Supply chain risk management - Articles - Page 84

The Cutting Edge of Supply-Chain Sustainability

October 1, 2012

Dan Cassler, assistant chair of the Information Logistics Technology Department at the University of Houston, offers an update on supply-chain sustainability - and details both the benefits and pain to be derived from such efforts.

Research Released on Speech Analytics, Industrial Networking, Supplier Risk Management, Other Areas

September 17, 2012

Aberdeen

Reports from the Contact Center/Marketing Effectiveness, Manufacturing, Product Innovation + Engineering, and Supply Chain Management research practices of Aberdeen are now available.

Uncertain Economy Affects Retail Supply Chain

September 17, 2012

STORES

As retail supply chains grow increasingly larger geographical footprints, they become more susceptible to risk. Retailers have long prepared for natural disasters and geopolitical events, but ongoing financial crises and uncertainty has them even more concerned.

Understanding Independent Distributor Certifications and Anti-Counterfeiting

September 12, 2012

Smith & Associates, Rockwell Automation

Quality management systems are at the core of every set of critical business processes, and essential among these are anti-counterfeit strategies. Recently, industry headlines have been replete with analyst and government reports documenting the pervasiveness of counterfeit product in supply chains. Rather than a new problem though, counterfeit criminal activity is as old as business itself, and with this history comes an equally long history of anti-counterfeit strategies and risk management practices.

Stanford Slates Responsible Supply Chains Conference

September 10, 2012

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Stanford University's Graduate School of Business will host a one-day conference on socially and environmentally responsible supply chains. Entitled "Shared Value and Supply Chains - Strategies for Success," the event will take place on Oct. 10, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:20 p.m., and be followed by a networking reception.

Despite Drop in Piracy, Task Force Says Shipping Industry Cannot Let Its Guard Down

September 6, 2012

Maritime Executive

Operation Atalanta, NATO and Combined Task Force 151 have called upon the shipping industry to continue to take anti-piracy measures despite the current downward trend in piracy events.

Serialization, Data Management Combat Counterfeiting in Food and Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

September 5, 2012

ChainLink Research

Attention is mounting by consumers, government, industry, and media to address the growing counterfeit challenges in the US.

The Wait's Over: SEC Finally Acts on Rule to Track Conflict Minerals

September 4, 2012

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Moving at the blinding speed of bureaucracy, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has finally adopted a rule that requires manufacturers to report on their use of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Product Protection Rises as a Top Supply Chain Concern Among Healthcare Execs

August 31, 2012

UPS

Healthcare executives around the world are investing in their supply chains as they prepare for continued global growth in an increasingly complex and dynamic environment, according to data from the fifth annual UPS "Pain in the (Supply) Chain" healthcare survey.

Many Execs Not Personally Ensuring Companies Protected from Hacking, Cyber-Threats, Report Finds

August 22, 2012

CFO

While computer hackers and data thieves are always improving, developing ever-more sophisticated ways to to breach corporate security systems, businesses have been falling behind in the measures they're taking to protect themselves, a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers report asserts. C-suite executives, the aren't taking enough personal responsibility for mitigating organizational risk due to mobile computing and employees using their personal devices at work.