6. Supply Chain Management a. Description of Supply Chain According to Corporate Finance Institute (2022), supply chains include the complete process of creating and delivering a product or service, from locating the raw materials all the way through to delivering the nished product to customers. A company's supply chain outlines every step of the production process, from raw materials to final goods, as well as the people and other resources that go into the process. When a customer puts an order for a Fruitas product (consumer demand), the product requested is processed from the growers of the fruits, through the fruit handlers, and nally through the fruit processors, until the order is to be checked through quality assurance. To ensure that the health of the customers is not compromised, potential harms and rejected qualities are checked. Following that, it will be provided to the producers and then distributed to the franchisees, to the stalls, or to the businesses situated everywhere in the country who are in charge of running the enterprise as a whole. Management of the total business, including but not limited to human resources and inventory control, is included. The customers will then purchase and consume the products from each and every franchisee. 928 W Consumers Demand Growers Consumers Fruit Handlers SUPPLY CHAIN MODEL Franchisees Fruit Processors Quality Assurance Producers