. The data collected for the paper is basically secondary in nature which is taken from various sources, records, databases and research journals. It is expected that this paper would help to unleash the very significance of SCM in case of online retailing for effective performance in this cut throat competition era.

 

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