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Supply chain risk – in your head?

This article paints an interesting picture of how supply chain professionals view risk, which risk they perceive and what they do in reaction to these risks.

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A grounded definition of supply risk

This definition of supply risk views the supply chain from end to end, acknowledging that what you purchase as a supply, in the the end will wind up in some customer’s hand, to which you may be liable, if your product or service is faulty

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Book Review: Supply Chain Risk

The primary purpose of this book is to collect and share various streams of research and trends in supply chain risk, predominantly from the ISCRIM (International Supply Chain Risk Management) network.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
3PL Outsourcing - Challenges and Benefits
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about the flexibility of the logistics provider and how the transpor[...]
Call for papers: Global Supply Chain Risk Management
Are you currently planning to write or actually writing a paper on supply chain risk and wondering w[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Low Cost Country Sourcing
Low-cost countries. A dream for some and a nightmare for other others. What are typical supply chain[...]
Book Review: The Geography of Transport Systems
This is a book I've wanted to lay my hands on for a long time. The Geography of Transport Systems by[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
A Decade of Living Dangerously
Do you remember the movie The Year of Living Dangerously with Mel Gibson? Topically unrelated maybe,[...]
When disaster strikes...
...how does the transportation network recover? And why are transportation networks so essential to [...]
from HERE and THERE
Time is precious
Swiss Railway Watch
Time.  A highly valued asset in much of supply chain management and logistics operations. Time matte[...]
The ISCRiM Newsletter 1/2009
As a researcher within supply chain risk, I find the ISCRiM Newsletters a valuable source of informa[...]