SCM Resources

Jun 18, 2012

Energy (Utilities) Sustainability Report

Key Sustainability Issues in the Energy Industry Reliance on coal (especially on the east coast) Limited suppliers Expense of constructing new Nuclear Plants Issues with current plants – Florida’s Crystal…

Jun 18, 2012

Food and Beverages Sustainability Industry Report

Introduction Today Food and Beverages industry is more competitive than ever. As the companies in the various sectors compete and grow sustainability becomes a very important concern. Sustainability issues in…

Jun 18, 2012

Consumer Products Sustainability Report

The apparel toys/games, and general merchandise industries have a wide range of variability in their sustainability efforts. Overall, the literature review showed a high level of effort on the part…

Dec 15, 2011

NC State’s Supply Chain Resource Cooperative Educates in the Real World

North Carolina State University’s Supply Chain Resource Cooperative (SCRC) is a unique university-industry initiative that provides MBA and undergraduate students with opportunities to apply supply chain (SC) theory and concepts…

Apr 21, 2011

The Supply Chain IT Investment Enigma: Companies are Rethinking IT Investments

After a period of significant downsizing and reduction in IT, supply chain executives need to re-think their IT investment strategies, particularly given the dominance of the Web, social media and…

Apr 20, 2011

A Quick Primer on BPM: Business Process Management

The concept of business process management (BPM for short) has been around for a number of years now, but just what does it entail? What are the major activities and…

Jan 31, 2011

Summary: Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR): A Tutorial

Summary CPFR has its roots in Efficient Consumer Response (ECR), but goes further by formalizing the planning, sales and order forecasting, and exception handling activities. The CPFR process model consists…

Jan 15, 2011

List of Trade Unions: Tariff and Tax in International Trade

List of Trade Unions (1) Benelux Economic Union (Benelux) Note – acronym from Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg Established 3 February 1958; effective – 1 November 1960 Aim to develop closer…

Jan 15, 2011

List of International Trade Agreements: Tariff and Tax in International Trade

List of International Trade Agreements (1) p. African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group) Established 6 June 1975 Aim to manage their preferential economic and aid relationship with…

Jan 15, 2011

Additional Readings on Taxation: Tariff and Tax in International Trade

Additional Readings on Taxation Standard sources on government finance More advanced works Useful works on the historical development of fiscal thought Academic thinking about tax policy Overviews of tax systems…