Upstream and downstream refers to the supply chain of an industry. For example, if you're looking at a distribution plant then the manufacture would be downstream and the retailer would be upstream. Events or processes that happen before whatever is being looked at is downstream and whatever happens after is upstream.
A synonym for the term 'customer service' is customer relations.
The plural of customer is customers.
indirect customers
A backward linkage is an effect in which increased production by a downstream manufacturer provides positive pecuniary externalities to an upstream manufacturer.
Downstream
Supply chains are the suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and transportation modes that move products and services from the source of components and raw materials to the customer. Product flowing from the source toward the customer is flowing downstream. Activities that are performed previous to a specific point on the supply chain are upstream activities. (source: http://www.ehow.com/info_8745500_upstream-downstream-supply-chain-activity.html)
Simply Upstream is the management of raw material, from logistics to storage and finally processing, and Downstream is the management of finished products from storage to outbound logistics, marketing and sales and finally customer service.
Downstream
the boat is going downstream.
No, "downstream" is not a compound word. It is a single word that combines the words "down" and "stream" to refer to the direction in which a river or stream flows.
Living Downstream was created in 2010.
Oscar Downstream was created in 2001.
Oscar Downstream's population is 130.
Oscar Downstream's population is 2,009.
downstream and upstream
You should position your feet facing downstream if you have capsized and are floating on your back in a swift river current.