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Jan 18, 2011

Expected Costs and Benefits: What Should the Professional Supply Chain Manager Know about Six Sigma?

Expected Costs and Benefits Benefits Costs h2. Benefits By becoming more competent in supplier evaluation, firms can expect a number of financial and non-financial benefits. Each particular quality sought in…

Jan 18, 2011

Associated Technologies: What Should the Professional Supply Chain Manager Know about Six Sigma?

Associated Technologies Statistical Process Control (SPC) Software Critical to quality (CTQ) trees Process maps Histograms Pareto charts Process summary worksheets Cause-effect diagrams Scatter diagrams Affinity diagrams Run charts Control charts…

Jan 18, 2011

Performance Measurements and Metrics: What Should the Professional Supply Chain Manager Know about Six Sigma?

Performance Measurements and Metrics Brainstorming Balanced Scorecard Four Perspectives Approach When six sigma is used as a metric, it means that defects per million opportunities (DPMO) must be below 3.4.…

Jan 18, 2011

Definitions: What Should the Professional Supply Chain Manager Know about Six Sigma?

Definitions Critical-to-Quality (CTQs) Methodologies p. Six Sigma is a business process that allows companies to achieve drastic financial improvements by “designing and monitoring everyday business activities in ways that minimize…

Jan 18, 2011

Background: What Should the Professional Supply Chain Manager Know about Six Sigma?

Background Six Sigma traces its origins to the quest to achieve higher quality at Motorola. This quest began in 1979 when executive Art Sundry proclaimed, “The real problem at Motorola…

Jan 15, 2011

Trade Agreements: Tariff and Tax in International Trade

Trade Agreements (1) MFN – Most Favored Nation FTA – Free Trade Agreement Other Applications of FTA MFN The most-favored-nation (MFN) clause binds a country to apply to its partner…

Jan 15, 2011

Harmonized Tariff Schedules: Tariff and Tax in International Trade

Harmonized Tariff Schedules International trade has been facilitated by the use of harmonized tariff schedules. Trading countries have agreed on the classification of goods, by use and standardization of the…

Jan 15, 2011

Tariffs: Tariff and Tax in International Trade

Tariffs Tariffs Transit Duties Export Duties Import Duties Tariffs (1) A tariff or customs duty is a tax levied upon goods as they cross national boundaries, usually by the government…

Jan 15, 2011

Taxes: Tariff and Tax in International Trade

Taxes Ad Valorem Supplemental Taxes Value-added Summary Ad Valorem (1) Any tax imposed on the basis of the monetary value of the taxed item. Literally the term means “according to…

Jan 15, 2011

Introduction: Tariff and Tax in International Trade

Introduction This resource is provided to be used as a basic learning tool for personnel new to the international procurement function in a firm. The purpose for the learning included…