The Emergence Machine

Supply Chain

abstract · Business · Level 14 · E10

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

The supply chain concept emerges from the interplay between supply, which involves production, distribution, and exchange, and chain, which requires engineering and matter, enabling the efficient movement of goods and services through a network of organizations.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “supply chain” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
supply chain
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL14L13L12L11L4L2L1L0Supply ChainBusinessSupplyTradeExchangeMarketEnterpriseProductionChainObjectiveOrganismPhase… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLifeActionChangeCollectionDistributionEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesSupply ChainL14ChainL4SupplyL13BusinessL14E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Chain L4 (requires)
    An economic concept relating to supply chain, involving production, distribution, or exchange of goods and services.
  • Supply L13 (requires)
    An economic concept relating to supply chain, involving production, distribution, or exchange of goods and services.
  • Business L14 (requires) mutual
    Understanding supply chain requires prior knowledge of business, which provides essential context for grasping this concept.