Simply dumping a non-compliant supplier is probably the most disruptive option, and also in many ways the least good one. Better, in most cases, to deepen the relationship and offer genuine solutions.
Some coaches of school children waited for 14 hours to pass through border control, and board ferries to France at the beginning of the Easter school holidays.
The U.K. Cabinet Office said the new regime was a "huge step forward for the safety, security and efficiency of our borders." But the Cold Chain Federation, which represents chilled food traders, said it will hamper trade.
Jan-Willem Jannink, managing director and global sustainable value chain lead with Accenture, details the findings of a recent survey of CEOs about their sustainability efforts.
Per Hong, partner and core member of the strategic operations and transformation practice of Kearney, describes the many factors that are affecting the flow of trade with China.
The FDA has long been criticized for lapses in inspections of overseas manufacturing in China and India, which are the two major producers of drugs and raw ingredients for medicines.
Meanwhile, it emerged that a team of government officials became sick while investigating the health effects of the toxic train derailment, when they visited the Ohio site earlier this month.