Global Supply Chain Management

Data Theft Affects Nearly One in Five Adults Online

April 17, 2014

Eighteen percent of online adults in the U.S. have had important personal data stolen, according to a Pew Research Center study highlighting the crisis in data protection.

How to Protect Your Supply Chain From Cyber Crime

April 17, 2014

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The risk of cyber crime hitting your supply chain is greater than ever before.

Your Next Perfect Employee or Job Is Waiting

April 16, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

SupplyChainBrain and JobsInLogistics have joined forces in 2014 for the specialized purpose of:

UK Manufacturers Lost Significant Amounts in Preventable Supply Chain Problems

April 16, 2014

IB Times

Large UK manufacturers lost more than £58m in 2013 following a raft of preventable supply chain issues, including firms' failures to deliver goods on time.

Netwin Unveils New Module for Conflict Minerals Reporting

April 15, 2014

Netwin Solutions Inc.

Netwin Solutions Inc., a provider of applications for supply-chain security and global trade management, has launched a software module to help companies comply with new rules for reporting on the presence of conflict minerals in their products.

Manufacturers Focus on Cost Reduction, But Ignore Energy Inefficiency, Report Says

April 15, 2014

Appliance

Insufficient communication and too much emphasis on controlling factory capital expenditures means that manufacturers pay massive energy-inefficiency costs over the lifetime of their plants, according to research firm IHS.

Being Proactive to Manage Supplier Non-Compliance

April 14, 2014

Supply Chain Digital

The rise of global sourcing as a means to minimize costs has had the unintended consequence of increasing risk. Dependence on an increasing number of suppliers makes it difficult to monitor their performance without automated metrics. According to a 2013 Supply Chain Resilience Survey, 75 percent of organizations experienced at least one supply chain disruption incident in the past year.

Sanitary Food Transportation Act in Focus

April 14, 2014

Food Logistics

The Food and Drug Administration has the responsibility for implementing FSMA and has issued seven proposed rules on each of the critical elements. These include Hazard Analysis and Preventive Controls for both human and animal food; Produce Safety; Intentional Adulteration; Foreign Supplier Verification Programs; Accreditation of Third-party Auditors; and finally the Sanitary Food Transportation Act (SFTA).

Ikea to Build Wind Farm to Satisfy Some of Its Energy Needs

April 14, 2014

Los Angeles Times

Swedish home goods giant Ikea Group is investing in its first wind farm in the U.S., joining a parade of other companies that are venturing into the renewable energy sector. The company purchased Hoopeston Wind, an energy project under construction in Illinois.

Managing Supply Chain Risk - That's for Somebody Else to Worry About, Right?

April 14, 2014

Forbes

The recent occurrence of faulty ignition switches in General Motors cars should serve as a wakeup call to companies that lack good visibility into their global supply chains. But most have failed to implement adequate supply-chain risk-management programs that could head off such problems.