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Behind the Numbers of the SCRC Supply Management Index

NC State SCRC

Yung-Yun’s algorithm scanned tens of thousands of targeted news and company reports to develop the ratings in each category. These interviews are often the best source of information and are not published. Secondary data sources are published available databases, reports, websites, and so on. Handfield, R.B.

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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.