The ultimate goal of the supply chain is to source required solution components in the most cost-effective manner possible, utilizing all available sourcing channels.

供应链的最终目标是以最有效的方式找到所必需的解决方案组成部分，利用所有可以利用的寻找渠道。

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But Mr Lee and his colleagues are already concentrating on the ultimate prize of supply-chain integration: ways of constantly monitoring and improving the whole system by using all the available data.

ECONOMIST: Chain reaction