Supply chain management: supply chain security and risk management

Airfreight Security Screening Needs 'Significant Further Testing'

January 17, 2014

Significant further testing must be conducted into the provision of advance data for air cargo and mail parcels security screening. Furthermore, common global standards and procedures must be developed to avoid potentially serious disruption to the flow of world trade, according to The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA).

You're Not Ready for the Next Supply-Chain Disruption

January 17, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

If you're a supply-chain executive, there's a good chance that the next tsunami, hurricane, flood or other disaster will take your organization by surprise. Again.

Factories Fail in Search for Supply Chain Risks

January 9, 2014

WSJ

Here's the latest advice for supply-chain managers: Sweat the small stuff. Manufacturing company executives responsible for parts and supplies tend to worry most about what would happen if deliveries from one of their biggest suppliers were disrupted by a natural disaster or other unforeseen event, says David Simchi-Levi, an engineering professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Why the U.S. Transportation System Is Falling Apart

December 6, 2013

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

What's eating the American transportation infrastructure? Corrosion.

Orbcomm Launches Solar-Powered Trailer-Tracking Tool

November 12, 2013

Orbcomm Inc.

Orbcomm Inc., a provider of machine-to-machine technology, has launched its solar-powered GT 1100 trailer-tracking system for the transportation and distribution industry.

Omnitracs Issues New Apps for Tire Maintenance, Supply-Chain Visibility

November 12, 2013

Omnitracs Inc.

Omnitracs Inc., a provider of integrated wireless systems and services to transportation and logistics companies, has launched several new products.

In Past Year, 70 Percent of Companies Have Been Affected by Fraud, Report Says

November 8, 2013

Kroll

The number of companies falling victim to fraud has increased in the past year, according to the 2013 Kroll Global Fraud Report. Overall, 70 percent of companies were affected by fraud in the past 12 months, up from 61 percent the previous year, and there was an increase in every category of fraud covered by the study.

CargoWise Integrates With Canadian Customs; Partners With CLN

November 7, 2013

CargoWise

CargoWise has created a software module to help customers meet the documentation needs of Canadian Customs.

C.H. Robinson Joins CargoNet in Anti-Cargo Theft Effort

October 22, 2013

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc.

C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. has joined CargoNet, the cargo-theft prevention and recovery network.

Piracy Declines Around the World, But Vigilance Advised Off African Coasts

October 21, 2013

Maritime Executive

The International Chamber of Commerce's International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has revealed that piracy on the world's seas is at its lowest third-quarter level since 2006, but warns of the threat of continuing violent attacks off the East and West coasts of Africa.