Friday, September 1, 2017 · Bridget McCrea
Today's global supply chains are fraught with financial- and credit-related risks. Here's how software and online information platforms can help your company overcome these obstacles and create a sustainable supply chain.
Monday, March 6, 2017 · Robert J. Trent
The world of supply chain management is exciting, challenging and rapidly changing. According to supply chain managers and executive leaders at a Fortune 50 company, these five trends are affecting the design and management of supply chains.
Thursday, January 12, 2017 · SCMR Staff
Join us for this FREE virtual conference as we define the challenges facing operations and offer solutions designed to create dynamic, automated networks that offer seamless communication, improved collaborative third-party relationships, and the ability to respond to changes…
Thursday, January 12, 2017 · John Kloosterman and Michael Congiu
The concepts of business and human rights continue to renovate how business views its place in the world, and its relationships to its customers, markets, and the states where it has operations.
Friday, November 4, 2016 · John Piatek
Falling commodity prices have made businesses look good and given business leaders a false peace, but looming currency wars may prove to be the disruptor that ignites a new round of commodity volatility.
Thursday, October 6, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
While 42.1 percent of respondents to a recent Deloitte poll expect government agency scrutiny of product safety to increase through 2017, just 15.1 percent are fully prepared to manage a product safety or quality crisis.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016 · Andrew Lubin
It's a new and ugly world in international trade today. Hanjin Shipping's receivership and bankruptcy filing suddenly exposed how flimsy is the world of shipping alliances and just-in-time supply chain management.
Thursday, May 12, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
Supply chain resilience is vital to robust business performance. Threats to resilience—such as depressed oil prices, natural catastrophes and the spread of terrorism—are keeping financial executives around the world up at night.
Thursday, May 5, 2016 · Michael Meeks, Director of Risk Management, AFN
Instances of cargo theft declined by about six percent in 2015, according to logistics security organization FreightWatch International. The report also noted, however, that a high risk for cargo theft remains due to the increased savviness of thieves.
Thursday, May 5, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
Add “cyber exposure” and widespread fraud to the mix, and we have a daunting checklist to address before supply chains can be regarded as efficient and secure. Several recent studies indicate that risks are mounting for supply chains in even the most developed parts of the…
Thursday, April 28, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
A new study released recently from global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney promises to provide supply chain managers valuable advice on risk mitigaition
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 · Patrick Burnson
For the third consecutive year, about 30 percent of Deloitte poll respondents say their companies experienced supply chain fraud, waste or abuse in the preceding year.
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