Written by Hewitt Roberts, CEO, Certainty Software If you import into the United States — or supply someone who does — you have almost certainly been asked about C-TPAT. Short for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, CTPAT is U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s voluntary supply chain security program: companies that prove they secure their end-to-end […]
ITAR & EAR Compliance for the Supply Chain: A Supplier’s Guide (2026)
If you supply parts, materials, software or technical data into a defense or aerospace program, ITAR compliance almost certainly reaches your business — even if you never file an export license yourself. U.S. export controls flow down the supply chain, and the obligations land on primes and the suppliers behind them. This guide explains ITAR […]
FEOC Explained: Foreign Entity of Concern Rules & Supplier Screening
A FEOC — a foreign entity of concern — is a company that is owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction of a “covered nation” the US government treats as an adversary: China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea. It was first defined in the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act for a Department […]
The ISO 9001 Audit Checklist (2026 Edition): Clauses 4–10, Step by Step
A clause-by-clause ISO 9001 audit checklist (clauses 4–10), how to run an internal audit, and what changes with ISO 9001:2026. […]
Industrial Hygiene: Hazards, Programs & Workplace Compliance
Uncover what industrial hygiene is and what impact it has on overall business health and safety management. […]
Supplier Scorecards: How to Benchmark Supplier Reliability, Quality & ESG
A supplier scorecard turns scattered supplier data into one comparable view of reliability, quality and ESG — so you can act on risk, not just report it. […]
Permit-to-Work Audits: How to Catch the Gaps That Cost Lives
Most PTW failures are verification failures, not paperwork failures. The 7-element PTW audit framework — and the gap patterns each permit type hides. […]
Mobile Safety Inspections: 4 Lessons from a 65-Year Operator
Bob’s Heating gave field supervisors 50% more time and made every safety inspection defensible — in two months. Four lessons enterprise EHS can steal. […]
Scope 3 Emissions: A 2026 Compliance Roadmap for Procurement
Scope 3 is now the disclosure category procurement owns but rarely controls. The 2026 roadmap — CARB, CSRD, IFRS S2 — and a supplier-engagement playbook. […]
Why Most LPA Programs Underdeliver: 5 Failure Modes to Fix
LPA works. Most programs drift into checklist theatre. The 5 failure modes that quietly break LPA — and the layered ownership that fixes them. […]
