The activities associated with gathering and documenting the current state flow of materials and high-level process capabilities - the 'supply chain network'. This typically includes suppliers, customers, factories, warehouses, distribution centers and other entities involved in the planning, sourcing, making, delivery and return of products. For each entity or node list the process capabilities and optionally identify theCustomer Order Decoupling Pointfor each supply chain. Example tools to document the network include: Users have also reported usingValue Stream Mapsfor this purpose. The key information needed at this point is the flow of materials to understand the scope of the network.