Is there fraud in your supply chain?     If so, how would you know?

	Supply Chain Defined The supply chain, if viewed holistically, can be considered as:   A The total movement of raw materials, components, finished goods, services, or monies, between a "supplier" and a "customer", from inception to final disposition.   Think of a company's Human Resources (HR) and Information Technology (IT) departments - who are the customers to HR and IT?  The other departments in the company.  HR and IT have internal customers. Similarly, we can consider that supply chains exist between the receiving dock, quality assurance, raw materials inventory, manufacturing, finished goods inventory, the returns area, accounting, etc.    A company's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is used to store these aspects of a company, and the process flow of the ERP system defines our inbound and outbound supply chains.    Even regardless of whether intermediary contract services are used, because the company is ultimately responsible, this holistic concept of the supply chain is applicable.  In fact, you will find that more of what happens in the supply chain happens within the company's walls, not on the outside.   Remember: fraud collusions can be perpetrated inside, outside, and as a mixture of both.	Fraud anywhere in the supply chain can have a negative impact on operations both internal and external to the company.
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