With more than 100,000 freight carriers operating in North America, sophisticated shippers long ago realized the only way to successfully and efficiently procure transportation was by hosting regular bidding events.
The FDA has placed four Chinese and Indian generic drug facilities on the so-called "Red List" that bans them from shipping products to the U.S. for failing to pay required fees and not meeting identification requirements.
Over the years, retailers have become very good at the supply chain - the process of getting goods from the manufacturing plant to the customer. But today, many retailers face a different challenge: taking those goods back, a process referred to as the "reverse supply chain."
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.
American Airlines Cargo has launched daily nonstop flights between its gateway hub at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Auckland, New Zealand.
Michael Landberg, strategic global sourcing manager at Boston Scientific, describes how a major player in life-sciences approaches the critical issue of risk management.
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