Regulation & Compliance

ThermoFisher Scientific: Why Good Risk Management Is Crucial to Product Quality

July 13, 2016

Lee Young, director of supplier quality with ThermoFisher Scientific, discusses how technology and business-process change have helped the company to tighten up its risk-management program.

Ikea to Recall Furniture in China, But Not in Europe

July 13, 2016

New York Times

Bowing to two weeks of rising public pressure in China, the Swedish furniture maker Ikea on Tuesday said it would extend its recent recall to a country where so far it has enjoyed strong sales.

States Ramp Up Efforts to Tax Online Sales

July 8, 2016

CFO

The explosive growth of online retailing over the last 20 years has increased the pressure on states to seek to enforce sales and use taxes on online purchases.

Forget Government Money - Billions in Private Investment Going Into Space Travel

July 8, 2016

L.A. Times

It used to be that the only way to get to outer space was through the government.

Canada Acts to Ban Microbeads in Consumer Products

July 8, 2016

CBC

Canada's federal government has officially listed microbeads as a toxic substance, giving it the ability to ban the plastic beads used in cleansers.

C-TPAT Program Said to Be in Dire Need of Updating

July 8, 2016

Air Cargo World

The Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program was created in the wake of the 9/11 attacks to build cooperative relationships that strengthen international supply chains and U.S. border security.

The Devastating Impact of Food Recalls on the Supply Chain

July 8, 2016

Robert J. Bowman, SupplyChainBrain

The recall of a single food ingredient can have massive implications for manufacturers and retailers, ranging over multiple supply chains.

The Compliance Map Unveils Supply Chain Transparency Module

July 7, 2016

The Compliance Map

The Compliance Map, a developer of software for supply-chain and environmental compliance, has created the Supply Chain Transparency Module.

ITS Financial Services Launches 'All-Risk' Cargo Insurance

July 6, 2016

ITS Financial Services

ITS Financial Services has joined with McGriff, Seibels & Williams, and Roanoke Underwriting, to launch CargoShield.

Human Rights Watch Urges Governments to Do More to Combat Supply Chain Labor Abuse

July 1, 2016

EBN Online

Human Rights Watch says it is pressing governments worldwide to adopt policies to prevent what it says are rampant labor abuses in worldwide supply chains.