Risk Management

“Hostile Environment Liability Protection” Launched for Supply Chain Managers

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 · Patrick Burnson A consortium of international risk management experts recently announced the launch of Hostile Environment Liability Protection (HELP), a risk mitigation, crisis response and insurance program.

Supply Chain Fraud and Detection Still Not Up to Par

Tuesday, May 19, 2015 · Patrick Burnson More than one-quarter of professionals (28.9 percent) say their organizations experienced supply chain fraud, waste or abuse during the past 12 months

Supplier Evasion of a Buyer’s Audit Has Other Implications

Tuesday, May 12, 2015 · Patrick Burnson Recently, some prominent buyers' brands have been damaged because their suppliers caused major harm to workers or the environment, e.g., through a deadly factory fire or release of toxic chemicals. How can buyers motivate suppliers to exert greater care to prevent such harm?

Supply Chain Risk Management Subject of Deloitte and MAPI Study

Tuesday, May 5, 2015 · SCMR Staff A new study, “Understanding Risk Assessment Practices at Manufacturing Companies,” uncovers complex business risks and disruptors facing manufacturers, and a pressing need for the industry to evolve its risk assessment capabilities.

New Supply Chain Risk Index Shows Significant Geographic Shift

Friday, May 1, 2015 · Patrick Burnson Norway is ranked #1 in the Index as the country best suited for companies seeking to avoid disruptions in their global supply chain operations. Venezuela ranked last on the list of the 130 countries and territories listed. The three regions of the United States – East,…

IT Disruption Risk in the Supply Chain

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 · APQC A recent survey conducted by APQC indicates that many organizations have been affected by various types of IT disruptions within the last two years.

M&A Activity in Food Services Supply Chain Examined: Risk Mitigation

Tuesday, April 7, 2015 · Patrick Burnson Despite Kraft’s Blue Box recall last month it the food giant went ahead with its announcement that it would be merging with Heinz – thereby making the Kraft Heinz Company the fifth largest food and beverage company in the world, third in the U.S.

Identifying Supply Chain Risk

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 · Patrick Burnson According to DHL, these partnerships go beyond transaction-based solutions providers of the past to strategic partners who deliver competitive advantage and growth through their supply chain solutions and technological capabilities.

DHL Launches Next Phase Resilience360 Risk Management Tool

Tuesday, March 17, 2015 · Patrick Burnson Since its launch, Resilience360 has been used by shippers across Asia, Europe and the Americas.

Bribery Remains a Global Supply Chain Concern

Friday, December 12, 2014 · Patrick Burnson The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has released its first-ever analysis of anti-bribery on a global scale, sounding an alarm for U.S. supply chain managers.

Supply Chain Aspirations – Part III

Monday, December 1, 2014 · Robert A Rudzki How to get the resources you need, to achieve the results that you know (or suspect) can be produced? Readers of this column should know the answer: “it’s the business case, stupid!”

The Evolving Landscape of Low Cost Country Sourcing…Reprised

Tuesday, November 11, 2014 · Robert A Rudzki Are last year’s low-cost countries the right answer for the future? Maybe not.

Do Flags of Convenience Enable Ebola?

Monday, October 20, 2014 · Patrick Burnson U.S. shippers have been assured by a variety of governmental agencies that cargo vessels of Liberian Registry are no more vulnerable to carrying the Ebola virus than vessels sailing under other Flags of Convenience.

Seeing is Believing: Visualizing Supply Chains in Distress

Monday, October 20, 2014 · Ranjana Mary Ninan and Christopher Sean Wang There is no better way to show the impact of major disruptions on supply chains than to convey the level of risk involved through a clear, impactful, visual device.

The Risk of Failure

Friday, September 5, 2014 · Rosemary Coates Global supply chains have become longer, stretching worldwide; and with every stretched link comes the potential for a weak spot and additional risk of failure.