Articles Tagged with ''supply chain security''

The Business Continuity Institute has published a new report into supply chain resilience that finds that 73 percent of organizations recorded at least one supply chain disruption in 2011.

Counterfeit products, including pharmaceuticals, toys and airplane parts, threaten U.S. businesses from all sides. 

Reports show that cargo thefts in Mexico have decreased 17 percent compared to first quarter results.

Sandia National Laboratories is working with the U.S. Government to prepare for severe weather situations.

Beginning December 3, 2012, 100 percent of cargo shipments loaded on passenger aircraft on international flights bound for the United States must undergo screening for explosives.

Many organizations lack complete visibility into their supply chains and remain vulnerable to disaster, according to a new white paper published by Marsh.

Counterfeit materials are the most frequently encountered danger to the supply chain that delivers U.S. military systems.

President Obama has directed the Department of State and Homeland Security to come up with a plan to protect the US supply chain.

An organized gang is suspected in a theft of a trailer full of a couple of million dollars worth of consumer oriented electronics which are easy to resell and hard to trace. There are vulnerabilities all along the supply chain, including truck rest stops.