Regulation & Compliance

Trucking's Hours-of-Service Rest Rules Could Mean Higher Consumer Costs, Study Finds

January 6, 2014

New federal regulations mandating rest time for truckers could mean increased costs for consumers, according to study from the Global Supply Chain Institute at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

NCR: An Old-Line Company Never Stops Changing

January 3, 2014

SupplyChainBrain

Gordon Pearson, global inventory director with NCR, talks about the challenges his company faces in gaining full visibility of supply and demand, and in dealing with increasing supply-chain volatility.

The Strategic Approach to Implementing Traceability Standards

January 3, 2014

Mark Miller, Vice President, AFS Technologies

The importance of produce traceability has been made devastatingly clear in recent years by well publicized incidents of illness, and even death, due to contaminated lettuce, spinach, cantaloupes and more. While officials in such cases spend weeks tracing the contamination to its source, all growers, wholesalers and retailers suffer market consequences.

Relieving the Pain Points of Supply-Chain Management

December 27, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

Amanpreet Singh, senior director of strategy and operations with Motorola Mobility, discusses his career in supply chain, and outlines the major "pain points" that companies face today, in attempting to gain full visibility of supply and demand.

Can Maritime Piracy Be Stopped?

December 27, 2013

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

Does commercial shipping have to be a matter of life or death?

Trade Compliance and Global Security Management: A New Synergy

December 27, 2013

Rennie Alston, CEO, American River International

'Know Sooner, Act Faster': A Supply-Chain Mantra

December 26, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

C.J. Wehlage, vice president of high-tech solutions with Kinaxis, details industry's major supply-chain management challenges - in particular, the difficulty of obtaining full visibility of supply and demand, and dealing with the volatility of markets.

Assessing and Managing Risk in Global Supply Chains

December 26, 2013

Mark Michaels, Chief Communications Officer, Damco

(Future) Nights of the S.F. Roundtable, Part Two

December 23, 2013

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

More predictions for the future of supply-chain management, courtesy of a panel of industry insiders at the fifth annual seer-fest sponsored by the San Francisco Roundtable of the Council of Supply-Chain Management Professionals:

How Can Companies Respond Rapidly to Demand?

December 23, 2013

SupplyChainBrain

Trevor Miles, vice president of thought leadership with Kinaxis, details industry's major supply-chain management challenges - in particular, the difficulty of obtaining full visibility of supply and demand, and dealing with the volatility of markets.