Supply-Chain Council
Encyclopedia
Supply-Chain Council is an independent non-profit organization
, as the cross-industry standard for supply chain management
. SCC has developed and endorsed the Supply-Chain Operations Reference
(SCOR)-model, a process reference model
for supply chain management.
The SCC was organized in 1996 by Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath (PRTM
) and AMR Research
, and initially included 69 voluntary member companies. SCC now has closer to 1,000 corporate members world-wide and has established international chapters in North America
, Europe
, Greater China
, Japan
, Australia
/New Zealand
, South East Asia, Brazil
and Southern Africa
. Development of additional chapters in India
and South America
are underway. SCC membership consists primarily practitioners representing a broad cross section of industries, including manufacturers, services, distributors, and retailers.
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
, as the cross-industry standard for supply chain management
Supply chain management
Supply chain management is the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the ultimate provision of product and service packages required by end customers...
. SCC has developed and endorsed the Supply-Chain Operations Reference
Supply-Chain Operations Reference
Supply-chain operations reference-model is a process reference model developed by the management consulting firm PRTM and endorsed by the Supply-Chain Council as the cross-industry de-facto standard diagnostic tool for supply chain management...
(SCOR)-model, a process reference model
Reference Model
A reference model in systems, enterprise, and software engineering is a model of something that embodies the basic goal or idea of something and can then be looked at as a reference for various purposes.- Overview :...
for supply chain management.
The SCC was organized in 1996 by Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath (PRTM
PRTM
PRTM is a management consulting subsidiary of PwC. The firm’s business centers on the areas of operational strategy, supply chain innovation, product innovation, and customer experience innovation...
) and AMR Research
AMR Research
AMR Research, Inc. was an independent research firm, sold to Gartner Research for $64 million in 2009, which focused on the global supply chain and its supporting technologies...
, and initially included 69 voluntary member companies. SCC now has closer to 1,000 corporate members world-wide and has established international chapters in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Greater China
Greater China
Greater China is a term used to refer to mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. As a "phrase of the moment", the precise meaning is not entirely clear, and people may use it for only the commercial ties, only the cultural actions, or even as a euphemism for the Two Chinas, while others may...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
/New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, South East Asia, Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
and Southern Africa
Southern Africa
Southern Africa is the southernmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. Within the region are numerous territories, including the Republic of South Africa ; nowadays, the simpler term South Africa is generally reserved for the country in English.-UN...
. Development of additional chapters in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
are underway. SCC membership consists primarily practitioners representing a broad cross section of industries, including manufacturers, services, distributors, and retailers.