Interesting parallels between The Five Stages of Grief and the path our industry has taken when approaching the topic of product safety and compliance.
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Collaboration Always Delivers The Best Solution
The message is clear: Fortune 1000 companies are fully aware of the need to protect their brands, and as such, they expect their distributor partners to deliver safe and compliant products.
Read MoreThe Genie Is Out Of The Bottle
Is product safety and compliance a trend? Or is it here to stay? The answer depends on whom you ask.
Read MoreCompliance Programs: Social Accountability Is A Good Place To Start
While programs like WRAP and FLA have merit, they just address one area of compliance—and they may not transfer through to your organization.
Read MoreCompliance Programs Take A Village
The best solutions to complex problems have always been found through a collaborative effort. And this is true in our industry; it truly takes a village to successfully deliver product safety and compliance.
Read MoreShould I? Or Shouldn’t I? The Value Of A Compliance Program
Our industry seems to be struggling with the question of whether or not to commit time, effort and money to developing compliance programs. It’s an oversimplification, but you can group our industry into five basic categories on this topic.
Read MoreWho Cares If You Have A Compliance Program?
Do you have a compliance program? Does anyone care if you do? Absolutely.
Read MoreTrying To Be Perfect In An Imperfect World
More and more suppliers are investing significant time and effort to developing compliance programs. Can these comprehensive plans guarantee that all these suppliers’ products are 100 percent safe and compliant? I regularly hear these questions from end-buyers and distributors alike.
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