Supply Chain Management Review

How effectively you interact with your key suppliers can have a powerful influence on business performance. The top level of interaction is called strategic supplier relationship management, or SSRM. And while this competency can produce the quick wins that get management's attention, it has a bigger potential benefit:  SSRM can form the basis for a deeper, mutually beneficial relationship that brings new value to both sides.

This webcast will examine the six biggest risk management pitfalls impacting supply chain professionals today. These include things like ignoring the dangers associated with demand-pooling tactics; thinking short-term reaction instead of longer-term resiliency; and allowing inbred company culture to define risk strategy. The session will explain each of these pitfalls and offer specific recommendations on how to avoid them.

A new study shows companies are more scared than they were just three years ago of lead paint or contaminated products getting into their supply chains, but no one seems to be doing much about it.

DHL's parent company is jumping on the green bandwagon, pledging a huge reduction in its carbon footprint over the next 12 years.