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Economic Aspects of Supply Chains

American Global Logistics

However, there is a need for more precise and comprehensive metrics to understand the full economic impact of supply chains. The supply chain supports an additional 770,000 jobs, comprising 31%, of North Carolina's workforce. As the baseline for comparison shifts to 2021 results, economic contraction becomes a possibility.

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SCRC Innovation and Social Responsibility Supply Index: A Critical Input to “Drucker Management Top 250 List”

NC State SCRC

In the innovation category, metrics related to spending management, category management, strategic sourcing and supplier relationship management. In the social responsibility category, metrics related to supply chain policies, practices and results, including audits and lawsuits, with respect to human relations and the environment.

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“Culture eats strategy for breakfast”: The argument for creating an analytics culture

NC State SCRC

Supply Chain Metrics!?!? The metrics used by Handfield & de Oliveira’s study use well-established, industry-standard metrics for supply chain management. True, 10-K ’s andother standard financial filings provide metrics that are often used when comparing performance between companies. are useless to shareholder value.