Phil Renaud, executive director of The Risk Institute at The Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business, runs down the level of risk to supply chains created by relationships with third parties — and relates how a certain type of third party can help to mitigate it.

Vendor risk management, also called supplier risk management or third party risk management, describes the efforts of managing the risks posed by the companies who sell you products and services. This white paper from riskmethods will help you identify, assess and mitigate the risks posed by your vendors or other third parties.

Al Guarnieri, partner in the law firm of Parker Poe, details how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the planning efforts of manufacturers in the short, medium and long term.

For many years, pharmaceutical companies have struggled to track products through the supply chain. This drawback has made it easy for counterfeiters to introduce fake drugs into the market.

Artificial intelligence is everywhere in global business today, especially in the supply chain. But what exactly is this thing called “AI”?