Surplus causes disequilibrium in the supply and demand of a product. This imbalance means that the product cannot flow through the market efficiently. However, the cycle of surplus and shortage has a way of balancing itself out.
Environmental scanning is the term used to describe the acquisition and use of information gleaned from sources external to your company. Scanning can be thought of as a form of early-warning radar that lets managers look into the future.
Environmental Remediation is the removal of pollution or contaminants from groundwater and soil for human health benefits. In the Woburn case, a pump-and-treat system is used to eliminate the TCE pollutants. Similar to an everyday household vacuum, the pump-and-treat system is a vacuum pump that extracts the groundwater through which it enters a series of pipes that absorb the contaminants.