Summary It's simple to see logistics and supply chain networks in action, such as storage warehouses, shipping transporting products and the customers consuming these products and services. This is determined by how well the company's management plans its upcoming activities and effectively transforms its inputs into outputs in the global market. Therefore, it is no exception for a high-end automobile component, industrial products and automobile manufacturer like BOSCH, Canada. This report will describe the supply chain flow and purchasing at BOSCH Canada. However, there are several challenges such as poor inventory management and inaccuracy in demand forecasting that the company faces. Therefore, several recommendations are discussed in this report in order to expand the business widely.Table of ContentsIntroduction……………………………………………………….4Reverse Supply Chain and Purchasing at BOSCH…………………………………..5Challenges at BOSCH Canada……………………………………………………...7Recommendations… ………… ……………………………………………………...13Conclusion………………………………………………………… ………… …….. 15References………………………………………………………………………...17IntroductionBOSCH is one of the world's leading specialists in the field of d training and control. Its main products are automobile components, industrial products and construction products. BOSCH implements and applies the use of software robots in its factories. BOSCH uses direct sales of components and spare parts to provide its customers with the various manufacturing equipment they have in their factories in over 80 countries in the technology areas of electric drives and controls, industrial hydraulics, mobile hydraulics, linear technology and assembly. Technol...... middle of paper ......w to manage excess inventory, accessed May 1, 2014, .Rexroth Bosch Group, nd, Bosch Rexroth. the drive & control company, accessed April 30, 2014, .Rexroth Bosch Group, 2013, Bosch Rexroth – annex to Bosch Supplier Logistics Guidelines, accessed May 2, 2014, .SupplyOn, nd, Vendor Managed Inventory at Robert Bosch North America, accessed April 30, 2014. as of May 1, 2014, .SupplyOn, 2010, Vendor Managed Inventory at Robert Bosch North America, accessed May 1, 2014, < http://supplyon.com/img/downloads/Case_Studies/EN_Bosch_North_America_VMI_Case_Study.pdf>.