
Supply Chain Disruption Remains Top Global Risk
Research by Arash Azadegan, Ph.D., a professor of supply chain procurement at Rutgers University, indicates that specific leadership qualities can more effectively speed recovery following a supply chain disaster. Yet those skills sets shift depending on the supply chain “disaster phase” a company finds itself in, he argued during a presentation at the 95th annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) being held this week in Washington, D.C. “Because of JIT [Just

Holiday cargo thefts no gift for retailers
Cargo theft has become a huge problem that the FBI says causes $15 billion to $30 billion in losses each year in the U.S. According to FreightWatch International, a security company based in Austin, Texas, there were 152 cargo thefts nationwide in July, August and September of 2015 with an average loss of nearly $200,000. Insured’s need to be particularly vigilant during the holiday shopping season, as thefts tend to increase as crooks look to score from retailers loading up