What’s to be learned from 100,000 assessments of sustainability in global procurement?

The seafood industry is plagued by poor management, malpractices and the inability to track product from origin to consumption.

As consumers become more eco-conscious, they push brands to adopt more sustainable practices. Many have responded by increasing their reliance on returnable industrial packaging.

Multi-party cyber incidents threaten to have a far greater impact than those affecting single companies.

Many firms are surprised to discover just how much of software implementation work is not included in the implementation scope from their software vendor. 

In a complex modern-day global supply chain, how can companies assess which suppliers present the highest level of risk to business continuity? And how can they begin to implement effective risk-management programs based on end-to-end visibility?

It’s hard enough shoring up cybersecurity within the walls of your own business. But doing the same for the army of partners that makes up a global supply chain? That can be next to impossible.

Maintaining a dynamic supply chain in the 21st century involves an approach similar to crowd-sourcing, or what’s known as the “Uber Effect."

Technology may be helping companies work faster and with fewer resources, but the modern-day distribution center is still some way from achieving optimum productivity.