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World Economic Forum calls for international body for supply chain risk

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The World Economic Forum, in its report titled 'Building Resilience in Supply Chains,' has called for the establishment of an international body that will develop and implement a global risk assessment for supply chains, reports Supply Management.

The report listed four key factors to reduce the risk of supply chain disruption; a policy to create the new international organization; information technology to use and expand data sharing platforms; a strategy to develop adaptable approaches to resilience; and partnership to harmonize global resilience standards.

The report also called for mobilization international standards bodies and encourage businesses worldwide to adopt supply chain resilience standards.

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