Research Guides: Supply Chain Management: Getting Started

Getting Started: Definitions

CSCMP’s Definition of Supply Chain Management
The official definition from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. Also download a comprehensive list of terms for logistics and supply chain management.
Supply Chain Management
Article with bibliography from the 2012 edition of The Encyclopedia of Management.
What is SCOR?
Definition of the SCOR model used to measure supply chain processes. From the Supply Chain Council.

Reports on the State of the Industry

This is a selection of current reports and studies of trends in logistics and supply chain management.

Digital Transformation of Industries: Logistics Industry
January 2016 report from the World Economic Forum in collaboration with Accenture.
Shifting Patterns: The Future of the Logistics Industry
2017 report from PwC.
Future of Supply Chains Primer
Report from nonprofit BSR on trends that will affect the supply chain from now to 2025.
ISM Reports on Business
Current reports from the Institute for Supply Management.

Industry Analysis

For an overview of industries that operate in trucking, logistics, transportation, warehousing and other operations that support supply chain management, start with one of these databases.

IBISWorld
IBISWorld offers industry analysis for over 800 U.S. industries and hundreds of global industries. Each report includes a supply chain survey.
Fitch Solutions BMI (formerly FitchConnect)
Industry profiles for over 25 industry sectors in more than 70 global markets and the U.S.