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Global Supply Chain Disruption Looms in 2020

Domestic unrest percolating around the world, the force of climate change, and expansion into new markets will all converge in 2020 and create an environment where ensuring supply chain security will be challenging.

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If you are not using Shodan? Why not???

Shodan is a port scanner that continually scans the entire internet for exposed hosts and their services. It queries every single port on every single IP address to determine if a host is alive, what ports are open, and enumerates what services are operating on those ports. The result is a plethora of information about the state of the Internet, which is easily searchable and provides near real-time analysis of current trends.

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Miranda Whitcher on helping organizations to build organizational resilience through standards and certifications

Miranda Whitcher has been with BSI since 1991, joining the Chiswick office in the UK after working in a number of other positions including as a constable with the Thames Valley Police. Her journey has seen her work her way up from an administrative assistant to BSI’s top sales person. While her focus is now primarily multi-national aerospace companies, Miranda also looks after several global accounts in sectors as varied as financial, electronics and information technology. With her can-do attitude, Miranda is known as a tenacious, detail-oriented executive. Her favorite line, “Humor me now…” can be translated to “you are about to see things differently.”

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Ten minutes with BSI's Sales Director for Assurance Services, Bruno Samuel

With an engineering background with experience in the certification industry, Bruno Samuel started his career with the Canadian Standards Association. Prior to BSI, Bruno was responsible for Sales, Marketing & Training across the US and Canada at DNV GL, and before that, a VP of Sales & Marketing at SGS, responsible for the sales portfolio, including core ISO standards, Food Safety, and Medical Device schemes. At BSI, Bruno leads a team responsible for sales of BSI’s management system portfolio in the US, including all major ISO, management system standards and food safety standards.

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Ten minutes with BSI’s Americas Director of Product Certification Block

Prior to joining BSI, Joe was co-owner of a successful medical imaging company, which addressed a market need for the conversion of medical modalities from analogue to digital to enable their integration to the hospital patient electronic records systems At BSI, Joe oversees efforts to provide client solutions that meet regulatory requirements, drive performance, embed excellence, and facilitate organizational resilience.

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Companies See Value in Broadening Sustainability Efforts - Pt 3

“Large, successful companies have used Prevention through Design to reduce injuries during the initial construction and over the lifecycle of operations and maintenance.”

Beyond safety, design features are now advancing wellness. Elements such as circadian lighting, collaborative spaces, and continuous monitoring of carbon dioxide and volatile organic compounds in office air boost employee recruitment and retention. One London-based firm with improved air quality saw a 27 percent reduction in staff turnover.¹²

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Ten minutes with BSI’s Global Product Champion for Occupational Health and Safety, Kate Field

Kate Field started her career with the Health and Safety Executive (UK) as a regulatory Inspector before moving into policy, leading initiatives to tackle occupational health risks. Prior to joining BSI, Kate was Head of Information and Intelligence at the Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). Kate is a Chartered member of IOSH and has recently been elected to their Council. At BSI, Kate acts as an expert and ambassador on Health and Safety (OHS) supporting the delivery of excellence and expertise across the 193 countries BSI operates in.

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Companies See Value in Broadening Sustainability Efforts - Pt 2

“In addition to protecting the environment and being responsible consumers of our natural resources, organizations are realizing we also need to be good stewards of our human resources,” said John Gambatese, an Oregon State University professor of civil and construction engineering.

“Total Worker Health and Prevention through Design are attractive concepts for addressing the sustainability of our workforce. TWH and PtD support organizations in their efforts to maintain a healthy and productive workforce, and to create a desirable, risk-free, and socially responsible work environment.”

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Companies See Value in Broadening Sustainability Efforts - Pt 1

Environmental, social, and governance issues are no longer secondary considerations for companies seeking organizational resilience and global market growth. As consumers and investors call for the private sector to be more globally responsible, organizations across industries increasingly are heeding this expectation, or risk loss of reputation and investor and customer confidence.

Weaving the trio of sustainability concerns, collectively known as ESG, into the fabric of business operations demonstrates that company durability rests on more than economic factors.

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Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace - Pt 3

The best workplace wellbeing programs recognize that there are inter-related elements; the individual, the work environment /job, the organization and social engagement/values. Done properly, wellbeing programs are more than just a few ‘healthy life’ initiatives. They are about creating an organizational culture which promotes strong, ethical workplace relationships based on trust and respect; a collaborative and communicative management style; and a culture in which learning and development is encouraged so that people can fulfil their potential, as well as promoting good physical and psychological health, while enabling broader social engagement.

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Health and Wellbeing in the Workplace - Pt 1

The most successful organizations recognize that a healthy workplace is a happy and productive one. Governments are starting to recognize that employers and managers have a leading role in preventing ill health and promoting good health. Individuals also recognize how important their health is; older workers need to stay fit and healthy to keep working and enjoy their later years; younger generations are more informed on health and they expect their employers to actively provide healthy workplaces, not ones that merely give them a paycheck.

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Global Supply Chain Disruption Looms in 2020