Supply Chain

As an integral part of the ongoing effort to secure America’s boarders from illegal, counterfeit and substandard pharmaceuticals, the FDA has taken a more proactive approach.

This article covers the basics of the logistics industry and briefly explains the supply chain. The purpose of this article is informational and to be used by those in the transportation industry or aspiring to do so.

The ISCEA is a global organization that provides certification for supply chain managers. Interested individuals can take optional training workshops with the Alliance and then take a CSCM exam to become a Certified Supply Chain Manager.

The Association for Operations Management provides the Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) designation. Applicants for this supply chain certification must meet certain educational and work requirements and pass the CSCP exam.

Chase Meader explores how sustainability is being accepted (and rejected) in the supply chain of products we all use. With carbon-heavy manufacturing as the leading producer of GHG emissions, an understanding of industrial China is key to change.

The supply chain for any business includes every sales person, supplier, regulator, consumer, and stakeholder involved in the business process.

Improving your supply chain is often easy and almost always important so if your business wants to save money you should consider the supply chain.

A complete explanation of Customer Focus in Supply Chain Management.

There are 7 areas of production, supply and movement that seems to be a great opportunity to save money and improve efficiency. Here they are.

This article is a brief overview of the logistics problem in Russian seaport system caused by the collapse of the Soviet Union

Ebusiness has become a way of life in the modern global economy. in order to compete organizations must come to grips with this reality.

An overview of what Supply Chain Management is, its history, how it is used, and which companies utilize it.

This essay was written for an upper level supply chain management course. It discusses top notch strategies for aligning e-business strategy with supply chain strategy.

Now that global business standards and information technologies envelop the planet, the cost of coordinating a distributed global business is infinitely cheaper than just a few decades ago. And protecting a nation's working class heroes isn't profitable.

Product returns form part of the cash inflows in a business. The revenue base of the business is determined by the ability to add value to the products and win customer response through increased buying behavior.

Value Added Tax is a consumption tax which has been increasingly used by developing countries to broaden their revenue base in order to meet the challenges of growth, poverty reduction, better infrastructural development among others.

E-marketplace is a b2b web based venue, where buyers and sellers meet online, generate business leads and conduct business transactions. The e-marketplace features encourages a large numbers of buyers and suppliers to be serviced as a community.

Inventory is nothing but all the goods and materials stored by an organization.

Supply Chain Management Framework: The SCM framework is based on a functional model of the SCM system. It is a development tool that assists in the development of a well-integrated SCM system in an organization.

E-marketplace is a b2b web based venue, where buyers and sellers meet online, generate business leads and conduct business transactions. The e-marketplace features are tailored to service a large numbers of buyers and suppliers as a community.

Washington Post intern Christine Stoddard documents what she wears to her internship everyday for 11 weeks; photo by Helen Stoddard.

Counterfeit medicines are generally medicines that are not the standard quality.

E-Procurement is a quickly growing market that sends dollar signs into the minds of business owners.