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Insurance Damage Caused by Tianjin Blasts Could Top $3Bn

September 16, 2015

New York reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter & Company has estimated that it could cost $3.3bn to cover the extent of losses associated with the Tianjin explosions.

Supplier Compliance Programs: The Gap Between Talk and Walk

September 14, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Companies say they have effective supplier compliance programs in place. But reality says something quite different.

Progress Reported in Making Bangladesh Apparel Factories Safer for Workers, NRF Says

September 11, 2015

NRF

National Retail Federation executives returning from a visit to Bangladesh said a report issued by the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety reflects improvements in garment worker safety they saw during tours of factories and other facilities.

Vessels in or Near Tianjin Explosions May Be Contaminated With Hazardous Chemicals, Maritime Administration Warns

September 11, 2015

Maritime Executive

The United States Maritime Administration has issued Advisory 2015-02 concerning possible contamination by hazardous materials caused by the explosions that occurred last month at the Port of Tianjin, in China.

Labelmaster Issues New Emergency Response Guidebook

September 9, 2015

Labelmaster

Labelmaster has developed the 2016 edition of its Emergency Response Guidebook.

Every Employee, From Top to Bottom, Must Participate for 'Cyber-security Culture' to Work

September 9, 2015

CSO

Cyber-security involves many different technical and informational solutions that must be adopted and implemented to position an organization for the greatest chance of resiliency in a complex threat landscape.

How to Make Change Happen in Your Organization

September 4, 2015

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Change in the organization is inevitable. So how do you get your employees to stop blocking it?

Post-Katrina, New Orleans Sees Benefit of Using Cloud to Enable Disaster Recover

September 2, 2015

CIO

The City of New Orleans and private businesses that struggled to survive the devastation of Hurricane Katrina learned some valuable lessons. One of the primary caveats when it comes to business continuity is to mitigate risk by embracing the cloud.

ULA: Launching a World-Class Supply Chain

September 1, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

United Launch Alliance LLC is a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and The Boeing Co. Brad Houser, senior manager of supply chain operations, explains the company's mission, and how it crafts a supply chain that's geared toward absolute reliability in support of rocket launch services for government and the private sector.

Why Aren't Suppliers More Concerned About Food Safety?

August 31, 2015

Progressive Grocer

On average, $10m is the cost of a recall on a food company. Add this to the fact that recalls have been doubling every year from the 2002-2014 period in the United States, and it should worry any stakeholder in the manufacturing and processing facilities. Yet many of them are surprisingly optimistic about the chance of a recall affecting business, and it's their belief of invincibility that leaves them unprepared to weather a storm when one blows up. When manufacturers take a risk on their customers' health, they take a risk on their business’s health.