Almost half of big companies are unaware of the risks that water availability could pose to their supply chains, according to a report by CDP Water Disclosure, a new programme from the Carbon Disclosure Project
Browsing: Supply Chain Risk
Transport companies that do not have a carbon reduction strategy are exposing themselves to risk – particularly regulatory risk, according to a report by the Carbon Disclosure Project
As flexibility, short production runs and responsiveness to market demands become the survival factors for 2010, can global supply chains deliver performance as well as price? By NIck Allen
The MIT Centre for Transportation & Logistics in the United States is carrying out a study of Supply Chain Risk Management and is inviting supply chain, business and financial management professionals to take part in a survey.
Time and again research is showing that managing supply chain risk is a priority for companies, but can they achieve that at the same time as hitting their cost reduction targets? Malory Davies looks at the issues
The drive to control operating costs and improve efficiencies by global businesses during recession has the potential to create new risk exposures within supply chains according to insurer ACE European Group.
Uncertainty in forecasting retail sales volumes and a financial crisis in the freight industry is pushing up the level of risk for retailers in the run-up to Christmas, Alan Braithwaite of LCP Consulting has warned.
Any discussion of supply chain strategy these days simply has to include risk management. The question is, are you managing the right risks?
Somerfield has confirmed that Wincanton has entered into a consultation period with employees at the Bridgwater distribution centre it operates for the supermarket, ahead of possible redundancies.
One in three road crashes involves someone using their vehicle for work, placing managers in logistics and transport business at possible risk of jail under a new law which makes employers personally accountable for the safety of their employees during th
