WHAT’S AT STAKE

When materials, parts, and equipment travel from suppliers across the country or around the world, the hazards travel with them. A shortcut taken at a factory overseas, a mislabeled chemical drum, or a damaged shipping container can show up at your loading dock and put you in harm’s way. Supply-chain risk isn’t somebody else’s problem — it lands in your hands the moment you open the box.

WHAT’S THE DANGER

You can’t always see what’s been done to a product before it reaches you. Substitutions, missing paperwork, and damaged goods are now common, and any of them can turn a […]