GS1, HP and Microsoft enter product recall space – but GS1 enters as a nonprofit. What is the impact to industry?
Compliance
Compliance of an organization to regulations, company policies, industry standards, laws, and societal norms.
Foodborne Illness Costs $152B/year. Who Will Pay for Prevention?
A recent study estimates the cost from sicknesses due to contaminated food in the U.S. to be $152B/year. Meanwhile, food safety legislation is making its way through congress, containing new guidelines and standards for hygiene, inspection, and sanitation. Even if that passes, it is not likely to contain a strong prescriptive mandate for any specific traceability technology. But there are other drivers to adoption of traceability besides regulatory mandates, such as brand assurance, risk management, and supply chain efficiency.
12 Attributes of a Successful Business Continuity Plan
Question: What does a Business Continuity Plan have in common with a parachute?
Answer: When you find out that either doesn’t work, it may be too late.
Food Traceability and Interoperability
I recently attended the Food Traceability and Interoperability Summit in Denver, the first real attempt by a non government group to gather to discuss the need and value of instituting a more robust (end-to-end) and therefore interoperable food system.
Download our colorful and informative Food Safety Poster from ChainLink.
Elements of Food Traceability: 2010 Solutions Outlook
With increasing globalization and additional tiers in the food supply chain, more and more hands are providing and/or touching the ingredients in our “farm-to-fork” food supply chain. As this happens, more rapid and reliable end-to-end food traceability will be increasingly important to achieve an acceptable level of food safety, confidence in the food supply, and the ability to react quickly and precisely to contamination events and recalls.
The Changing Role of the Supply Chain Manager
This article emphasizes the importance of understanding international laws and regulations for supply chain managers involved in global trade and transportation. It highlights the potential risks and legal consequences of non-compliance with rules related to border security, corporate tax, customs modernization, global sourcing, immigration, intellectual property, and other aspects of international trade.
Securing Cargo
In a post-WWII and post-9/11 world, trade security remains a critical topic. In this article, we take a close look at the security of our ports, or the lack thereof.
The Data Detectives
Bad data is usually the biggest challenge to integrating systems. It can bring not only sytems but also the whole enterprise to its knees. That is why leading per-formers like Wal-Mart and Dell are obsessed with the quality of their business information, and put so much effort into cleaning up their data.
Introduction to ChainLink Research
This 10-minute overview presented by ChainLink CEO, Ann Grackin discusses the impact of changing business models on the supply chain.