This M deals with materials in its various stages from raw materials to end product and treating the phases before, after and in between:
- Forecasting; managing and quantifying unseen demand
- Inventory; supervising stored materials for optimization
- Logistics; responsible for transporting service network of materials in several phases
- Material handling; best techniques of internal transporting of materials in all phases
- Materials management; managing the requirements and flow of materials with respect to internal demand
- Supply chain; correctly handling the sequence of material flow of materials internally and externally
- Storage & warehousing; achieving optimization in warehouse and storage using effective models