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An interesting question was sent to me only the other day on Supply Chain Risk Management.

"Martin, do you have any specific risk frameworks or do you know of any good case studies that have been published on Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM)?".

Supply Chain Risk Management is a complex and intertwined risk initiative to kick off and we have included a schematic which outlines some of the requirements that may need to be covered. We have also linked to an absolutely fantastic white paper that is

As domestic and international trade continue to grow, companies are starting to consider the benefits of alternative sources of trade financing, according to David Hu, Managing Partner, IIG Trade Finance LLC.

“The cost of capital for banks, the traditional providers of trade finance, has increased tremendously. They also have other issues, such as the setting of LIBOR, which is being questioned right now. With the increasingly tighter capital requirements of Basel III, banks will have to tighten

The GFMI Trade, Commodity and Supply Chain Finance: Liquidity, Funding and Risk Conference, June 10-12, 2013 in New York, NY will help banks and trade finance firms gain a profitable funding structure under Basel III.

Join speakers from Citi, IFC, HSBC, Deutsche Bank, BAFT IFSA, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Santander, Wells Fargo, Standard Chartered Bank and many more.

This high-level, intimate event will allow attendees to understand the impact of Basel III across all financing business lines,

With another calendar year coming to a close, some supply chain professionals get a chance to take stock, while many others brace themselves for a sudden crescendo of activity that will mercifully relent once January rolls around.  That’s a reality of the supply chain management community: It’s broad and deep and diverse.

There are many job titles that handle many responsibilities in the complex business of moving things on time and on budget in the quantity and of the quality expected; for all