Supply Chain Management practitioners are famous for using acronyms. In an effort to demystify our language, Supply Chain Almanac has developed the following Glossary. It contains over 600 abbreviations that are relevant to those who work in and around the Supply Chain. This is our Second Edition, new and revised with dozens of new acronyms added [...]
There is a bewildering amount of choice in today’s market for training, education, and certification. Many who labor within the supply chain eventually come to a watershed moment in their career: they ask themselves, “Am I passionate about this line of work? Do I see a future for me within SCM?” These questions might even [...]
Rarely does a person see a 5-star rating appear opposite a book that is sold on Amazon – especially a technical one. Orlicky’s Material Requirements Planning 3rd edition, by Carol Ptak and Chad Smith (2011) is just one such nugget of gold. For manufacturing, operations, and inventory management professionals, this work promises to be a [...]
Supply Chain Almanac brings the world of Amazon to your doorstep! The Supply Chain Almanac e-Store: This is your opportunity to purchase books, magazines, Kindle products, Office Supplies, and even Tools and Hardware at rock-bottom prices! The Supply Chain Almanac e-Store is now powered by Amazon, in both the United States and Canada. Look to [...]
The Supply Chain Association of Pakistan is in its infancy, having been born in August 2008. Its formation is a testament to the growing profile of our profession around the world, and to the critical role that of supply chain management plays within efficient enterprises and healthy economies everywhere. The SCAP web site describes the [...]
The US Institute of Supply Management (ISM), based in Tempe, Arizona, released its monthly Report on Business yesterday summarizing US non-manufacturing activity for the month of April, 2012. The news is met with mixed reactions in financial markets. Economic activity in the non-manufacturing sector at a national level expanded in April for the 28th consecutive month, but [...]
The Institute of Supply Management (ISM), based in Tempe, Arizona, released its monthly Report on Business yesterday summarizing US manufacturing activity for the month of April, 2012. The news is encouraging. Economic activity in the manufacturing sector at a national level expanded in April for the 33rd consecutive month, as the overall economy grew for [...]
Education pays. Those who stay in school, and who commit themselves to lifelong learning after graduation, command significantly higher salaries than their colleagues, according to the US publication Logistics Management’s 2012 Salary Survey released earlier this month. The report does a nice job of presenting the results of a survey of over 800 professionals engaged in [...]
Introduction This entry is the first of a series that I will be writing in an effort to reveal some of the wonderful resources that are available to professionals, businesses, and agencies that are manifest in what I will call, generically, “professional associations.” I am often approached by young people who are about to embark [...]
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