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Supply chain audits needs more “boots on the ground”

September 3, 2014

Environmental health and safety/social responsibility audits are the principal tool used to assess compliance with regulatory requirements and brand policy in the supply chain.

Food safety: Don’t put your suppliers in a “silo”

Cloud-based systems increase transparency & reduce risks

Brenda Percy

September 3, 2014

The supply chain plays a major part in food safety — the product you receive from your supplier must be of the highest possible quality to ensure customer satisfaction and safety and to help you maintain a positive brand image.

Safety words to know – 2014 edition

Dave Johnson

June 26, 2014

These words keep surfacing at safety conferences, speeches, articles and conversations and paint a picture of the issues and trends important to the profession here in 2014: Value– as in, “What’s the value of having a safety professional around here?”

Bangladesh blowback: Hopes for improved garment factory safety

Garrett Brown MPH, CIH

June 2, 2014

For the first time in any global supply chain, genuinely independent inspections of garment factories are identifying and correcting life safety hazards that have killed hundreds of Bangladesh garment workers in recent years.

Grainger modifies structure; new roles for execs

November 6, 2013

Grainger has announced it modified its structure to provide greater focus and a more consistent integrated approach to pursue growth opportunities.

Social trade directory enables B2B pros in 40+ industries to interact

Safety products one of the most popular verticals

November 6, 2013

Cincinnati-based social trade directory IndustryHuddle.com has announced implementation of its Version 2.0.

ISA economic indicator index dips

November 6, 2013

The monthly Economic Indicator Report (EIR) from the Industrial Supply Association dipped somewhat in August following a big increase in July.

Ordinary execs get extra-ordinary results

How to work “on” the business, not “in” it

D. Bruce Merrifield

November 6, 2013

Three distributor success stories in different channels – steel, industrial-paper/jan-san and fluid power – are profiled in a new book by distributor consultant Bruce Merrifield.

Sustainability audit fatigue leads to cooperation between competitors

November 7, 2012

Brands and suppliers are increasingly willing to share supply chain sustainability data, to cut costs and overcome audit fatigue, reports Stephen Gardner of the Ethical Corporation: Business Intelligence for Sustainability.