Risk Management

Dun & Bradstreet's latest report reveals that while business optimism grows, supply chain disruptions loom large due to geopolitical tensions.

Logistics and supply chain leaders are keeping an eye on escalating tensions overseas, drought conditions in the Panama Canal, and emerging cybersecurity headaches. Here are a few proactive strategies for navigating an evolving supply chain landscape where new risks continue to lurk around every corner.

How geopolitics is changing where and how you make and source materials. Listen in as Rosemary Coates and Tom Cook explain the changing landscape around manufacturing and sourcing. Executive editor Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Supply chain risk management goes beyond sourcing diversification, it also involves eliminating gendered risks.

Risk councils bring together supply chain risk owners and other subject matter experts to analyze current risks, plan for emerging ones, and evaluate control effectiveness.

Following the spinoff of J&J’s consumer brands, Kathy Wengel is now tasked with strengthening the pharma and med device business’s core technical operations and building a framework for risk management.

An investigation into how supply chains have changed, where they are heading, and how you can prepare.

Two global shipping giants, A.P. Moller-Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, announced on Friday that they are pausing shipping in the Red Sea following continued attacks on commercial ships in the region.

A conversation with Ken Brennan, Head of Category Adoption, Strategic Accounts, Amazon Business.

Following the spinoff of J&J’s consumer brands, Kathy Wengel is strengthening the pharma and med device business’s core technical operations and building a framework for risk management.

Organizations need a better way to manage the growing complexities of supply chain planning--from part shortages and cost pressures to increasingly volatile customer preferences and proliferation of data.

In these unstable times, keeping most of your sourcing eggs in the China basket has become inadvisable, and companies appear to be putting a lot more energy and resources into finding alternatives to the world's workshop.

Direct sourcing requires a high level of collaboration between the procurement team and suppliers, and any disruption in the new product development process can lead to delays in production and increased costs. To address these challenges, companies must deploy a holistic approach across both direct and indirect sourcing.

Supply Chain Optimization is the table stake that today's manufacturing, retail and logistic provider leaders rely on to improve service, tackle risk and drive sustainability. Discover customer perspectives and best practices to optimize your omni-channel experience, drive sustainability in your supply chain network and tackle risk through technology in this 2023 report.

Alcott Global survey respondents cite a lack of appropriate skills as biggest impediment to hiring.