Successful supply chain vendor compliance / by Norman A. Katz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Preface -- The essential elements -- Introduction -- Envision -- Explain -- Exceptions -- Expectations -- Enrol -- Educate -- Enterprise resource planning -- Electronic business-to-business -- Electronic data capture -- Enable -- Engage -- Examine -- Enforcement -- Empathy -- Equality and ethics -- Extend -- Evolve -- Building the program -- Introduction -- A legal framework -- Vendor compliance documentation -- Transactions and reactions -- The operation & transaction supply chain -- Performance monitoring -- Scorecard cycle -- Financial penalties for non-compliance -- Ensure data consistency across transactions -- Don't twist terminology -- Keep compliance documentation updated -- Collaboration beyond compliance -- Vendor education -- Introduction -- Executive overview -- The organizational overhaul -- An overview of EB2B -- Barcode label printing & RFID tagging -- EB2B integration tips & tricks -- Avoiding common compliance chargebacks -- Obtaining a proper manufacturer identifier -- Is vendor compliance worth it? -- Governing ethically and compliance data management -- The pros and cons of standards -- A client case story -- The fallout -- The end result -- Solution opportunities -- Focused on the future -- Compliance data and information management -- Big data characteristics -- System or many -- Focus on the formulas -- Risk and reward -- Information collaboration -- Build it or buy it -- Governing ethically -- The heart of the matter -- Closing comments -- References.