SCM Resources

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… 

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… 

Jan 15, 2011

Trade Prohibitions: Tariff and Tax in International Trade

Trade Prohibitions (1) Prohibited trading partners The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) of the US Department of the Treasury administers and enforces economic and trade sanctions based on US… 

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 11, 2011

Why Do You Need To Know About Supply Chain Management (SCM)?

Supply chain management is as much a philosophical approach as it is a body of tools and techniques, and typically requires a great deal of interaction and trust between companies… 

Jan 11, 2011

What Do You Need to Know about Supply Chain Management (SCM)?

The first thing one needs to understand is that SCM doesn’t replace what we’ve learned about management over the last 50 years; it builds upon it. The analogy that a… 

Jan 11, 2011

How Do You Do Supply Chain Management (SCM)?

A firm’s SCM efforts start with the development and execution of a long-term supply chain strategy. Among other things, this strategy should: Identify what supply chains the firm wants to…