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

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…