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Partner Risk Insights Platform to Help Businesses Digitize Third-Party Risk Management
Aon plc launched Partner Risk Insights, a digital platform powered by CoverWallet to help U.S. organizations simplify the way they manage insurance-related third-party risk.
Trucking
ILA Negotiations Becomes Largest Concern for Trucking Industry in 2024
Regulations
Real-Time Document Collaboration
SDCE Video Library
Rock Stars of the Supply Chain and Pros to Know: Container Maintenance, Marino Group's David Miller Talks Worker Safety
Supply Chain Visibility
Digital Tools Create the Traceability Mandated by New Supply Chain Laws
Fleet Management
Shipping Industry Better Prepared for Disruption: Study
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Project Management Software
Nominations Open for 2024 Top Supply Chain Projects Award
This award profiles innovative case study-type projects designed to automate, optimize, streamline and improve the supply chain. Submissions close March 29.
Webinars
SCN Summit: State of the Supply Chain
June 4, 2024
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Register now to hear from experts about the State of Today’s Supply Chains through topics revolve around Warehouse Automation, Generative AI, Automation, Electrification, Company Culture and more.
Retention
Alexis Asks: Upskilling the Supply Chain
Managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant asks industry experts about various topics developing in the supply chain field. Investments in upskilling ensure the workforce is well-positioned to contribute meaningfully to the innovations of tomorrow.
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Ocean Ports & Carriers
Biden-Harris Initiative to Bolster Cybersecurity of U.S. Ports
The Biden-Harris Administration will issue an Executive Order to bolster the security of the nation’s ports, strengthen maritime cybersecurity, fortify supply chains and strengthen the U.S. industrial base.
Risk/Compliance
Supply Chains Experience Sharp Rise in Ransom Demands: Study
Insights from an Arctic Wolf report reveal a year filled with cybercrime groups significantly increasing ransom demands, continuing to exploit well-known vulnerabilities that pre-date 2023.
Fleet Management
Clarience Technologies Acquires Safe Fleet
Clarience Technologies acquired Safe Fleet, reinforcing the company’s mission to bring total visibility to transportation by providing technologies that enhance safety, security and productivity for customers across the industry.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Red Sea Attacks Drive Up Transportation Costs
The GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index rose to -0.12 in January from -0.44 in December, its highest level since last April, indicating that spare capacity across global supply chains has shrunk notably.
Risk/Compliance
Balance Efficiency and Risk in Logistics to Build Resilience
Organizations that care about their long-term survival and profitability need to assume that disruptions will inevitably occur and build supply chains that can flex and adapt in the face of these disruptions.
Training/Onboarding
Frontline Workers Have Greater Mental Health Needs, Yet Less Likely to Seek Help
Despite having more demanding roles tied to a higher degree of stress, frontline workers are less aware of employer mental wellbeing benefits.
Fleet Management
Motor Truck Cargo Insurance
Insurtech MGA Loadsure launched Columbia Motor Truck Cargo and Logistics Services Insurance, a data-powered insurance product, purpose-built for the logistics community.
Risk/Compliance
5 Cybersecurity Trends for 2024
Here's a look at some of the most important developments coming in 2024, both in technology and the wider world it intersects with.
Manufacturing
A Cyber Attack Warning for Manufacturers
Businesses are being left at risk from cyber-attacks, with multiple entryways for criminals and recent trends in threats coming via compromised supply chains.
Regulations
Labor Market, Interest Rates to Play Major Roles in 2024: NRF Economist
After a better-than-expected performance in 2023, what happens with the economy in 2024 could depend largely on the labor market and what the Federal Reserve does with interest rates.
Regulations
Forced Labor and Supply Chain Blind Spots
Addressing forced labor has never been simple, but it is one which is now intensifying, particularly in the apparel industry where over 15% of clothing items sold in the U.S. are affected.
Rail & Intermodal
Norfolk Southern, BLET, SMART-TD to Launch Pilot Railroad Safety Program
Under the one-year C3RS pilot, covered NS employees can report safety concerns with the certainty that such reports will not result in discipline.
Transportation
Alexis Asks: Cargo Ship Attacks Create Rocky Seas for Supply Chain
Managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant asks industry experts about various topics developing in the supply chain field. While huge ripples are being made to negatively affect the economy and trade, direct worry centers around the safety of shippers.
Trucking
Phishing and Vishing on the Rise in Trucking
As the trucking industry continues to experience cybersecurity threats that evolve as time progresses, this report helps the supply chain industry stay ahead.
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Global Supply Chain Continuity Index Dips in Wake of Geopolitical Conflicts
The quarterly report shows a downturn in global supply chain continuity due to geopolitical tensions, trade disputes and climate-related disruptions in maritime trade causing both higher delivery costs and delayed delivery times.
Regulations
National Debt Dubbed Top Geopolitical Threat in 2024
The U.S. fiscal outlook continues to deteriorate, with the deficit for FY2023 topping estimates at $1.7 trillion.
Risk/Compliance
Data Reveals the 2023 Top 5 Supply Chain Disruptions
New data provided by Resilinc highlights the top drivers of supply chain disruptions from the past year.
Worker Safety
The Overlooked Barrier to Workplace Safety
Employers need to be proactive about sourcing information from their employees – and most importantly, ensure workers feel safe to voice concerns no matter what societal challenge their class or ethnic background presents.
Carbon Footprint
Alexis Asks: The Bigger Picture of ESG
Managing editor Alexis Mizell-Pleasant asks industry experts about various topics in the supply chain. The COP28 agreement is notable, but it begs the question, are businesses and industries actually ready to take action?
Risk/Compliance
Report Shows Trends to Help Organizations Prepare for Volatility
In a survey of resilience leaders conducted by Infinite Blue, 68% of respondents expect more disruptions over the next 24 months than the previous period.
Manufacturing
Executives Weigh in on Top Risks in Manufacturing
A recent survey found that economic conditions, including inflationary pressures, represent the most significant risk for manufacturing and distribution organizations in 2024.
Risk/Compliance
Developing a Contingency Playbook for Supply Chain Risks
By anticipating changes and disruptions and developing a contingency playbook, supply chain organizations can ensure their survival and competitive advantage in a world of ever-increasing risk and change.
Trucking
Associated Costs from Geopolitical Unrest to Pose Biggest Headache in 2024
Majority of shipping professionals surveyed are gearing up to enhance resilience through strategic initiatives like risk assessment and scenario planning, diversification of routes and suppliers and regulatory compliance.
Manufacturing
Manufacturers Plan to Increase Reshoring for Better Value
According to Medius, U.S. manufacturers are streamlining their operations and costs (47%), incorporating AI into supply chains (38%) and focusing on protecting margins (36%).
Regulations
Technology Strategies to Ease Trade Woes on the Red Sea
Embracing this data-driven approach, combined with unwavering resilience and a spirit of innovation, will be the compass guiding supply chain leaders through the choppy waters of the Red Sea crisis.
Risk/Compliance
Geopolitics Threatens the Supply Chain of Our Future
Organizations and governments must keep their fingers carefully on the geopolitical pulse: even companies with mostly domestic production lines are in danger of extreme disruption.
Risk/Compliance
4 Strategic Priorities for Distributors in 2024
As distributors navigate inventory levels to be more appropriate, they have trusted partners in place to help them overcome lockdowns and shipping delays.
Risk/Compliance
3 Ways Supply Chain Managers Can Lessen the Blow of Disruptions
In an attempt to lessen the blow of supply chain disruptions, here are 3 things supply chain managers can do to guide their business through the rocky terrain.
Regulations
Drivers Second Most Likely Group to Experience Serious Injuries and Fatalities: ISN Study
The analysis of more than 127,000 recordable incidents from 2017-2022 showed nearly 24,000 serious injuries and fatalities (SIFs), including more than 20,000 hospitalizations, 3,154 amputations and 871 fatalities.
Regulations
Third-Party Risk Platform Streamlines Vendor Management
Drata released its Third-Party Risk Management offering, empowering customers to identify, evaluate, and monitor third-party risks in one centralized and integrated platform.