Supply Chain Management Club (SCM Club)

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1. Objective

SCM Club is a non-for-profit international social organization for professional networking, communication, sharing and improvement on development of supply chain management.  The club provides networking and communication platform for among its members with website, forum, seminars, events and activities, and e-Newsletter, as well as connecting with leading professional associations and resources, for maximized opportunity and career prospective.  SCM Club will always develop along the best response to members “What’s in it for me?” question.  

Mission ：

i.  Promote SCM professional development and international communication
ii.  Provide an open and global platform for SCM professional’s FREE exchange of information
iii. Establish links and bridges for Chinese professional and selected international groups and associations in the SCM network
iv.  Provide social networking opportunity for members

2. Organization
 
SCM Club is found and initiated in 2004 by a group of supply chain management professionals and consultants, base on the requirement from participants of SCMC's training program.  SCM Club as an informal organization operated from SCMC Ltd, a consulting company focus on SCM training and education and its Internet platform.  An Advisory Board consist of experts in the field will give professional guidance, and a Board of Director will manage the direction and activities.  Local chapter will have chapter chairman appointed by the Board to lead the development of the local activities.

SCM Club Sponsors a few Special Interest Groups (SIG):

• Electronics
• Automotives
• Industrial
• Supply/market Intelligence
• Global Sourcing
• MRO
   

3. Advisory Board

Advisory board provides domain expertise and knowledge guidance for the operation of the club, and is formed by renowned experts in the field.  

4. Board of Governance

Board of Governance is consist of elected professionals and experts who is interested as well as willing to dedicate time and efforts in helping a growing community, and be recognized and respected in return.

5. Membership

Memberships are for supply chain management related professionals or organizations involved with supply chain operations or consulting, education and supporting services only. Individual or organization must submit SCM Club Application, and agrees to abide by the Bylaw of the club, to become a member.  Member is assigned a Club ID with an ID card.

Membership types:

• SCRC Corporate Joint  membership   -- has membership of the "Supply Chain Resource Consortium" and SCM Club
• ISM joint member  -- Joint as member of ISM and SCM Club          
• Corporate Member 
• Executive member        
• Regular member       
• Free Member                 

All members are entitled to social networking activities, and some of the public services offered through the SCMClub.org website.  Regular member enjoys value-added services.  Corporate members are entitled to services that are organizational nature, such as hiring and project consulting.  Executive member enjoy extra services that are geared towards senior executives.  Refer to “Member Benefit" for details.

SCM Club operates in non-for-profit model: All membership fee is used to pay for basic and value-added services, including but not limited to: website design and maintenance, content gathering and publishing, e-Newsletter editing, activities coordination and organizing, experts arrangement, database maintenance, seminar cost.  SCRC corporate members and other joint association members enjoy the respective benefit of those organization, in addition to SCM Club benefits.

Members can be applied through submission of an online application, or request a paper application from SCM Club.  Upon verification of your professional or organizational information, member will receive an official confirmation and a member ID card.  Executive member must be professional in senior management position with line and people management responsibilities.

Members' Obligation

All members of SCM Club must agrees to comply with the following:

1． Members are encouraged to recommend other professional to this Club.  However, only professionals in Supply Chain Management, which include such job nature, students, and consultants, are allowed into the club.  Sales people and non-related people are not accepted

2．  No commercial solicitation is allow in Club activities, except special sponsored activities deemed appropriate and approved by the board

3．  Members has the responsibility to protect other members privacy. No members information list should be provided to other 3rd party in any form, except where government regulation and law required

4．SCM Club activities, events and seminars is limited to professional, career development and general live topics only.  Any political, religious and social movement and related issues are strictly prohibited.

5． Members cannot use SCM Club website to publish any message or information that undermines national security, leaks national secret, invade the legal right of national group, social group or citizens.  Members are prohibited from using the website or members list to propagate any message that have the nature of:

• 1. Inciting resistant and obstruction to the implementation of constitution, law and regulations
• 2. Instigate subversion of national government and socialism system
• 3. Incite separation and damage of national unification
• 4. Instigate racial hatred, discrimination and destroys racial unification 
• 5. Fabricate or misrepresent facts, spread rumors, and disturb social orders
• 6. Promote feudalistic superstition, pornography, sex, gambling, violence, homicide, terrorism, and crime instigation 
• 7. Publicly humiliate others with untruth slanders, or maliciously attack others
• 8. Damage the reputation of government organization and agencies
• 9. Other unconstitutional or unlawful acts
• 10. Unapproved commercial advertising and solicitation