It's been about a year since the Securities and Exchange Commission began imposing its rule on the disclosure of conflict materials from the Democratic Republic of Congo in manufactured products. Are companies up to speed?

Synchrono LLC, a provider of manufacturing software, has released version 6.0 of SyncOperations, its manufacturing intelligence system built on Savigent.

Procurement fraud is costing global companies billions of dollars a year. So why can't they put a stop to it?

The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) is partnering with Procurious, an online business network for procurement and supply-chain professionals, to form a social media knowledge initiative.

The recall of a single spice can have huge ramifications for food safety.

Will we ever cut off the flow of contaminated product from China and other offshore manufacturing sites?