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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

NC State SCRC

The assessments involved using a machine based learning algorithm by Yung-Yun Huang, PhD, who completed her dissertation in Operations REsearch at NC State two years ago. Yung-Yun’s algorithm scanned tens of thousands of targeted news and company reports to develop the ratings in each category. chemicals, resins, IT providers).

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Supply Chain and Logistics Predictions for 2016

Talking Logistics

How will transportation, inventory, and sourcing policy decisions change in light of this cheap oil environment? Terrorism : The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, coupled with the ongoing instability in Syria and Iraq and the spread of ISIS, have raised the risk for terrorism-related supply chain disruptions in 2016.