The State of Supply Chain’s Role and Responsibilities

July 8, 2019

As global supply chains become more extended and interconnected, the need for effective vendor risk management is growing exponentially. While a high percentage of supply chain leaders rank safety compliance as a top priority within their own organizations, a smaller number of companies are paying attention to the same metrics at the vendor level. Organizations don’t operate in isolation, and their ultimate success rests on complicated networks of outside vendors.

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