The U.K. government, desperate for medical equipment at the start of the pandemic, handed contracts to firms with little experience in manufacturing or procuring them.
Manufacturers are rethinking their sourcing strategies, and for that exercise the chief procurement officer occupies center stage. But there’s another executive who’s playing an equally vital role.
Learners can curate a library of training modules drawn from the Accountability Framework, a practical roadmap for addressing deforestation, conversion, and human rights in the agriculture and forestry sectors
While backup power for propulsion is a common redundancy built into cruise ships, the Dali's own limitations are largely the industry standard for cargo ships.
Shawn Bhimani, assistant professor of supply chain and information management at Northeastern University, introduces a new tool for exposing risks to importers posed by forced labor and other human right violations in extended supply chains.