A Selection Of Business Information Sources For Purchasing & Procurement BSMM-8350 Winter 2019 Instructor: Fouzia Baki

Introduction   I’m going to cover a few business resources that will help you with this course, and others in the MOM program. If you need further help, please contact me: Katharine Ball at (519) 253-3000, ext. 3852 or email: kball@uwindsor.ca Some of the resources are freely available on the web. Others are Leddy Library (http://leddy.uwindsor.ca) subscriptions and so, if you are off-campus, you will need to sign on with your University of Windsor ID and email password. You can get back to all the business databases and guides on the Business Administration page (http://leddy.uwindsor.ca/business-administration). This presentation powerpoint is available online at: http://leddy.uwindsor.ca/bsmm-8350-purchasing-and-procurement-winter-2019

Today We Will Cover: How to find books and journal articles How to find industry and company information How to find additional statistics

How to find books and journal articles on a topic Look for books if you want more of an overview of a subject You can find books in the Library Catalogue: http://led.uwindsor.ca/catalogue Look for journal articles if you want to focus on specific aspects of a subject You can find journal articles in databases: Business Source Complete http://led.uwindsor.ca/business-source-complete ProQuest Business http://led.uwindsor.ca/proquest-business Google Scholar http://led.uwindsor.ca/google-scholar

How to find books and journal articles on a topic Try searches such as: automo* AND (purchasing OR procurement OR logistics) Toyota AND (just in time OR logistics) supplier* AND sourcing “materials management”

How to enter keywords into databases Boolean Logic OR Returns results that contain any, some, or all of the keywords Capitalization is often optional (but not with Google or Google Scholar) Often used to broaden a search by linking synonyms e.g. fruit OR vegetables e.g. pot OR cannabis OR marijuana e.g. recruitment OR hiring OR employment AND Returns only results that contain all of the keywords Capitalization is often optional Narrows your search e.g. rivers AND salinity e.g. sport AND marketing e.g. millennials AND workforce NOT Returns results that contain the first keyword but not the second e.g. fruit NOT apples e.g. pets NOT cats e.g. retention NOT promotion Truncation Returns results that begin with the same keyword stem The *is the most common symbol used e.g. manag* Will retrieve manage, manager, managers, managing, management, etc. e.g. work* Will retrieve work, workplace, worker, workers, working, workforce, etc. Phrase Searching Returns results that contain the keywords together Quotation marks are used to denote a phrase e.g. “electronic commerce” e.g. “generation y”

How to find Industry and Company Information Industry and Market Research Reports   Some of the more popular databases are: IBISWorld http://led.uwindsor.ca/ibisworld Canadian, U.S. focused; covers many goods and services; manufacturing, wholesaling, and retail Global Market Information Database (GMID): Passport http://led.uwindsor.ca/gmid Many countries; consumer goods and services focused MarketResearch.com Academic http://led.uwindsor.ca/market-research U.S./globally focused; covers many goods and services Economist Intelligence Unit http://led.uwindsor.ca/eiu Many countries; broader industrial sectors

How to find Industry and Company Information   From the company’s viewpoint: The company website is the obvious place to start. For public companies, look for headings such as Investor Relations, Corporate Governance, Company Profile. You should find the annual and quarterly reports, financial statements, and information on their history, philosophy, operations, products/services, etc. SEDAR http://www.sedar.com Covers publicly traded companies. Contains annual reports, annual information statements, md&a reports, interim statements, and other financial documents. It often supplements information on company websites; filings are up-to-date; began in 1997, so there is a 20 year archive. EDGAR (https://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml) is the American equivalent.

How to find Industry and Company Information From an outside viewpoint: Business Source Complete and ProQuest Business http://led.uwindsor.ca/business-source-complete and http://led.uwindsor.ca/proquest-business Type the name of your company in the search box. Limit by date, if appropriate. You will find articles about your company and company profiles for larger companies. Thomson One http://ledproxy2.uwindsor.ca/login/thomsonone use the Internet Explorer browser; detailed company information, including analysts' research reports; also information on corporate governance, financial data, deals, share ownership, and officers and directors.  

How to find additional statistics Statistics Canada https://www.statcan.gc.ca/eng/start is the main government agency that produces data and statistics Census Program https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/index-eng.cfm Conducted every 5 years in years ending in 1 and 6 Includes variables such as age, sex, marital status, education, income, immigration, labour, language, etc. Many uses, e.g. consumer profiles in marketing Census 2016 profile data https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E&TABID=2 Detailed profiles for cities, towns, and much smaller geographic areas, e.g. Census tracts and dissemination areas Topic-based tabulations https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/datasets/index-eng.cfm?Temporal=2016

How to find additional statistics Statistics Canada continued… In addition to the census, Statistics Canada conducts hundreds of other surveys, including many of interest to business and commerce. One of the easiest approaches to finding information from these surveys is to Browse/search by Subject: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/subjects See under headings such as: Business and consumer services and culture, Business performance and ownership, Manufacturing, Retail and wholesale, etc. Statistics Canada data also gets used and re-worked by other levels of government and other federal government departments: e.g. Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada See for example: Industry Sector Intelligence https://www.canada.ca/en/services/business/research/industrysectorintelligence.html Statistics Canada data also gets used and re-worked by companies and other non-governmental organizations, e.g. Conference Board of Canada http://led.uwindsor.ca/conference-board-canada

So…Today We Have Briefly Covered: How to find books and journal articles How to find industry and company information How to find additional statistics Do you have any questions?