On December 30th, the EPA announced plans to place greater restrictions on 4 types of chemicals; phthalates, short-chain chlorinated paraffins, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and perfluorinated chemicals. To quote the EPA’s press release:
EPA intends to establish a “Chemicals of Concern” list and is beginning a process that may lead to regulations requiring significant risk [...]

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After sharing his insights into supply risk management, Dr. Uwe Schulte gave a great example of when the best course of action to protect his company from a supply risk was … to do nothing. Of course, he stressed that choosing to do nothing and doing nothing by default are two different things.

Has anyone else [...]

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While there may be some early signs that the global economic recovery has begun, there is still a need to proceed with caution. The recession has sparked deep and widespread structural changes into how businesses operate, organize, capitalize and manage costs.
It has also created new state of normal for business — one in which supply [...]

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The Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) has asked me to present the “Top Categories to Source Now” in a webinar next week (details & registration here). As those of you who have seen other iterations of this presentation know, the categories themselves and strategies for approaching them change as market conditions shift. The big [...]

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After the Strategic Savings to Drive Savings roundtable at Ariba LIVE in New York wrapped up yesterday afternoon, Joseph Gigliotti, Manager of Supply Chain System and Strategy at jetBlue, was kind enough to give us a few minutes of his time. Joe shared his candid thoughts on the risks jetBlue currently faces, how procurement is [...]

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