Risk and Resilience: Page 9


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    How auto supply chain managers can navigate the Baltimore port stoppages

    Alternative port assessments, along with contract and obligation reviews, are among the steps experts say shippers should consider.

    By March 29, 2024
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    Port of Baltimore crisis: What supply chain managers need to know

    Supply Chain Dive asked experts how rerouting by land and sea could work after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse.

    By March 29, 2024
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    Sustainable supply chains

    Amid pressure from consumers, investors and governments, companies are scrambling to measure and reduce the impact of their supply chains on the world.

    By Supply Chain Dive staff
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    General Mills uses AI, analytics to build a disruption-ready supply chain

    The packaged food unit has digitized its end-to-end operations to gain visibility, ramp up productivity and make faster decisions. 

    By March 29, 2024
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    Golden State Foods names first-ever chief procurement officer

    Trisha McRoberts joins the C-suite with a mission to optimize cash management and assure supply.

    By S.L. Fuller • March 28, 2024
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    How the Baltimore bridge disaster is impacting supply chains

    The port is opening up alternate channels for vessel traffic, while stakeholders are adapting with their own workarounds.

    By Updated June 13, 2024
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    Automakers reroute shipments after Baltimore bridge collapse

    Other manufacturers in the area, including Stanley Black & Decker and McCormick & Co., are still operating after the accident.

    By March 27, 2024
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    Baltimore truckers, dockworkers brace for Key Bridge collapse effects

    The downed bridge is marooning the Port of Baltimore and threatening the region's supply chain.

    By March 27, 2024
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    Lifetime Brands pursues less China reliance with Mexico factory

    The company's plastics manufacturing facility is on track to reach full capacity this year as it pushes to expand its sourcing capabilities.

    By March 26, 2024
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    Port of Baltimore halts vessel traffic after bridge collapse

    While the port is still processing trucks, the loss of the Francis Scott Key Bridge will disrupt port operations for some time.

    By March 26, 2024
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    At the Panama Canal: Booking slots open up at a waterway on the mend

    The canal authority increased daily booking slots to 27 and is implementing long-term solutions like cross-filling.

    By March 25, 2024
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    Flexing for the planet: How Walmart crushed its supplier emissions target

    The retail giant leaned on education, financing and recognition to get its supply chain on board with Project Gigaton, a sustainability executive with the company told Supply Chain Dive.

    By March 21, 2024
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    Opinion

    4 best practices for the global supply chain of the future

    Consulting experts, prioritizing data analytics and highlighting sustainability efforts can help ensure reliable operations in the face of global disruption.

    By Polly Mitchell-Guthrie • March 20, 2024
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    Uncertainty reigns as talent leaders grapple with flexibility, AI

    A whopping 98% of employers are planning “work design changes” for 2024, Mercer said in a recent report.

    By Caroline Colvin • March 18, 2024
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    What we learned at Manifest Vegas 2024

    Companies discussed crucial leadership skills, employee retention, and the use of AI and machine learning at this year’s conference.

    By March 12, 2024
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    How PetSmart uses FLOW data to manage its supply chain

    The retailer’s chief supply chain officer said the federal data platform is helping it avoid reactionary decisions and predict delays.

    By March 8, 2024
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    SEC drops scope 3 emissions from final climate disclosure rule

    The agency scaled back reporting requirements for scope 1 and 2 and will take a phased approach to the new mandates.

    By Lamar Johnson • March 6, 2024
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    Scope 3 will be a focus for large companies regardless of SEC rule outcome, KPMG says

    Large companies will still need to track scope 3 emissions as part of California and European Union requirements, analysts said.

    By Suman Bhattacharyya • March 4, 2024
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    Smaller suppliers’ finances have deteriorated since pre-pandemic

    Large buyers have been pressuring suppliers, dragging down smaller, private firms’ operational efficiency, according to RapidRatings analysis. 

    By March 4, 2024
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    Construction supply chain headaches persist 4 years into pandemic

    As the fourth anniversary of COVID-19’s arrival in the U.S. nears, contractors are still dealing with challenges around materials pricing and availability.

    By Shefali Kapadia • March 4, 2024
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    Nestlé hit by supply constraints in health business

    IT hiccups at packaging sites created a supply chain backup in the food and beverage giant’s vitamin, mineral and supplement unit.

    By Feb. 27, 2024
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    Walmart hits supplier emissions goal 6 years early

    The retailer’s vendors have already reported enough projects to fulfill Project Gigaton’s target of cutting 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases from its supply chain.  

    By Feb. 23, 2024
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    Biden administration issues executive order on port cybersecurity

    The order attempts to shift more ship-to-shore crane manufacturing to the U.S. amid concerns about cyber risk at port facilities.

    By David Jones • Feb. 21, 2024
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    FTC probes role of wholesalers, purchasing groups in drug shortages

    The agency issued a request for information scrutinizing “the practices of opaque drug middlemen,” Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan said.

    By Feb. 21, 2024
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    Front-line workers are more likely to be anxious and depressed, survey finds

    Employers have a vested interest in educating these essential workers about their well-being options, meQuilibrium’s chief science officer said.

    By Laurel Kalser • Feb. 16, 2024
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    Cocoa supply issues could lead to smaller chocolate bar sizes: expert

    Producers may experiment with new product formulations to avoid recent heavy price hikes on chocolates.

    By Chris Casey • Feb. 15, 2024