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The supply chain is made up of all the activities required to deliver products to the customer, from designing product to receiving orders, procuring materials, marketing, manufacturing, logistics, customer service, receiving payment and so on. Anyone, anything, anywhere that influences a product price, quality, information exchange or delivery, among other activities, is part of the supply chain. Many companies today are fighting with the tactics and strategies that related to the supplying of goods and services. Where can they get the supply from? And whom should they get it from? As a supply chain managers, to keep the organization for long-term operational success and profitability, the manager have to understand the five basic step of the supply chain management to make the right decision when if come to supplying goods and services. The five step of supply chain management are planning, sourcing, Making, delivery and return. Planning is most importance part of the supply chain management process, this bring up the strategy of managing the product that meet customer demand with low cost and high quality and valuable. “In 2003, 99 Cents Only Stores purchased a 750,000-squarefoot distribution center near Houston to serve its strong entrance into the Texas market. After deciding that the warehouse management system (WMS) running in its California distribution center would be unable to interface with all of the automated equipment in the new facility, 99 Cents Only Stores began the search for a new solution. Robust, standard functionality—especially in the area of receiving and a high level of system adaptability headed the list of critical system requirements necessary to drive complex, high volume operations. And the system had to be implemented quickly.” 99¢ Only Stores supply chain organizations are under intense pressure to meet demands for greater customer intimacy; lower cost of goods sold, and increased global business processes. To succeed, these...