Safety & Security: Page 202

Risk/Compliance
Nestle Admits Possibility of Slave Labor in its Coffee Supply Chain
Nestle and Jacobs Douwe Egberts often bought beans from middlemen and exporters in a muddled supply chain
Two of the world’s largest coffee companies Nestle and Jacobs Douwe Egberts say beans bought from Brazilian plantations may have been grown using slave labor because they do not know the names of all the plantations that supply them.
Sponsored Content
Are Your Dangerous Goods Shippers Leaving Money on the Table?
Labelmaster
DGIS Hazmat Shipping Software shows you which DG products need to be shipped fully regulated and which ones can be downgraded. Learn more at DGIS.com
Are Your Dangerous Goods Shippers Leaving Money on the Table?
Risk/Compliance
m-Commerce Security Failing? Mobile Payment Must Come with Protection, Education
Chargebacks911
Acceptance of mobile and other new forms of payments are expected to double in the next two years
FILE - In this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, a person tries a smartphone loaded with Google Wallet at the National Retail Federation in New York. Apple Pay has gotten a lot of attention in recent weeks, but there are lots of other mobile-payment systems. Google Wallet uses a similar wireless technology called NFC, or near-field communication. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Sourcing & Procurement
Benchmarking Hackers and their Attack Methods
Forter
Hackers are coming to an online merchant near you. The rate of fraud attacks is up 163 percent from 2015
cyber datahack image 569ce2766e5a9
Risk/Compliance
Reporting of Cargo Crime Reaches Five-Year High
The reporting of cargo crimes reached 1,515 freight thefts representing a 37.4 percent increase year on year
Food Safety 54087034b0a4d 56c7469060a2c
Ocean Ports & Carriers
Bad Start to 2016 for Liner Punctuality
Drewry
Container service reliability average on-time performance slipped by 5.7 percentage points in January to 69.6 percent
Drewry Containership Reliability by Trade, January 2016
Risk/Compliance
Ralph Lauren to Bring Management of Distribution Site in House
XPO, Inc.
The shift will move warehousing and inventory management into a larger distribution center that the retailer will operate
The shift, part of what Ralph Lauren says is a long-planned action, will move warehousing and inventory management service from a North Carolina distribution center run by XPO Logistics Supply Chain Inc.—an arm of XPO Logistics Inc.—into a new, far larger distribution center that the fashion retailer will operate.
Supply Chain Education
SCM World Announces the Results of the 2016 Supply Chain University 100 Poll
SCM World
The survey ranks universities recognized as markers of supply chain talent by the global supply chain community
SCMWorld 56c482bcdd3e0
Air Cargo
House Panel Approves Plan to Privatize Air Traffic Control
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
The panel approved a measure directing the FAA to authorize package delivery by commercial drones within a year
A Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives panel approved legislation to privatize the U.S. air traffic control system as part of a six-year bill to authorize funding for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Design-Build
Centre Point Logistics to Open State-of-the-Art Warehouse at Dubai South
Centre Point Logistics (CPL)
The 22,550-square-meter facility will help capitalize on the growing opportunities in logistics in Dubai and the UAE
Image 56bb8523d8d8b
Cargo Theft
Maersk Vessel Released after Brief Hijacking off Nigeria
Maersk Container Industry (MCI)
Nigeria remains a hotspot for violent piracy and armed robbery, which has died down off of Africa’s east coast
Safmarine Kuramo, a 2,500 twenty-foot-equivalent-unit (TEU) boxship briefly hijacked off the Nigerian coast on Feb. 5, was released the following day with all crew members reported to be safe, according to Singapore’s Maritime and Port Authority (MPA).
Risk/Compliance
Transportation and Logistics Sector Sheds 20,300 Jobs in January
U.S. Department of Labor
Courier, delivery jobs plummet as distribution companies show post-holiday hangover following the surge in online sales
jobs 56b8bcc867dec
Risk/Compliance
Ford to Drastically Increase Mexico Production Capacity
Ford Motor Company
It’s the latest move of investment abroad by a Detroit auto maker after an expensive new labor deal was signed
In this Nov. 6, 2014 photo, Shawn Ebeler works on the door assembly on a new Ford F-150 truck is assembled at the Dearborn Truck Plant in Dearborn, Mich. It’s Ford Motor Co.’s biggest bet in decades: an aluminum-sided F-150 that could set a new industry standard _ or cost the company its pickup truck crown. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
Previous Page
Page 202 of 256
Next Page