Risk Management The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed that global supply chains are a huge house of cards July 27, 2021 Many uncomfortable truths have come to light regarding society's overall preparedness for low-probability but high-impact events, especially global ones
Covid-19 Supply chain risks shift with pandemic August 31, 2020 There has been a major spike in the number of warnings regarding cyber security risk
Import, Export & Trade Losses due to supply chain disruptions increased in 2014 July 7, 2015 Rapid economic growth in emerging economies, labour disruptions, political instability and a disease outbreak in West Africa led to a rise in business loss
Business Operations Canadian businesses not ready for tech change April 28, 2015 Risk aversion means companies not preparing for disruptive technologies
Business Operations West Coast port congestion could cost retailers $36.9 billion over 24 months: analyst February 9, 2015 NEW YORK, N.Y.–West Coast port congestion issues could cost retailers as much as $7 billion this year, according to a Kurt Salmon analysis. Work stoppage threats and major trade associations’ calls for…
Financial performance First annual global supply chain resiliency council and awards announced February 1, 2015 SANTA CLARA, Cal.–Resilinc announced it is the technical advisor and principal sponsor of the first annual Global Supply Chain Resiliency Council and Awards, to take place on Wednesday, February 25th, 2015,…
Security TIACA calls for risk-based approach to new freighter regs January 19, 2015 MIAMI, Fla.–TIACA members have been advised that recently released updates to Security Programs for all-cargo aircraft in the USA must be implemented by February 16th, 2015. The updated Security Programs , issued by…
Business Operations Containership reliability ends 2014 on a downer: Drewry report January 15, 2015 LONDON, U.K.–Containership reliability declined for the second month in a row in December, according to Drewry’s monthly Carrier Performance Insight. The latest data shows that the aggregate on-time performance for…
Transportation EDC insurance product allows small Canadian companies to insure their foreign sales January 14, 2015 OTTAWA, Ont.–Export Development Canada (EDC) has introduced a new online version of its credit insurance product that will allow Canadian companies to insure their sales to US or foreign buyers in…
Business Operations US economic growth to continue through 2015, leading economist claims January 9, 2015 However the goods-producing sector will be outperformed by the service sector, meaning the impact on freight demand could be muted BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The US economy is expected to continue…