This document discusses key concepts in supply chain management. It defines a supply chain as including all stages involved in fulfilling a customer request, from suppliers to end customers. There are three phases of supply chain decision making: strategy/design, planning, and operations. Processes in a supply chain can be viewed through the cycle view, with different cycles at each stage interface, or the push/pull view, with reactive pull processes in response to customer demand and speculative push processes. The overall goal of supply chain management is to maximize total supply chain profitability.