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To help save you time when searching for relevant supply chain management articles and resources, OIPMAC continuously updates this webpage with current news items from various media outlets. If you have any articles or news items you would like to recommend, please send them to dlyons@ontarioinstitute.com.

 

 


How the carbon intensity of paper became the latest challenge in greening our supply chain
The Guardian, January 25, 2010
Supply chain management was never easy at the best of times, but embedding sustainability into global decision-making has made it fiendishly difficult. It's similar to an onion; Every time you peel one layer off, there is another to deal with, and often a few tears shed along the way.

Enterprise Resource Planning – What is it?
Payroll, January 23, 2010
The original use of this term referred to the planning within a large organisation to use its wide resources. Today, however, the term can relate to any company and the use of this planning is very comprehensive. A company’s software system will need to provide the organisation with functionality for at least two systems for it to be considered ERP.

The Need For Reverse Supply Chain Management
Creative Headline, January 23, 2010
Why has reverse supply chain management become so important nowadays? The main reason why companies have started to give importance to reverse supply chain is because it reduces the operating costs if it reuses its products or components.

 


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