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Migrants and European supply chains

Truckers caught up in Europe’s migrant crisis say business is increasingly disrupted by queues and stowaways, but they are far more worried governments will step up border controls

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Customs Research meets Customs Practice

You might think that customs doesn’t generate much academic research, but in fact it does, and every year the World Customs Organization WCO holds a conference where practice and theory can meet: the WCO PICARD Conference. In 2011 it will be in Switzerland, Geneva, 14-16 September.

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Global Risk and Compliance – Are you protected?

Trade Compliance and Export Control are not just buzzwords in global supply chain. They represent significant risks, and breach of trade rules and regulations can have serious ramifications for businesses, Consequently, knowing the risks is important for any international company.

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Trade compliance risks

This webinar – in German – takes a closer look at the risks and pitfalls involved in trading across borders, and in particular how non-compliance with trade and regulations can severely hamper supply chain operations.

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Cross-border supply chains

What are the main change and trend drivers for international supply chains? How will future cross-border supply chains look like? In a study commissioned by the World Customs Organization in 2006, they sought to identify a set of foreseeable drivers of change and their predicted impact on global supply chain management for the next 20 years.

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Book Review: Customs Risk

For businesses, failing to comply with customs requirements may result in delayed shipments and serious disruptions in the supply chain. That is why managing customs risk is an integral part of managing global supply chain risks, but customs risks are unfortunately absent from much of the supply chain risk literature.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
SCRIM is the new SCRM
Does supply chain risk management SCRM need another model? Perhaps. That's what a group of academics[...]
Supply chain agility - Risk mitigation and response
How does company culture shape a firm's risk mitigation and response, and thus, how does company cul[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Creative Destruction
Like with so many of my other recent book reviews I came across Nolan and Croson's book, Creative De[...]
Book Review: HBR on Supply Chain Management
Today we continue my exploration of the Harvard Business Review Paperback Series that I started yes[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Supply chain vulnerability: an invisible global risk?
Supply chain disruption - a global issue? All companies and governments dependent on external suppli[...]
America’s Crumbling Infrastructure
My daily morning routine includes a cup of coffee while watching the World Business Report on BBC Wo[...]
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Managing Supply Chain Risk
Did you know that the Supply Chain Council (SCS) has extended their renown SCOR-model  to Supply Cha[...]
Road Transportation Management using GIS – vehicle routing and tracking
Roads are main arteries of modern society’s infrastructure, contributing heavily to the distribution[...]