Regulation & Compliance

Debating the Timetable for Supply-Chain Futureshock

September 25, 2017

The future is coming. But experts can't seem to agree on when it's going to show up.

Automotive Industry Has Mixed Feelings About Trump's Approach to Fuel Standards

September 22, 2017

One might think that the auto industry favors weaker greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency standards, or at least the penalties set forth for non-compliance. But what it really favors are standards that are economically achievable and a definite set of rules for it to follow.

What to Expect From Nafta 2.0

September 22, 2017

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Can the North American Free Trade Agreement be saved?

Plants Get Reprieve: EPA Adds Two Years to Reduce Toxic Metals in Wastewater

September 20, 2017

Environmental Leader

The EPA has finalized a rule postponing the dates for certain rules that would limit runoff from two waste streams at power plants: bottom ash transport water and flue gas desulfurization. Compliance dates for the rules, which were issued in Nov. 2015, have been pushed back by two years, the EPA says.

Truckers Are in No Hurry to Have Their Hours Tracked

September 20, 2017

The Wall Street Journal

Electronic logs are taking fuzzy math out of trucking.

U.K. Firms Have Slavery 'Blind Spot,' Research Shows

September 19, 2017

Supply Management

U.K. firms are focusing anti-slavery efforts on foreign supply chains and overlooking forced labour at home, according to research.

Buy American, Hire American: How Renewed Protectionism Is Reshaping Supply Chains

September 19, 2017

Industryweek

Cowboy hats, fire trucks and baseball bats - these were some of the products put on display at the White House during the "Made in America Week" this summer. While this was mainly a symbolic, PR-motivated show to celebrate American manufacturing, recent policy initiatives by President Trump's administration are aiming to reshape the supply chains of federal agencies and companies across many sectors.

A Brief History of Equifax Security Fails

September 18, 2017

Forbes

The leak of data on as many as 143 million Americans announced by Equifax this month was not the first rodeo for the credit monitoring and (irony alert) breach recovery firm. It's had problems protecting its customers' information dating back years.

China's Electric Car Push Lures Global Auto Giants, Despite Risks

September 18, 2017

The New York Times

Volkswagen, the German auto giant, is preparing for a swift expansion in its output of electric cars next year - and the biggest jump in production will be in China. General Motors is making China the hub of its electric car research and development. Renault-Nissan, the French and Japanese carmaker, and Ford Motor have hustled to set up joint electric-car ventures in China.

European Carmakers Scramble to Address the Reality of Electric Cars

September 15, 2017

Fortune

European car bosses gathering for the Frankfurt auto show are beginning to address the realities of mass vehicle electrification, and its consequences for jobs and profit, their minds focused by government pledges to outlaw the combustion engine.