ivalua

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

The examples that Musk mentions in the video show that modern supply chains are becoming more global and more complex. Starkly put, the odds of supply chain disruption are growing and will grow even greater in the future.”. CSCMP’s Supply Chain Quarterly. Reason #3: Supply chain issues are costly.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Pentagon didn’t introduce any groundbreaking changes in the final Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification rule, but CMMC observers say the Defense Department made several key updates and definitions to help companies as they work to comply with the requirements.

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Import and Trade Remedies

JULY 1, 2024

The question arose before Dutch customs what the definition of the term “consigned from” is. The post <strong>EU: Anti-dumping measures to apply in more situations because Commission extends definition of “consigned from”</strong> appeared first on Import and Trade Remedies Blog.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

OCTOBER 12, 2023

A prior interim rule established the FASC as the repository for reports of supply chain risk. The interim rule also imposes obligations for a related “reasonable inquiry” at the time of proposal submission and quarterly monitoring during contract performance. FASCSA orders apply as follows: Table 1. FASCSA Order Applicability.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Former federal executives and industry experts said it may be time to rethink the IT value added reseller (ITVAR) approach as the FBI and DCIS raid shined a brighter light on supply chain risks that most vendors and agencies generally glossed over until now. I think the government and industry are asking that question now.

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The Procurement ClassRoom

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Similarly, crises like the COVID-19 pandemic or the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak, which disrupts supply chains and markets, may call for specific procurement strategies. Another consideration is whether the requirement is available in the local market or must be sourced internationally.

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Federal News Network

JUNE 4, 2024

And the advance notice the FA Council saying that it may require in a final rule that providers of semiconductors understand the supply chain provenance of each component that goes into the semiconductor that’s provided to a government agency in fulfillment of the contract. And since it is so too should government contractors.

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Import and Trade Remedies

OCTOBER 10, 2024

This blog concerns an update of our previous blog on the extension of the definition of “consigned from”, to be found here. The question arose before Dutch customs what the definition of the term “consigned from” is. The EU regularly extends these duties to imports of these products from other countries to counter circumvention.

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ivalua

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

North Carolina State Poole College of Management recently produced this 28 page report entitled “ 2019 Supply Chain Data Quality and Governance Study ”. The report contains some great illustrations of the current state of Data governance across the organizations that were surveyed, with a specific focus on the supply chain.

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Federal News Network

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Koses said agencies are asking contracting officers and others to do more complex work, particularly with new cybersecurity and supply chain risks management requirements coming into play, so the funding to pay for more training is more important than ever. Congress has asked us to train the workforce in cybersecurity protections.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

MAY 9, 2024

The proposed definition does not specify what additional diligence should be taken, although it is reasonable to expect that any additional diligence would be short of “independent third party audits or other formal reviews related to such certifications,” which the statute provides is not required.

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Federal News Network

MAY 30, 2024

And so that group includes small businesses, who, by definition, are exempt from the cost accounting standards. And so, DoD, on the one hand, is pursuing a number of policies that are important for protecting national security and policy interests, whether that’s cyber security, supply chain restrictions, domestic preferences.

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Federal News Network

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Larry Allen And so this is definitely going to be an area that the GSA IG weighs in on, and it’s mentor proteges and JV’s (Joint Ventures). So for this year, they’re going to look at one of our old favorites, the Trade Agreements Act.

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ivalua

JULY 27, 2015

It’s true that the mental models and naming conventions we have been using to define procurement processes and categorize solutions are limited in definition, business process coverage, and scope. Perhaps it is time for a more comprehensive description. I’m going with Supplier Value Management.

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The Procurement School

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In conducting research for this article, I found many definitions of ‘Ethics’. They followed the Supply Chain Canada’s Code of Ethics for Professionals the letter for their entire career and had never encountered this situation before. I asked a search engine ‘What is the difference between Morals and Ethics?’

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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

OMB originally hinted in its Memorandum M-22-11 that for-profit entities were exempt from the BABA requirements due to their general exclusion from the definition of a “non-Federal entity” under the Uniform Guidance. The Guidance (generally) adopts the BAA’s definition of items made predominantly of iron or steel or a combination of both.

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GovCon & Trade

JANUARY 2, 2024

Applicability The requirements of the proposed rule will apply to all DoD contracts and subcontracts where the awardees will process, store, or transmit information that meets the definitions of Federal Contractor Information (FCI) or Contractor Unclassified Information (CUI) on contractor-controlled information systems.

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AWS Public Sector

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

These MSMEs also account for 99% of all companies, 70% of all jobs, and 60% of the gross domestic product (GDP) on average across Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries.

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ivalua

JUNE 6, 2022

The simplest definition of quality,” Joe Yacura said, “is whether or not the data meets your requirements.” Supply chains are in a battle for data supremacy. Here is what we learned from Joe Yacura: There are so many ways to think about data and data attributes: completeness, relevance, accuracy, timeliness, and lineage.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 14, 2024

She noted the enduring relevance of the Report’s definition ( para. The Directive relies heavily on companies’ ability to control supply chain activities through commercial contracts. Focusing on arbitration, Odynski referred to the 2019 ICC Task Force Report on Climate-Related Disputes in Arbitration. Ecuador for an example).

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ivalua

JULY 27, 2015

It’s true that the mental models and naming conventions we have been using to define procurement processes and categorize solutions are limited in definition, business process coverage, and scope. Perhaps it is time for a more comprehensive description. I’m going with Supplier Value Management.

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Import and Trade Remedies

JANUARY 22, 2025

The complainant alleges that goods assembled/completed in Vietnam are “like goods” that otherwise meet the product definition in the February 2022 CITT finding initiating measures against chassis from China.

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ivalua

MAY 13, 2020

And procurement and supply chain is suddenly the top priority for organisations – “I’ve never seen a better opportunity in my life to elevate the stature of procurement”, he said. . However, procurement and supply chain are higher profile than ever, and we have to take the opportunity to navigate this. .

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ivalua

MARCH 15, 2016

The conference is dedicated to supply chain topics primarily focused on Advanced Planning and Scheduling Through Logistics. The first one I attended was a topic on supply base management. Here is what I know from 20 years in the supply chain space: Your data will never be as clean as you want.

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ivalua

MAY 21, 2020

Business today isn’t business as usual, as the COVID-19 pandemic impacts organizations and supply chains across the globe. In reality, procurement sees all the waste and redundancy that exists in the supply chain, and has a significant impact on a business’s bottom line. Definitely! Robots can’t run the business.

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Government Contracts Legal Forum

JUNE 12, 2024

2] Specifically, the definition of “covered contractor” is any company that “is an existing or prospective contractor or subcontractor of the DoD on a contract, subcontract, or defense research assistance award with a value exceeding $5 million. the questionnaire that will be used to solicit the required disclosures).

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The Procurement School

JULY 16, 2024

But first a definition of efficiency. Certified Supply Chain Leader. Contract Management is often thought to be the last step in the Procurement life cycle but instead it is both the beginning and end of the procurement cycle and it provides a constant feedback loop. He is a UBC Sauder School of Business graduate is a NISCL -.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 8, 2024

This was definitely not by chance. Role of Third-Party Financiers Last but definitely not the least is topic (iv) of the post. The 2024 London International Disputes Week (“LIDW”) was stage to several discussions regarding mass litigations.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

DECEMBER 19, 2023

We will be keeping a particular eye on FAR Case 2018-006, which purports to implement a new definition for “subcontract” as well as a “new approach to the prescription and flow-down of provisions and clauses applicable to acquisitions of commercial items…” and was expressly called out in the Final Rule.

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Kluwer Arbitration

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

The definition of “ investor ” requires legal persons to engage in “ substantive business operations ” in a host State. This is in line with the CJEU’s ruling in Achmea (C-284/16), deciding that investor-State arbitration under intra-EU BITs is incompatible with EU law. What Is Covered in Their Scope?

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How to Crack a Nut

MARCH 31, 2023

AI Definition The UK’s definition of AI will trigger substantive discussions, especially as it seeks to build it around ‘ the two characteristics that generate the need for a bespoke regulatory response ’: ‘adaptivity’ and ‘autonomy’ (para 39). Those tools are discussed in much more detail in part 4 of the AI WP (paras 106 ff).

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Optimizing your supplier master data is definitely a worthwhile exercise. Taking issue this relatively simple request is often a telling indicator about a supplier’s willingness to work with you. . Optimizing Supplier Master Data Has Positive Results.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

JANUARY 2, 2024

Requirements for Subcontractors and Service Providers The Proposed Rule confirms that DoD wants the CMMC requirements to apply throughout the supply chain, at all tiers. The only exception to the flow down requirements is for contractors that supply exclusively commercial off-the-shelf (“COTS”) products.

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How to Crack a Nut

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Moreover, the desired attributes can be in conflict between themselves and/or with the main functional specifications for the digital technology deployment (eg the increasingly clear unavoidable trade-off between explainability and accuracy in some AI technologies).

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The CMMC “About” webpage provides definitions for CUI and FCI. James Peake , M.D., The CMMC program aims to ensure that contractors in possession of Federal Contract Information (FCI) and/or Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) meet their contractual cybersecurity requirements.

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ivalua

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Supply Chain Strategies: What the Pandemic Has Taught Us So Far? Many nations are now facing the prospect of new lockdowns which will undoubtedly further impact global supply chains. . Supply Chain Risk Management on the World Stage – Lessons Learned. Global Supply Chains are Here to Stay.

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Federal News Network

JULY 16, 2024

A lot of it has to do with the origin supply chain issues vis-a-vis China. There’s a whole big discussion about Chinese supply chains. And look, we’re all in favor of secure supply chains, Tom, everybody wants to make sure that we keep national security at the top of the list. Tom Temin Right.

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