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Economic recession, broken supply chains, and the COVID-19 pandemic have made it difficult, if not impossible, for businesses to rely on what’s worked for them in the past to manage supply chain risk. To help ensure business continuity and growth, training professionals are scrambling to adjust safety and risk management strategies, conducting programs remotely and restructuring in-person sessions to adhere to new guidelines.

Effective vendor risk management is increasingly important as global supply chains become more complex and interconnected. Organizations must manage complicated networks of outside vendors, ensuring that occupational health and safety compliance is a top priority that extends throughout their entire supply chain.

Leading companies recognize that cultivating an internal safety culture is critical to the long-term success of the business. Many of these proactive businesses are also working to extend that culture across their contractor workforce, too.