Bartley Business Information Center

New guides are forthcoming and will soon appear on this site as well as in various WebCT/Vista classes where I have been asked to load them. To start with, the Non-profit guide is almost complete. Take a peak here.

To help celebrate the holiday season I have arranged for two (2) database demonstrations in the library’s Griffin Room. All interested parties are welcome to attend.

• December 7th at 2:30PM - BVD’s “Zephyr” database of M&A (Mergers and Acquistition) and IPO (Initial Public Offering) research will be presented by the BVD sales staff.

• December 13th at 10:00AM - Reference USA will be demonstrated by their sales staff. Reference USA is an electronic business directory, it also features health care service provider research section as well as US household demographic data analysis.

Please RSVP to daniel.overfield@villanova.edu if you would like to attend either presentation

Every year the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a survey of consumer expediture that is useful for analysing spending habits and trends among American households.

Transportation Cost Estimate Resources

Management 1102 teams thinking about pricing their new products are looking for suggestions on how to estimate shipping costs. These are just a few of the many web sites that offer freight quote comparisons.

https://www.freightquote.com/Default.aspx

http://www.freight101.com/?gclid=CO6xituun4gCFTcpGgodOCtlNA

Alternately you may solicit quotes from leading air, rail, motor, or marine carriers.

http://www.atlasair.com/aa/

http://www.jbhunt.com/

http://www.csx.com/?fuseaction=customers.main

http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/bussol/smallbiz/index.html

For a primer on how the freight industry operates see Standard & Poor’s Industry Survey: Commercial Transportation on Market Insight. The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals provides a glossary of industry terms, case studies and reports on trends. http://www.cscmp.org/ For a broader insight into logistical issues see Handbook of Supply Chain Management Ref HD39.5.H36 2001.

For international imports and exports, don’t forget to find out what customs and duties apply by visiting the U.S. Customs and Boarder Protection home page at http://www.cbp.gov/.

Resources compiled by Linda Hauck 10/30/06

Check the new pages tab for new research guides as they become available.

I added this year’s version of the Management 1102 presentation to the course pages link. Further, I updated the featured resources with the SRDS Lifestyle Market Analyst. If you are in any one of many classes this Fall it is likely you will probably use the Lifestyle Market Analyst.

The appointment scheduler should be operating correctly at this time. Let me know if there are problems.

Also, the Bloomberg Laptop, formerly available in Falvey Library, is now available at Bartley 2008 during my normally scheduled office hours.