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The Tale of the Supplier (Boeing) Who Sold the Shipper (the Pentagon) Old Parts But Charged for New Ones

Four times in the last five years, the Pentagon's inspector general has found that Boeing Co. collected excessive or unjustified payments on U.S. defense contracts. In the latest of four audits since 2008, the watchdog office said the Chicago company charged the Army for new helicopter parts while installing used ones.

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U.S., Canada Tops in Efforts to Control Carbon Footprint

North America is the global leader in developing and deploying carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS), with seven of the world's 12 operational large-scale integrated projects located in the U.S. and one in Canada, according to a study by the Global CCS Institute.

Can Technology Provide Safety Lines for Apparel Workers?

In a post-Rana Plaza world, one can only wonder how best to gauge the ethics and worker safety behind our garment-manufacturing industry. The Goliath that the fashion industry has become begs the question whether it's even possible to ensure suppliers do the right thing.

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Executives from the Aerospace, Defense, Satellite and Similar Industries to Share Best Practices and Lessons Learned at the marcus evans ITAR Compliance WEST Conference

Navigating the Complexities of the Changing Compliance Structure through Improved Operational Communication, Language Interpretation and Jurisdictional Understanding

Calls Increase in Australia for Greater Supply Chain Sustainability, Transparency

The newly introduced sustainability guidelines provide a great opportunity for Australian companies to showcase their supply chain performance, including disclosure of supply chain issues that might not be on the radar of the Australian public.

Would Federal Supply Chain Officer Cure Country's Procurement Ills?

When it comes to public sector procurement, the federal government is the big kahuna, over $500bn-a-year large. Yet, when it comes to managing this massive amount of taxpayer dollars, there's really no one in charge to direct how best the feds can spend and manage this money.

Bloomberg, Others Form Group to Urge Companies to Reduce Carbon Emissions

A study to calculate the economic risk US industries face from climate change is being funded by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, billionaire Tom Steyer and George W. Bush-era Treasury secretary Henry Paulson.

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Product Lifecycles Create 'Gap' in Electronics Supply Chain Filled by Unauthorized Components

Widely divergent lifecycles for electronics products are creating increasing demand for obsolete and end-of-life components, which sometimes end up being sourced from the gray market. Let's look in detail why that is happening and how product lifecycles are creating a gap in the electronic components supply chain that is in danger of being filled by counterfeit components.

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Freight Security Regulations Concern Air Cargo Interest Group

A note of caution was sounded recently after some intensive discussions between the EU Commission and various bodies who are stakeholders with regard to air cargo security.

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Can Green Technology Keep the Ocean Shipping World Sustainable?

In many ways, the fateful episode of the Costa Concordia provides a metaphor for the international shipping industry as a whole. Its image is hardly the best. Huge tankers plying the sea, belching noxious gases into the air from low-grade crude and pumping out invasive species when emptying their ballast-water tanks on shore. Oh, and a catastrophic oil spill every now and then. But that's not the whole story.

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Virginia Tops List of Most Pro-Business States

Pockets of the U.S. are primed for growth thanks to pro-business regulatory environments, educated workforces and reasonable business costs. Leading the way is Virginia which tops Forbes' eighth annual list of the Best States for Business. Virginia has ranked second the past three years, but returns to the head of the pack for the first time since 2009.

China's Logistics Industry Faces Influx of Smuggling

China is struggling to combat illegal imports which smugglers conceal in mass freight as the country's logistics industry booms.

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