2010/01/06
Aah…the intricacies of the English language. Not supply (chain) security, but the security of supply. Do you see the difference? This conference paper comes from three Finnish researchers, working with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and was presented at ESREL 2007, a conference that will spark many posts on this blog. Today’s paper describes how Finland views logistics and supply as important to national security and how the LOGHU project was created to develop a framework for identification and ranking of threats and corresponding countermeasures. While the paper clearly shows that the project is still a work in progress, much wisdom and food for thought can be drawn from it.
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2010/01/05
Does having Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in your supply chain constitute an increased exposure to supply chain risk? Particularly if these SMEs occupy business-critical positions in the supply chain? That’s the question Peter Finch asks in his 2004 article simply (or boldy?) titled Supply Chain Risk Management. I came across this article by mere accident, because it has not been much referenced in the supply chain risk literature. Perhaps, because Peter Finch is not an academic, but a management consultant, and because there is very little academic literature in his reference list, hence not worth mentioning? I don’t think so. This article can very well stand on its own and excellently explains the role that SMEs have in adressing risks in supply chains
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2010/01/04
Finally, here it is, the complete review of supply chain risk. At least by the looks of it. Supply chain risks: a review and typology, is a 2009 article by two scholars from the University of Kentucky, Shashank Rao and Thomas J Goldsby, who review, synthesize and typify some 160 or so articles in supply chain risk and risk management. But is it really a complete review? That’s what I wanted to find out.
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2010/01/02
I admit this does sound funny, but is it possible to say that a blog has a supply chain? And if that is the case, are blogs exposed to supply chain risks? That is the question I’ve been asking myself over the last couple of days. Take this blog for instance. Traffic is slowing down these days, and I’m trying to understand why. Yes, I know it’s the Holiday Season, and all the students perusing my blog have handed in their term papers, and are no longer in need of my literature reviews, but still, that can not account for all the slowdown? What is happening to my blog? This slightly humorous post takes a look at my blog from a supply chain perspective.
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2010/01/01
I said in my earlier post, looking back at how husdal.com had developed in 2009, that I would take a closer look at my traffic stats and here it is. It is indeed interesting to look back at 2009 and see which posts that did well, which ones that did not so well, analyzing how people found their way to my blog, and what they read most. One post in particular stands out, but not for the reason I expected. And what are all these visitors from India doing on my blog?
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