Customers currently link to Cisco's website to configure,price,and order its networking equipment.Cisco then sends orders back out across the Internet to producers and assemblers including Celestica,Flextronics,Jabil,and Solectron.Products are built and tested to Cisco standards,sometimes with procedures run remotely by Cisco.Most are then drop shipped to buyers,untouched by human hands on Cisco's payroll.This is a description of Cisco's:

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The description describes Cisco's supply chain, which involves ordering networking equipment from producers and assemblers, building and testing them to Cisco's standards, and drop-shipping them to buyers. Just-in-time inventory system and electronic data interchange (EDI) are components of the supply chain, but not the complete description of Cisco's system. A strategic information alliance is a partnership between companies to share resources and information, but it is not mentioned in the description.

Customers Currently Link to Cisco's Website to Configure,price,and Order Its