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Outlooks in Logistics Management: How to Create Resilient Supply Chains in 2023
Amid macroeconomic disruption, companies are faced with the challenge of maintaining growth while dealing with labor shortages, new European ESG regulations, and expected SEC climate impact mandates. To adjust, companies must automate data collection to save time and resources, prioritize sustainability processes by incorporating ESG criteria into their vendor selection process, and continuously monitor their supply chains to prepare for future disruptions.
Small Businesses Strategies for Surviving Economic Challenges
Strategies for small businesses to survive economic challenges The prospect of a recession has many small business owners on edge. After operating under pandemic restrictions in an environment that influenced many consumers to change their shopping behaviors, there was the hope of a return to business-as-usual once mandates expired. Unfortunately, new headwinds present additional challenges threatening to raise costs and reduce profitability.
Building Dynamic Supply Chains for Resilience in Rapidly Evolving World
The past year has been the most tumultuous in memory for supply chain leaders. To add to the list of challenges the industry is facing, in the last few weeks of December 2021, we saw continued shipping delays across major U.S. ports to international destinations, mostly across Asia. For example, the Norfolk, Va., to Kaohsiung, Taiwan, route saw an average 60-day delay, while the same U.S. port to Xiamen Gaoqui, China, route saw an average 32.25-day delay.
The New Technologies Disrupting Compliance
03 June 2019 Written By Brian Alster Two major technologies disrupting the compliance industry today are artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Contrary to popular belief, these emerging technologies are not intended to replace human jobs. In fact, they are designed to make human jobs easier and even more enjoyable.
Data & Growth in Business - Dun & Bradstreet
Episode 42: Data, The Icon For Growth Guest: Bahea Izmeqna, Chief Operating Officer, Greensill Interviewer: Sam Tidswell-Norrish, International CMO, Dun & Bradstreet Sam 00:00 Hi, welcome back. I am joined today by Bahea, the Chief Operating Officer at Greensill. Welcome back. Bahea 00:06 Hello Sam. Sam 00:06 Greensill in my world as a household name. I've known and admired Greensill for a long time.
Automating the corporate risk management function
Email Print Bookmark Tags: Risk Management Technology Cyber By Brian Alster, Dunn & Bradstreet 01 Oct 2019 Analysis As third-party risk management and compliance programmes become more complex and costly to administer, corporates are looking to AI as a solution, a new survey reveals Existing Subscriber? Sign in to continue reading. If content does not display, please refresh your browser. New to Insurance Day?
How Food Producers Are Responding to a Delivery-Oriented World
Consumer demand for ease and efficiency is affecting all types of companies and industries. In the age of Amazon.com and ultra-fast delivery, food is one of the categories that’s most impacted by the trend. While restaurants are struggling to keep up (and make a profit) from third-party delivery apps, food wholesalers and food service contractors also are caught in the fight.
ESG Screening Underscores Challenges in Third-Party Risk Management
Nearly half of compliance and procurement professionals find it difficult to identify environmental, social and governance within customer due diligence processes. Brian Alster discusses this and other findings from a recent Dun & Bradstreet survey. There is little doubt amongst supply chain industry experts that knowing and actively managing potential risk is essential to the success of an entire supply chain system.
Pressure Mounts for Businesses to Take ESG Seriously
Prioritizing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors when determining a business’s impact is a relatively recent phenomenon. Historically, business executives have viewed that ESG agenda as running counter to the interests of their shareholders, but it’s increasingly clear that that is no longer the case. In fact, investors and shareholders are demanding that these factors be prioritized, and business leaders who don’t deliver could be held accountable.
Dun & Bradstreet: stopping slavery in the supply chain
Dun & Bradstreet: stopping slavery in the supply chain By Brian Alster, General Manager of Supply & Compliance, Dun & Bradstreet . Apr 16, 2019, 4:25AM With the International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimating 25mn people worldwide are trapped in forced labour, modern slavery is a very real issue for businesses across many different industries.
Sexual harassment is a board level issue
A 2018/2019 report by the Banking Standards Board (BSB) published last week shows that only 53% of bankers with concerns about sexual harassment chose to report them, and of those who did, just 57% said they were listened to and taken seriously.
How AI, private-sector innovations secure supply chains
INDUSTRY INSIGHT How AI, private-sector innovations secure supply chains By Brian Alster Mar 13, 2019 In February, President Donald Trump showed his administration’s commitment to keeping America at the forefront of technological advancements by signing an executive order directing federal agencies to allocate resources to expand the use of artificial intelligence as part of a new “American AI Initiative.” With a renewed focus on innovation, the U.S. has a unique opportunity to invest in the...
Managing global supply chains in uncertain times
These are interesting times for supply chain professionals, many of whom find themselves with one eye on their procurement networks and the other watching the news. Once expected to focus solely on controlling costs, today’s supply chain managers must now maintain compliance and anticipate risks in a global economy. Over the last few years, geopolitical tensions, domestic politics, and shifting views about globalization have made it seem like change is the only constant.
5 Ways Blockchain Will Revolutionize Supplier Management
There was a time when we used old-school ledgers to track our business relationships, and they were written with absolute clarity to deliver absolute trust. Parties entered into an agreement with an understanding that the detailed transaction records of a ledger were unaltered and binding. But still there was room for human error. As with almost everything, technology is transforming what we know and how we function within our own knowledge base. The same can be applied to the old-school ledger.
Four Reasons to Comply with the Latest Human Trafficking Regulations | Global Trade Magazine
Slavery and human trafficking are still prevalent in America today. An estimated 17,500 foreign nationals and 200,000 Americans are being trafficked into and within the United States every year, 80 percent of whom are women and children. In fact, modern slavery is the fastest-growing organized crime, with more than 40 million worldwide victims. This problem—which happens out of our sight—continues to line human traffickers’ pockets with $150 billion every year.
EU Data Protection Laws & GDPR Solutions for Implementation
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will replace the existing European Data Protection Directive legislation in May 2018, and it’s a hot topic for many businesses that are in various stages of preparation for it. While the existing directive is open to interpretation, the GDPR spells out exactly what is needed to stay within the confines of the law; any company not compliant will be subject to fines.
Smoke and Mirrors - Corporate Compliance Insights
As regulation around global business relationships increases in importance, it’s critical for enterprises to know the true owner of the businesses they are working with. Brian Alster of Dun & Bradstreet describes the opaque ownership structure that many businesses often implement and strategies companies can adapt to find out true beneficial ownership of businesses.
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