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United Kingdom is surrounded with bodies of water; thus, it is easier for them to trade with people from different countries all over the world. Ships carrying various goods from different parts of the world would dock in UK ports and trade their goods for the goods found in UK. People living in UK has livelihoods that are depended on land (farming) and water (fishing).
Since UK is surrounded by bodies of water, it enjoys a milder climate compared with Russia.
Russia, on the otherhand, occupies some parts of Europe and Asia. But, Russians can not maximize the use of their land area since there are parts of Russia wherein there are permanently frozen land. Russia is also bordered by 15 countries with no access to waterways, making trading difficult but possible.
Most Russians live in the European part of the country because it has a better weather condition and trade among neighbouring countries can easily be done.
As for the article I found this source: http://revistascientificas.udg.mx/index.php/MYN/article/view/6646/6179
To achieve the summary, you should at least read some part of the article and briefly explain how they identify that efficiency, responsiveness, flexibility, quality of food and quality in the process, and deterministic and business models are those that are often used to measure the performance of a supply chain. (at least one of them)
The supply chain can be defined as a network of independent organizations and connected with mutual work and cooperation between them in order to control, manage and improve the flow of materials and information from the supplier to the consumed. The emphasis on measuring the performance and efficiency of supply chains in order to identify in what or what links are the problems and how to solve them.
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