The phrase "a supply chain problem" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing issues related to the logistics and distribution of goods and services.
Example: "The company is facing a supply chain problem that is delaying product deliveries to customers."
Alternatives: "a logistics issue" or "a distribution challenge".
As for some other toys recalled because of allegedly hazardous levels of lead in their paint, Mattel admitted that it had been overzealous and is likely to have recalled toys that did not contravene American regulations on lead content".Mattel has a China problem and a supply-chain problem," says Jean-Pierre Lehmann, an Asia expert at IMD, a business school in Lausanne.
He said recalls weren't always the fault of the actual manufacturer but a supply-chain problem instead, citing as evidence the case of airbags made by Takata which failed to inflate safely – and which affected a number of manufacturers including Toyota.
So GE (through its GE Ventures arm), the Mayo Clinic (through Mayo Clinic Ventures) and the venture investment firm DFJ have invested $13.75 million to back Vineti — a software platform the companies are billing as a solution to gene therapy's supply chain problem.
This study addressed two-echelon supply chain problem consisting of a single vendor and a single buyer.
Paydar and Saidi-Mehrabad (2015) developed a bi-objective possibilistic optimization mathematical model for formulating the integrated dynamic virtual cell formation and supply chain problem in a multi-echelon, multi-product and multi-period network.
In this paper, a multi period, multi product, multi echelon and capacitated supply chain problem for short lifetime products was solved using both exact method and metaheuristic algorithms.
Applying an integrated location routing inventory approach to optimize the closed-loop supply chain problem can be beneficial.
