ABSTRACT
Reporting and analyzing an organization from a comprehensive and holistic point of view is something that would, on its surface, be appealing to organizations and management professionals, regardless of geographic location or base of operations. Corporate operations and management in Japan, similar in nature to the broader base of reporting and performance reported by Western European organizations, tend to emphasize additional information on top of pure financial performance. Sustainability reporting clearly provides benefits and information to interested stakeholder groups, especially nongovernmental and environmental organizations; however, this by itself replicates an existing problem. Analysts would be hard-pressed to find a component of business management and operations more integrated throughout business operations than supply chains. A fundamental issue in any supply chain that spans and includes multiple organizations is that, even with additional sensors and information available to management decision makers, there are large gaps in information tracking and reporting.
