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Make Your Company Less Appealing to the Opportunistic Litigant

Over the last two years, manufacturers and sellers of consumer products across the industrial spectrum have faced growing wave of class-action lawsuits brought by consumers. Perhaps your company can become less appealing as a target.

The Cutting Edge of Supply-Chain Sustainability

Dan Cassler, assistant chair of the Information Logistics Technology Department at the University of Houston, offers an update on supply-chain sustainability - and details both the benefits and pain to be derived from such efforts.

Global Civil Aviation Group Urges Stricter Security on Airfreight

International Civil Aviation Organization authorities have encouraged the more than 700 officials that convened in Montreal for its High-level Conference on Aviation Security to adopt new airfreight security measures. A risk-based approach to cargo safety is key, ICAO personnel reiterated during the conference.

The Critical Importance of Mobile Device Management

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Research Released on Speech Analytics, Industrial Networking, Supplier Risk Management, Other Areas

Reports from the Contact Center/Marketing Effectiveness, Manufacturing, Product Innovation + Engineering, and Supply Chain Management research practices of Aberdeen are now available.

Uncertain Economy Affects Retail Supply Chain

As retail supply chains grow increasingly larger geographical footprints, they become more susceptible to risk. Retailers have long prepared for natural disasters and geopolitical events, but ongoing financial crises and uncertainty has them even more concerned.

Understanding Independent Distributor Certifications and Anti-Counterfeiting

Quality management systems are at the core of every set of critical business processes, and essential among these are anti-counterfeit strategies. Recently, industry headlines have been replete with analyst and government reports documenting the pervasiveness of counterfeit product in supply chains. Rather than a new problem though, counterfeit criminal activity is as old as business itself, and with this history comes an equally long history of anti-counterfeit strategies and risk management practices.

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How Business Should Respond to SEC's Rule on Conflict Minerals

No one appears completely happy with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's new rule on tracking the presence of conflict minerals from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in high-tech and other types of products. Comments on SEC's action range from outright opposition to quibbling over details.

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Stanford Slates Responsible Supply Chains Conference

Stanford University's Graduate School of Business will host a one-day conference on socially and environmentally responsible supply chains. Entitled "Shared Value and Supply Chains - Strategies for Success," the event will take place on Oct. 10, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:20 p.m., and be followed by a networking reception.

How Business Should Respond to SEC's Rule on Conflict Minerals

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Despite Drop in Piracy, Task Force Says Shipping Industry Cannot Let Its Guard Down

Operation Atalanta, NATO and Combined Task Force 151 have called upon the shipping industry to continue to take anti-piracy measures despite the current downward trend in piracy events.

Serialization, Data Management Combat Counterfeiting in Food and Pharmaceutical Supply Chains

Attention is mounting by consumers, government, industry, and media to address the growing counterfeit challenges in the US.

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Enhancing High-Value Electronics Shipment Security with Tive's Real-Time Tracking

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