The International Organization for Standardization, better known as ISO, made significant changes to their 9001 global standard for quality management systems in September of 2015. The main focus of the revisions is to make the existing standard less prescriptive. Rather than laying out detailed procedures that must be followed by companies who wish to earn or maintain the ISO 9001 certification, they have shifted towards an emphasis on process and performance. This change reflects the reality that a greater range of industries and corporate structures want to employ the standard. By making......
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May 10, 2016
How the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act affects supply chains
The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act which was adopted by Barack Obama prohibits the United States to import any goods made by forced labor. But does forced labor or...
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March 2, 2016
Dodd-Frank Act: How regulations and standards influence the global trade – Part 4
Dodd-Frank Act Last week I gave you an overview about sanction control. With today’s blog entry our four-part article series concerning the Business Breakfast with our partners EcoVadis und POOL4TOOL...
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February 24, 2016
How regulations and standards influence the global trade – Part 3: Sanctions
Sanctions The global trade is influenced by regulations and standards more than ever. Last week I provided you an overview about the new ISO 9001:2015 standard. That was one of...
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February 11, 2016
How regulations and standards influence the global trade – Part 2: ISO 9001:2015 revision
ISO 9001:2015 revision Last week I gave you an overview about the EU sustainability directive. As promised, I won’t withheld my thoughts about the remaining topics, which were discussed during...
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February 5, 2016
How regulations and standards influence the global trade Part 1: EU sustainability directive
EU Sustainability directive Regulations and standards influence the global trade more than ever. Thus I want to share my findings about a few novelties, last week served during a Business...
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October 19, 2015
New EU regulation planned: The struggle with conflict minerals continues
The struggle with conflict minerals A mobile phone, a computer, a pair of earrings, a light bulb– all of these items can have a unique common attribute that is quite...
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October 14, 2015
Supply Chain Risk Management: How to protect your supply chain from corruption?
How to protect your supply chain from corruption? In last week`s blog entry “How corrupt is your country“ we gave insight on the “Corruption Perception Index“, which illustrates the current...
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October 5, 2015
Corruption Perceptions Index: How corrupt is your country?
Corruption is a huge risk for businesses around the world. Corruption is distorting markets, overwhelming economic growth and undermining laws. It has also major effects on developing countries by costing...