109 posts tagged with “Risk Management”

The U.K. stockpiling warning shows why critical goods resilience now needs governed replenishment, transport visibility, and contingency routing.

Novelis’ Oswego restart is a practical reminder that aluminum supply chains need fire-damage contingency playbooks before disruption hits.

Warehouse automation is becoming a supplier risk issue as robots, orchestration software, spare parts, and proprietary integrations turn single vendors into operational choke points.

Commercial truck insurance premiums are rising faster than inflation even as injury and fatal crash rates improve. Here is what shippers should ask carriers and brokers before those costs hit freight bids.

Cargo theft is moving from trailer break-ins to deceptive pickups, identity fraud, and execution failures. Freight teams need controls inside daily shipment workflows.

The NTSB’s UPS MD-11F hearing shows why air freight risk management has to include maintenance advisories, carrier visibility, and contingency routing before cargo ever reaches the airport.

Maryland’s $2.25 billion Francis Scott Key Bridge settlement shows why maritime liability, port disruption, and alternate routing belong in shipper planning workflows.

Seismic warehouse rules, slab analysis, and PE stamps can derail racking and automation projects unless logistics teams treat facility compliance as an early planning requirement.

Cuba’s critical oil and diesel shortage shows why shippers need fuel-risk playbooks for trucking capacity, ports, cold chain, sourcing, and surcharges.

Supply chain risk management is shifting from disruption alerts to operational response workflows that change load plans, carrier choices, and customer promises.