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Supplier Risk and Compliance: Increasingly Important but Under-Recognized

Most companies today are heavily outsourced and have suppliers spread out across the globe. Yet firms' knowledge of their suppliers and the environments they operate in is often limited and out-of-date, crippling their ability to successfully manage the dynamics of their supply base. This has introduced substantially more risk in global businesses.

Theft of Trade Secrets, Intellectual Property Costs Global Economy Billions, Report Finds

Theft of trade secrets costs jobs and the global economy billions of dollars a year, according to a report released by the Center for Responsible Enterprise and Trade (CREATe.org) - a Washington-based non-profit industry group focused on responsible business practices.

Substantial Number of Small, Mid-Sized Exporters Not Screening for Restricted Parties

Mid-market companies are increasingly at risk for violating U.S. export regulations, even as U.S. export volumes continue to grow, according to a report released by Amber Road, a provider of global trade management solutions.

Swissport International Adapts Track-and-Trace Service for Mobile Phones

Swissport International Ltd., a provider of air-cargo handling services, is now offering its track-and-trace capability for cargo customers and their partners via mobile phones.

Oracle, Infosys Offer Project-Driven Supply Chain App for High-Tech

Oracle Corp. has joined with Infosys, a Diamond-level member of the Oracle Partner network, to create Oracle Project Driven Supply Chain for High Technology Companies.

JDA Software Releases 3D Virtualization, Retailer Assortment Tools

JDA Software Group Inc. has released JDA 3D, an application that provides integrated category optimization with three-dimensional virtualization, to enhance collaboration among retailers, distributors and manufacturers.

Going Green With Sales Carbon Operations Planning

"Sales Carbon Operations Planning" (SCOP) offers a new take on supply-chain management, bringing together traditional sales and operations planning (S&OP) techniques and the need for companies to track and reduce their carbon emissions. "It's my way of making it easy to transfer into sustainability with your existing processes," says Silvia Leahu-Aluas, owner of Sustainable Manufacturing Consulting. The new term covers everything from basic carbon dioxide management to a full understanding of the economic and environmental impact of greenhouse gas emissions.

Streamlining Global Export Compliance in the Cloud

Challenge: A global provider of communications equipment sells test and measurement solutions used in the telecommunications, optical, and wireless industries. Its customers are located globally, including throughout North America, Latin America, South America, Europe, and Asia. As their business expanded and regulatory requirements tightened following 9/11, maintaining export compliance excellence became increasingly time-consuming. Restricted party list compilation and screening, license requirement determination, and end-use screening were manually intensive processes that increased corporate risk of noncompliance and ate into the productivity of order management, compliance, and logistics departments.

Is International Business Expansion Worth It? For Most, Yes, Indeed.

With sluggish U.S. growth, international business expansion has become a vital strategic pillar for many companies. Yet, an international expansion strategy is fraught with uncertainties, risks and other obstacles. So is it worth it? That is, are companies that grow faster internationally rewarded by investors with better share price appreciation such that the risks are worth taking?

Sourcing, Customs, Trade Finance Tools Help Growing Sportswear Brand Become a Player

Challenge: A fast growing sportswear brand was seeking supply network efficiency and visibility.

Comprehensive, Global, End-to-End SC Management Becomes Reality for Leading Logistics Provider

Challenge: A leading integrated distribution and logistics services provider specializing in value-chain logistics throughout Asia, North America and the United Kingdom, needed services that would help them to completely manage their supply chain, including rate management, transportation operations, PO management and visibility, accounting and all cargo security requirements.

US Sporting Goods Company Ensures Procurement Process "Plays Fair"

Challenge: A US Sporting Goods Retailer improved its supply chain by utilizing software to automate the procurement process, from determining risks associated with each vendor before a PO was created to the time the shipment arrived at the US port.

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