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Faced With a Vaccine Emergency, the EU Made an Enemy of Everyone

On top of a faltering vaccine program, which is likely to cost thousands of lives and billions in lost output, the European Commission president and her team have done real damage to the EU and its self-image as a champion of open markets.

An employee handles vials of Covishield, the local name for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc. Photo: Bloomberg.

How Fed Policy Impacts Manufacturer Profits and Supply-Chain Costs

A perfect storm of currency debasement, higher taxes, and declining purchasing power is driving manufacturers to focus on overall spend, cost-cutting, and the need to optimize cash conversion.

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Boeing Eyes Jetliners Fueled by Waste in Race to Zero Emissions

Boeing Co. set a target of designing and certifying its jetliners to fly on 100% sustainable fuels by 2030 amid rising pressure on planemakers to get serious about climate change.

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Watch: Who Exactly Is an Independent Contractor, Anyway?

Aaron Holt, a labor and employment attorney with Cozen O’Connor, explains the latest ruling by the U.S. Department of Labor on the definition of an “employee” versus an “independent contractor.”

Who Exactly Is an Independent Contractor, Anyway?

Three Steps to Securing Supply Chains Under Pressure

The challenge of securing increasingly complex, flexible, and responsive supply chains has grown enormously over the past year.

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Automating Contracts Is a Key Step Toward Digital Supply-Chain Evolution

Large companies often use various solutions to manage hundreds of thousands of contracts and documents — covering years of work across the supply chain.

Automating Contracts

How to Give the Vaccine Rollout a Shot in the Arm

The logistics could be as simple as implementing best practices in leadership, communication and technology. Here are six steps to achieve it.

A worker moves a case into a temperature-controlled vaccine shipping container. Photo: Bloomberg.

Why One Southern California Trucker Stays Independent

Hector Padilla comes from a long line of Southern California truckers, but it wasn’t until going to school and dabbling in aviation that he decided to follow in the family tradition.

A truck carrying a J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. intermodal container enters the Otay Mesa Port of Entry in San Diego, California. Photo: Bloomberg.

Podcast | Managing Vendor Compliance With Health and Safety Rules

If you’re a business that’s outsourcing services, don’t think for one moment that you’re shedding responsibility for the health and safety of a vendor’s staff when they show up on your premises.

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Watch: Will We See Progress in Infrastructure Funding in 2021?

James H. Burnley IV, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and now a partner in the law firm of Venable LLP, weighs the chances for progress — at long last — on funding and construction of critical infrastructure projects under the new Biden Administration.

Will We See Progress in Infrastructure Funding in 2021?

Three Must-Haves for Managing These Common Hazardous-Materials Returns

What must a returns-management system provide to retailers to help ensure they’re effectively equipped to be compliant?

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What Vaccine Supply Chains Must Do to Protect Against Cyberattack

The international coronavirus supply chain has become the latest target of cyber-espionage. The threat extends beyond pharmaceutical manufacturers to all of their suppliers and vendors, which provide potential points of entry for cyber thieves. In this conversation with SupplyChainBrain Editor-in-Chief Bob Bowman, Mike Hamilton, Chief Information Security Officer with CI Security, discusses what needs to be done to protect the entire vaccine supply chain from hackers.

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