Supply Chain Foundations
Ideas for keyword searching
Supply chain details are often found in articles. Here are ideas for keywords you can use in your search. Just add you company name to the search:
- “supply chain” OR suppliers OR supply
- inventory OR "retail inventories” (if you are researching a retail company)
- “distribution channels” OR distribution
- logistics OR transportation OR warehousing
Articles of interest
- Despite promises, chocolate is still fueling deforestation "Supply chains, the engines of global growth, are broken," Parkin said in September 2018 at the international climate conference in Poland. "We can no longer treat these as commodities of unknown origin and unknown climate impact. You've got to radically change how you source these materials."
- The Software That Shapes Workers’ Lives "... supply chains aren’t purely physical. They’re also made of information. Modern supply-chain management, or S.C.M., is done through software. The people who design and coördinate supply chains don’t see warehouses or workers. They stare at screens filled with icons and tables. Their view of the supply chain is abstract."
- The tiniest tweak to Apple’s supply chain can wreak financial ruin on its suppliers "For a company worth $750 billion, it’s not such a big deal to terminate a $76 million annual contract. But for the supplier losing that contract, it could be a different story. Just ask Imagination Technologies. Today, the microchip designer is paying the price for putting all its eggs in one basket."
Best bet resources
- IBIS World This link opens in a new windowSearch for an industry by keyword, or browse Canada Industry Reports (NAICS). When viewing report, select Products & Markets > Supply Chain. Scroll down the page to see details, graphics & charts.
- Gartner Research This link opens in a new windowAnalysis and advice for the users and vendors of information technology. Search by keyword(s), e.g. supply chain management.
- Emerald Insight This link opens in a new windowOver 200 e-journals in business including Supply Chain Management.
- ProQuest Central This link opens in a new windowSearch across multiple databases from ProQuest with one search.
Note: Recommend using Firefox or Google Chrome. Permitted Uses - Skillport This link opens in a new windowAn ebook collection which includes more than 4,000 business titles, with more than 200 for supply chain management.
