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African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Created: Friday, May 17, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) is to expand US trade and investment with sub-Saharan Africa. It aims to stimulate economic growth, encourage economic integration, and help facilitate...
Export Processing Zones (EPZ) Created: Friday, May 17, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 17, 2013
Export Processing Zones (EPZs) is a strategy for economic development in developing nations. The tool is used to attract foreign investment to create jobs, expand the industrial base, introduce tec...
Safe Water Drinking Act (SWDA) Created: Thursday, May 16, 2013 Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013
The Safe Water Drinking Act (SWDA) was passed to protect public health by regulating the public drinking water supply. Modifications to the Act now includes the sources of drinking water such as ri...
Introduction to NAFTA Created: Friday, May 10, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was implemented on January 1st, 1994 and is an agreement to remove both tariffs and investment barriers between the United States, Canada, and Mexico...
Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Created: Friday, May 10, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) covers a wide range of environment, health and safety management issues. A major concern is the protection of employee’s health in the workplace, and tha...
Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Created: Friday, May 10, 2013 Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is aimed to prevent contamination of the food supply chain rather than reacting to the events after they occur. The FDA has with new enforcement authorities...
SAP Advanced Planning and Optimizer (APO) Created: Saturday, March 30, 2013 Updated: Thursday, May 02, 2013
An important component of SAP is the Advanced Planning and Optimizer (APO) application. APO is a suite of supply chain planner applications that increase overall knowledge of the supply chain and p...
Production Routing Created: Saturday, March 30, 2013 Updated: Thursday, May 02, 2013
In the discrete production process, a item is produced when a shop order is created for a requirement. The shop order will show all the tasks, materials and equipment that will be used in the manuf...
Hazardous Materials In The Warehouse Created: Thursday, May 28, 2009 Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013
Hazardous materials are often found in a warehouse. These materials can be either raw materials or finished goods depending on the nature of your company’s products. However, a hazardous mate...
Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Created: Sunday, April 28, 2013 Updated: Sunday, April 28, 2013
The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) is issued by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) as an identification credential for all workers requiring unescorted access ...
Environmental Issues of Hydraulic Fracturing Created: Friday, April 26, 2013 Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013
It is well understood that hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, has the potential to increase the supply of natural gas available in the US. However, many believe that the benefits of frac...
Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) Created: Saturday, April 20, 2013 Updated: Saturday, April 20, 2013
OHSA has implemented the latest Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) which now conforms to the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). According ...
Hydraulic Fracturing Created: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Hydraulic fracturing is a method used in the majority of natural gas wells in the US, where water, sand and chemicals are pumped underground to break apart the rock and release the trapped gas. The...
Coal Generated Energy Created: Monday, April 15, 2013 Updated: Monday, April 15, 2013
Energy is a topic that is very political in the US and has generated much discussion about other forms of electricity production such as from coal fired power stations, nuclear power stations, and ...
L-1 Visa Created: Friday, April 12, 2013 Updated: Friday, April 12, 2013
Technology companies in the US have experienced a shortage of skilled workers and laws have been passed to allow foreign workers into the US to perform certain jobs for a given period of time. The ...
Electronic Onboard Recorders (EOBR) Created: Thursday, April 11, 2013 Updated: Thursday, April 11, 2013
In February 2011, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking which mandated electronic onboard recorders (EOBR) for all commercial motor vehicles...
H-1B Visa Created: Tuesday, April 09, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, April 09, 2013
Many technology and manufacturing companies in the US lack experienced workers or personnel that have a certain skill set. In order to allow foreign nationals to work in the US to fill this gap, th...
Hours of Service Regulations Created: Sunday, March 31, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013
Commercial motor vehicle (CMV) drivers who operate vehicles are subject to a set of regulations by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). The regulations govern the working hours ...
Bill of Materials Created: Sunday, March 31, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 31, 2013
A bill of materials is used in the manufacturer of a product and should contain raw materials, sub-assemblies, sub-components, parts and the quantities of each. Each line of the bill of materials (...
Procurement Card Best Practices Created: Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Updated: Saturday, March 30, 2013
The procurement card, or P-card, is a form of company credit card that is issued to employees who can then purchase goods and services. The procurement card can save a company considerable amounts ...
SAP Production Planning Created: Saturday, March 30, 2013 Updated: Saturday, March 30, 2013
Production Planning is an integral part of the logistics function in SAP and it is fully integrated with other components including Materials Management (MM). Every business that has a manufacturin...
Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Created: Saturday, March 30, 2013 Updated: Saturday, March 30, 2013
The US government spends hundreds of billions of dollars each year and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) has a central role in determining the policies and practices that federal agen...
Safe and Efficient Transportation Act Created: Sunday, March 24, 2013 Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013
The Safe and Efficient Transportation Act was re-introduced for the fifth year running in the US Congress to increase truck weight from 80,000 to 97,000 pounds. There are many opinions on both side...
Cargo Screening and the 9/11 Commission Act Created: Thursday, March 21, 2013 Updated: Thursday, March 21, 2013
In 2007 Congress passed the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act. For the shipping industry the relevant part of the law was that all cargo transported on a passenger aircraft wa...
California Unfair Competition Law Created: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The first California Unfair Competition Law was enacted in 1933 and was based on the Federal Trade Commission laws which prohibited unfair trade practices. In 1992, the California legislature amen...
Environmental Protection Agency Created: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 Updated: Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created on December 2nd, 1970 after years of discussion on the environment. In 1969, President Nixon established the Environmental Quality Council, as ...
Novel Food Processing Created: Monday, February 25, 2013 Updated: Monday, February 25, 2013
In the United Kingdom, there is a non-statutory, independent body of scientific experts that advises the Food Standards Agency (FSA) on any matters relating to novel foods and novel food processing...
Food Standards Agency Created: Monday, February 25, 2013 Updated: Monday, February 25, 2013
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is the British food safety watchdog which was set up in 2000 to be responsible for food safety and hygiene across the United Kingdom. After a number of issues with f...
Supply Chain Security Created: Thursday, February 21, 2013 Updated: Thursday, February 21, 2013
The security of products along the supply chain is becoming ever more important as there are increasing number of threats which require companies and governments to be proactive. In some regions se...
Speed Limit Management Created: Sunday, February 17, 2013 Updated: Sunday, February 17, 2013
In the US, a third of all fatal crashes are caused by excessive speed. Although most people think that accidents that are attributable to excessive speed occur on freeways, the fact is that almost ...
Driver Fatigue Created: Sunday, February 17, 2013 Updated: Sunday, February 17, 2013
Driver fatigue is a problem for shipping companies as they struggle to keep their businesses afloat under the strains of competition from other firms and the difficulty of the current economic clim...
Operating A Procurement Card Program Created: Monday, September 21, 2009 Updated: Wednesday, February 06, 2013
The procurement card, or P-card, is a form of company credit card that is issued to employees who can then purchase goods and services without having to process the purchase through a traditional p...

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