Daily Archives: October 30, 2016

Procurement Sustentation (Collected Links)

Procurement Sustentation Prologue

  1. fiscal crisis
  2. Bank Failure
  3. (un)employment rate
  4. Gen X, Gen Y, and Gen Z
  5. Currency Conservation
  6. mega global corpos
  7. the 1%
  8. outdated financial models
  9. Oil & Gas Price Shocks
  10. Mini Trends and Macro Trends
  11. Postal Services
  12. Airlines
  13. ports & labour strikes
  14. roads
  15. Waste, ROHS, WEEE
  16. PETA
  17. Greenpeace
  18. Natural Disasters
  19. Water
  20. Oil & Natural Gas
  21. Climate Change
  22. Natural EMPs
  23. Food Shortages
  24. Rare Earth Minerals
  25. Government Actions
  26. WTO
  27. UNCLOS
  28. Customs Acts
  29. Trade Embargoes
  30. TPP & the Poison Pill
  31. China and the New Silk Road
  32. Political Unrest
  33. Taxation
  34. Tariffs
  35. Health & Safety
  36. Labelling
  37. Industry Associations and Standards
  38. The Sharing Economy
  39. Brand
  40. Crime & Piracy
  41. Fraud & Corruption
  42. Pandemics
  43. Urbanization & Mega Cities
  44. Education Quality
  45. A Lack of Match Competency
  46. Mass Hysteria
  47. XaaS
  48. Workers’ Rights
  49. Gamification
  50. Talent Tightness
  51. Talent
  52. Project Management
  53. Engineering
  54. Marketing
  55. Sales
  56. Legal
  57. Finance
  58. Logistics
  59. Warehouse Management
  60. Human Resources
  61. Leadership & Fiefdoms
  62. Shareholders
  63. Board of Directors
  64. Major Activist Investors
  65. Solution Partners
  66. Tier 1
  67. Tier 2
  68. Carriers
  69. 3PL Firms
  70. Outsourced Providers
  71. Government
  72. Corporations
  73. Individual Consumers
  74. Demand Planning
  75. Mobile Movement Madness
  76. Cybersecurity / CyberAttack
  77. e-Currency
  78. e-Privacy
  79. Big Data / Data Scientists
  80. The Cloud
    & The Cloud, Part II
  81. Social Media
  82. The Secret Seven
  83. Spreadsheets
  84. Dashboards
  85. Apps
  86. Template Mania
  87. OLAP
  88. Computing Leap
  89. IP Patents
  90. Open Source
  91. Proprietary Madness
  92. Data Loss
  93. Technological Disasters
  94. New Industrialization Era
  95. Competitors
  96. Consortiums
  97. Traditional Analysts
  98. Pundits/Futurists
  99. Conferences
  100. Bloggers

Sixty Nine Years Ago Today …

GATT was created. Originally signed by 23 nations in Geneva on October 30, 1947, it was the foundation for global trade until January 1, 1995 when the WTO was formally established (after being agreed to by 123 nations in Marrakesh on April 14, 1994). GATT was important not just because it created critical multi-lateral agreements, but because it offered a substantial reduction of tariffs and other trade barriers for its member countries, with average tariff levels for major GATT participants of only 22%. This might sound high as a tax rate, but when you consider some acts can see tariffs as high as 100% or 200% (to prevent market flooding with foreign goods), this is very advantageous. And these levels dropped over time. By 1967, average tariff levels were 15%, and by 1993, two years before the creation of the WTO, average tariff levels were 5%.

Any comments, LOLCat?