Shippers, regulators tap into technology to ferret out illicit imports

ORLANDO, Fla. — Data analytics and artificial intelligence have emerged as powerful tools in the fight against illicit imports. 

At the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals’ Edge conference in Orlando, Florida, last week, a panel of technology and shipping experts centered their discussion on the vital significance of harnessing these cutting-edge capabilities to evaluate the risks associated with global supply chains and imports. 

FreightWaves’ Grace Sharkey discusses AI with Janet...

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Blasgen to retire as CSCMP president, CEO

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) said Wednesday that Rick D. Blasgen, its president and CEO for more than 15 years, will retire from the group on March 5.

Blasgen will be replaced on an interim basis by Mark Baxa, president and CEO of  FerniaCreek Global Supply Chain Consulting Group and a former CSCMP chairman. Blasgen will assist in the transition and will continue as an adviser to the Lombard, Illinois-based trade group. CSCMP will begin a search for a permanent...

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