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2008/05/29 THIS and THAT No reactions yet

Supply Chain Risk Management 2008

Supply Chain Risk Management 2008, 3rd & 4th November 2008, World Trade Centre, the Netherlands, is an event that you as a  Vice President, Director, Head of, Managing Director or Manager of   Risk, Supply Chain, Supply Management, Logistics, Distribution, Operations should not miss. Despite a £1.500 conference fee, I think it will be a conference worth visiting.

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2008/05/18 THIS and THAT No reactions yet

Defining and Measuring Economic Resilience

Economic resilience, as defined a paper published by the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER), refers to the inherent and adaptive responses to  hazards that enable individuals and communities to avoid some potential losses. It can take place at the level of the firm, household, market, or macroeconomy.

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2008/04/30 THIS and THAT No reactions yet

The art of reviewing journal submissions

The other day I received an email from the editorial board of Transportation Science, asking me to review an article that had been submitted for publication. Transportation Science promotes itself as the foremost journal in the field of transportation analysis, and is published quarterly by INFORMS, so I felt quite honored. This is not the first time I’ve been asked to review a journal submission, but every time is still a new experience.

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2008/04/29 OTHER SITES and BLOGS No reactions yet

Should you join the Supply Chain Network SCN?

I joined two days ago, and it has been very rewarding so far. The Supply Chain Network SCN markets itself as the place where supply chain academics and professionals connect and providing visibility to SCM professionals around the globe.The sign-up is fairly straightforward. Initially I was put off a bit because I was required to leave quite a bit of personal information (professional expertise and such), but then again, how can you connect
if you don’t know anything about that person? So, this is actually a good thing. On the other hand, as I discovered later, if you prefer to leave “nothing”, you can always type “-” instead of adding any information.

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2008/04/28 my own RESEARCH No reactions yet

Robustness, flexibility and resilience in the supply chain

In a previous paper, back in 2004, I discussed the issue of Flexibility and robustness as options to reduce risk and uncertainty. Since then a new term has emerged: resilience, and today I would like to compare these three terms. Robustness is the ability to accommodate  any uncertain future events or unexpected developments such that the initially desired future state can still be reached. Flexibility is the ability to defer, abandon, expand, or  contract any investment towards the desired goal. Resilience is the ability of a system to return to its original state or move to a new desirable state after being disturbed.

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