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Manufacturer Improves Visibility and Supplier Compliance with BSI's SCM Solution

Challenge: A large manufacturer was spending countless hours updating spreadsheets, reviewing supplier assessments, issuing corrective actions, and trying to track their suppliers' compliance, risk and performance ratings manually. They realized this manual approach wasn't sustainable as they continue to grow and vet additional suppliers. They began looking for a service provider that provided a single solution to help automate their assessment process, and improve their supply chain visibility.

Livingston Facilitates Finely-Tuned Global Shipping For Manufacturer of Acoustical Products.

Challenge: As the market leader in the design, manufacture and installation of custom acoustical ceiling and wall products, our client requires reliable global shipping for its success.

In Spat Over Processing Fees, Walmart Canada Stops Taking Visa

Walmart will soon stop accepting Visa cards at stores in Canada, the latest in its efforts to reduce fees paid to process transactions.

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Sales of Online Fraud Detection Solutions to Soar, Study Says

E-commerce merchants and financial institutions will be investing heavily in online fraud detection solutions over the next five years, with annual spending reaching $9.2bn by 2020, up by 30 percent on current levels.

Procurement Puts the Squeeze on Rising Costs

Virtually all companies will face economic headwinds and other challenges in 2016. Finding new sources of revenue growth remains difficult, resulting in pressure to protect margins through cost control. How can the procurement professional provide that?

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Renewed Freight Payment and Audit Relationship Strengthens Supply Chain

Challenge: After working with a large manufacturer to manage their freight bill audit and payment, the client chose to move the business to a logistics provider to support these and other supply chain needs. After a period of time with the company, however; they determined they were not receiving an adequate return on investment for the services.

End-to-End Supply Chain Strategy Drives Significant Business Results

Challenge: A large electronics company tripled in size in part because of more than 100 acquisitions; this company lacked visibility across their hundreds of factories and distribution centers.

Administration Faulted on Tracing, Combating Fraud in Seafood Industry

The Obama Administration's proposed traceability rule to address seafood fraud in the United States does not increase transparency for the majority of the seafood sold in the U.S., and it should be expanded to include all seafood and extended through the full supply chain.

China Inches Closer to Tougher Oversight on Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

China's efforts in good manufacturing practice certification in 2015 showed a continued shift toward warning letters even as the overall number of reviewed applications fell by more than half.

Investment Urged in Tracking Technologies to Protect Consumers From Food-borne Illnesses

One in six Americans get food-borne diseases each year with 3,000 of those cases resulting in death. Food and beverage retailers are strategizing to avoid such risks for consumers while keeping their profit margins intact. A report from IDC urges them to invest in tracking and other technologies.

With Insurance Picture Clearer, More Foreign-Owned Vessels Shipping Iranian Oil

More than 25 European and Asian-owned supertankers are shipping Iranian oil, data seen by Reuters shows, allowing Tehran to ramp up exports much faster than analysts had expected following the lifting of sanctions in January.

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Shortage of Truck Drivers Becoming Significant Problem

For the past 15 years, America's trucking industry has periodically dealt with a shortage of truck drivers, but in 2016 this issue has ballooned into a full-blown problem that doesn’t appear to be going away any time soon.

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