Running head: INTEGRATION OF FAITH AND LEARNING
Integration of Faith and Learning
Supply Chain Management BUSI 613
Crystal Tarvin
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“He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for
sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness” (2 Corinthians, English Standard
Version).
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2 Corinthians 9:10 (English Standard Version) states “He who supplies seed to the sower
and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of
your righteousness.” In this Bible verse we are told that God is the supplier of the seed. God
created the very ground that grew the wheat and provided the original harvest that created the
seeds. If God had not prepared and given the land then the sower would have not had the seed to
increase the supply. God makes it possible to multiply the seed. All the land comes from God and
would not exist without him. With God’s blessing and invisible energy the fields were planted
and matured to bring about a healthy harvest for the sower to take up and give out in the way
God intended it to be given. The Bible verse tells us that with God all things are possible but
without God things would be bare. God provided the sower with the means to have many
harvest.
Supply Chain management is beneficial to helping firms improve their business model by
providing the necessary benefits to the suppliers and to the customers by enhancing the
relationship between the producers and product distributors. Supply Chain Management has
been defined as “the management of different types of physical, information and financial flows
from the state of raw material through to a final product where material suppliers, manufacturers,
distributors and customers are connected” (Teller et al., 2012, p. 715). Supply Chain
Management brings together all operational aspects of an organization in order to provide
performance excellence. This is accomplished by a firm combining internal and external
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integrations of a company’s processes with customers and suppliers so that the company can
create value and improve the total performance of the chain (Teller et al., 2012). Supply Chain
Management associated actions trigger a flow of services, products and affiliated information
and generate value for their customers and this improves the total performance of the chain.
Supply Chain Management efforts help firms improve their business model by managing the
inbound supply as well as the outbound distribution successfully. This allows a firm to gain a
competitive advantage because operations are handled more quickly, with more flexibility and
cost the firm less money. Supply Chain Management and its ability to be competitive have the
potential to have a significant effect on the improvement of performance (Kim, 2006). Supply
Chain Management, when implemented properly, allows a company to effectively meet its goals.
If the chain is not implemented properly then instead of saving a company money it could end up
costing the company profits.
2 Corinthians 9:10 (ESV) relates to supply chain management by establishing the need
for a supplier to provide a product for a company so that company can provide an what is
needed, whether it be a service or a product. The Bible verse tells us that a supplier made it
possible for a person to increase his harvest and provide all those that it was intended for. God
enhanced the relationship between the sower and his harvest by creating the crops that provided
the seeds. Supply Chain Management oversees a company from the stages of raw material
through to the final product and then on to the customer so that the customer is satisfied. Supply
Chain Management enhances the relationship between the manufacturer, the distributor and the
customer. One cannot work effectively or successfully without the other. If one link in the chain
is not working as hard as another then we will not have a successful production.
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Supply Chain management emphasizes the “interdependence of buyer and supplier firms
working collaboratively to improve performance of the entire supply” (Ou et al., 2010, p. 530). 2
Corinthians 9:10 (ESV) tells us that by the supplier of the seed creating the very ground in which
the harvest could grow, the supplier and sower worked together to achieve a harvest to provide to
others. For a supply chain management to have a positive effect on an organization it must
successfully manage the coordination and configuration of the company’s business processes
between suppliers and buyers so that products are available in a timely manner and in an
effective condition. With an effective supply chain management process a company will be able
to drive best practices within the organization’s structure, hold departments accountable for any
issues and be able to measure company performance based on the results of production. The
Bible tells us that with an effective source (God) and the ability to allow that source (God) to
provide, we will reap the benefits (harvest).
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Resources
Kim, S. (2006). Effects of supply chain management practices, integration and competition
capability on performance. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 11
(3), 241-248. Doi: http://dx.doi.org.exproxy.liberty.edu:2048/
10.1108/13598540610662149.
Ou, C., Liu, F., Hung, Y., Yen, D. (2010). A structural model of supply chain management on
firm performance. International Journal of Operations & Production Management,
30(5), 526-545. Doi:
http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.liberty.edu:2048/10.1108/014433571011039614.
Teller, C., Kotzab, H., Grant, D. (2012). Improving the execution of supply chain management in
organizations. International Journal of Production Economics, 140(2) 713-720.
Doi: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.03.002.
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