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  • CYBER SECURITY A NEW AND GROWING THREAT FOR SUPPLY CHAINS

    The Society’s eff orts at promoting the use of Combined Distribution Networks in the Supply Chain has started gaining traction globally with companies such as Hersheys and Baxters using this concept to achieve lower costs and reduce their overall carbon footprint in Europe and North America

    chains | 01 December 2011

  • Cyber Security: A New and Growing Threat For Supply Chains

    Cyber security is an increasingly dangerous threat often overlooked by supply chain professionals, Dennis Omanoff, senior vice president and chief supply chain officer at McAfee, told government officials at the company’s Focus11 Conference.

    chains | 25 October 2011

  • CONTROLLING COLD CHAINS

    Transportation of temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical products poses a crucial challenge. One way to overcome it is to utilise the technology of active temperature control. By ROLF D SULSER in collaboration with PANALPINA.

    chains | 01 July 2011

  • COLD CHAINS MONITORING

    Leveraging on expertise in the remote monitoring fi eld, Dyzle expanded into remote measuring of core business processes in the cold chain areas. LIA talks to MARK ROEMERS, global CEO and ROSALIND LIM, CEO Asia Pacifi c.

    chains | 01 July 2011

  • Global Supply Chains Suffer Extensive Disruption From Japan Earthquake

    Organizations need to prepare for the possibility of an extended disruption to global supply chains resulting from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Marsh Risk Consulting said. Thousands of multinational companies that rely on Japanese manufact…

    chains | 28 March 2011

  • GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS SUFFER EXTENSIVE DISRUPTION FROM JAPAN EARTHQUAKE

    Organizations need to prepare for the possibility of an extended disruption to global supply chains resulting from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Marsh Risk Consulting said. Thousands of multinational companies that rely on Japanese manufacture…

    chains | 01 March 2011

  • Ensuring Operational Continuity in Supply Chains

    Ensuring Operational Continuity in Supply Chains Marsh, an insurance broker and risk advisor, recommends that organizations affected by the transport and trade disruptions caused by the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland, rev…

    chains | 30 April 2010

  • i2 Predicts Key Supply Chain Success Factors in 2010

    Businesses must now approach the marketplace with a new mindset and refine their supply chains, according to i2 Technologies – to be prepared for upward demand trends in 2010, while managing to minimize their exposure to financial risks in a market t…

    chains | 01 January 2010

  • UPS Healthcare Survey: Managing Cost in Supply Chains

    The healthcare industry is feeling besieged on all sides, with companies slammed by the economy and worried about cost control as they attempt to drive innovation and ensure safety and security, according to a survey by UPS . Healthcare decision-m…

    chains | 01 July 2009

  • Scholars Identify 'Logical Next Step' for Supply Chains

    In a report released by the Olin Business School at Washington University in St Louis, US, Dr Panos Kouvelis and Dr Jian Li declared that shipping full-container loads with specific delivery dates is the logical next step in ocean service. Their …

    chains | 23 March 2009