Supply chains and networks – Australian strategy paper

This paper analyses evidence and concepts on supply chains as they apply to work health and safety in transport, agriculture, construction, manufacturing, and health and community services.  

This paper: 

• was published as part of the Australian Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012–2022 

• is by Dr Michael Quinlan, Professor, School of Management, University of New South Wales (July 2011). 

Supply chains are a complex set of contractual arrangements to provide an item or service for a principal organisation. For example, arrangements for getting agricultural produce to a large supermarket chain.  

Supply chains and networks can help get positive health and safety outcomes, particularly in hard-to-reach small businesses.