In the video about Supply Chain Management at Bauer, one of the narrators explains that we think of Supply Chain Management as four groups of activities:

Plan $-$ Buy $-$ Make $-$ Ship

Acquire $-$ Produce $-$ Sell $-$ Service

Communicate $-$ Innovate $-$ Speculate $-$ Regulate

Define $-$ Measure $-$ Analyze $-$ Improve

Marketing $-$ Finance $-$ Production $-$ Human Resources