A Race To The Top Via Safe And Compliant Products

Can any one person successfully navigate the constantly evolving state and federal product safety and compliance regulations for your organization?

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You Can’t Test In Safety

As I follow up on the many conversations that were started at the recent PPAI North American Leadership Conference and the PPAI Product Safety Summit, my belief that the rate of change in our industry is accelerating continues to be confirmed.

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“Surf’s Up”: Our Industry Is At A Tipping Point

This week, I attended the PPAI North American Leadership Conference and inaugural PPAI Product Safety Summit, where it became evident the promotional products industry has arrived at a critical industry tipping point.

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Supply Chain Transparency and Control

Corporate America’s expectations for supply chain transparency and control continue to grow as companies work to manage growing risk in light of the evolving product safety and compliance environment.

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Compliance: The Need For An Industry Standard

Being a distributor in today’s business environment is challenging. But the sales cycle has become even more complex due to the variety of compliance expectations from end-buyer customers.

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Indemnification: Are You—And Your Clients—Really Protected?

While the concept behind indemnification agreements is understandable, they fail to address one crucial question: How do indemnification agreements protect the end buyer’s brand?

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Product Safety: Are We Missing The Point?

While some may wish it were so, product safety is not going away.

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Think This Can’t Happen to You? The Reality of CPSIA

We have all heard about the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). And up to now, as distributors, we have been relatively insulated to the developing changes that suppliers have had to follow closely and adapt to be compliant. That is all ending now.

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