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  • Published. Not perished. Managing Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks

    Publish or perish? Publish. It has taken its time, but finally it is there, the book that has my chapter in it. This book links Virtual Enterprise Networks with Supply Chain Management and Risk Management in a cross-disciplinary fashion. [ ... ]

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    Supply management is not just about acquiring goods and services at the best possible price. It’s also about identifying possible disruptions to the supply chain and taking steps to mitigate them. [ ... ]

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knowledge management

2009/05/15 THIS and THAT 3 reactions

How the wrong people can ruin a supply chain

knowledge-managementPeople are what makes organizations work, or in some cases, not work. Just as the “ordinary” supply chain is all about getting the right product to the right place at the right time and at the right price, the talent supply chain is all about getting the right people in the right jobs with the right skills at the right time and right price. What happens if you don’t have the right people? Well, you may have disaster waiting to happen from within.

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2009/03/31 BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS No reactions yet

Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks

Done…I finally made it! Today I submitted my full chapter for the book on Managing Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks: Implementing Supply Chain Principles. All I can do now is anxiously await the reviewers’ verdict. Followers of this blog will already have noticed some of my posts on Virtual Enterprise Networks, and wonder why I am suddenly deviating (albeit only slightly) from the main thrust of my blog, namely supply chain risk and transportation.

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2009/03/14 BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS 2 reactions

Understanding risks in Virtual Enterprise Networks

thompson-the-networked-enterpriseToday’s unstable and highly competitive business environment has created a shift in how enterprises are established and managed, where past “traditional” enterprises are replaced by new “virtual” enterprises, forming temporary networks of independent companies or Virtual Enterprise Networks (VENs) that  share skills, costs and access to each other’s market. I am currently writing a book chapter for the book Managing Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks: Implementing Supply Chain Principles, which is about risks in Virtual Enterprise Networks (VENs), and here are some the ideas that have come to my mind when trying to connect risks in supply chains with risks in VENs.

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