Regulation & Compliance

Wondering Where to Start in Managing Your Company's Supply Chain Emissions?

April 21, 2016

Today, most major companies publicly report their emissions to CDP, an international corporate emissions platform. As sustainability managers know, corporate emissions come from a variety of sources, which are grouped into "scopes."

Rearward, March! Defense Department Awards Big Reverse Logistics Contract

April 19, 2016

Liquidity Services

The Department of Defense has retained Liquidity Services, Inc. a provider of reverse supply chain services, to manage and sell scrap assets generated by DoD installations throughout the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and Guam. The Company expects to commence operations under the contract on Sept. 1, 2016.

Software Can Help Soothe Free Trade Headaches

April 15, 2016

Amber Road

The Cloud Makes Cities Smarter, Enables Cost-Effective Delivery of Services

April 14, 2016

Environmental Leader

Last June, Kansas City struck up a nearly $16bn partnership with Cisco Systems and Sprint to help make that city a lot smarter. How so? By tapping into digital technologies to improve such vital city services as energy, water and transportation.

Is It Really Burdensome to Disclose Your Climate-Related Risks?

April 14, 2016

CFO

Pressure is building on companies to disclose more information about their climate-related risks, but it remains to be seen whether such calls will actually pose a burden for more than a handful of isolated companies.

Software Can Help Soothe Free Trade Headaches

April 12, 2016

Amber Road

Free Trade Agreements, such as the ambitious Trans-Pacific Partnership recently signed in Auckland, N.Z., represent an attractive opportunity for U.S. importers. The same is true for the corresponding Foreign Trade Zones that have greatly proliferated in the last forty years - rising from eight in the U.S. in 1970 to more than 500 today.

Leaving EU Could Damage British Shipping Industry

April 11, 2016

Maritime Executive

If Britain votes to leave the European Union, the country's shipping sector faces years of disruption as trade agreements get reworked and currency volatility leads to higher costs at a time when the industry is battling its worst global downturn.

MRO Market for Military Helicopters to Fly Past $11.5Bn by 2020

April 8, 2016

Technavio

The global military helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) market is expected to exceed $11.5bn by 2020, growing at a CAGR of over 3 percent, according to market research from Technavio.

Should We Privatize the Nation's Air Traffic Control System?

April 8, 2016

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Supporters of a longtime proposal to privatize the U.S. Air Traffic Control system have failed again. But the issue is far from dead.

20,000 Supply Chain Slaves in the U.K.?

April 7, 2016

Maritime Executive

Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 has come into force in English law. The U.K. government has issued a practical guide on the section saying the measure is designed to create a level playing field between those businesses, whose turnover is over a certain threshold, which act responsibly and those that need to change their policies and practices.