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2010/04/09 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

Risk versus vulnerability

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In this paper safety and security are brought together in a unifying risk and vulnerability framework that covers both accidental and malicious events. [ ... ]

2010/04/04 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

Friend or foe or both?

Realities of supply chain collaboration

Supply chain collaboration, easy or difficult? And can it really work? In theory yes, but in reality? Maybe not. [ ... ]

2010/04/03 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

Flexing your SCM muscles

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Flexible supply chains can indeed “flex” their supply chain management muscles (pun intended) and show the strength that lies in them. With transportation being a key ingredient in any supply chain, much of this strength comes from flexibility in transportation. [ ... ]

2010/03/29 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

Shrinking Supply Chain Uncertainty

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This is one of the articles – if not THE article – that paved the way for many frameworks for risks in supply chains, most notably the supply-demand-process-control model. [ ... ]

2010/03/28 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

Transportation - the staple ingredient in supply chains

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Transportation is a staple ingredient in supply chains and uncertainty is a staple ingredient in risk assessments, and consequently, transportation uncertainty is a staple ingredient in supply chain risks. [ ... ]

2010/03/27 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

Ménage à trois - the good, the bad and the ugly

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Triads in supply networks: Theorizing buyer-supplier-relationships by Thomas Y Choi and Zhaohui Wu is a fascinating read and a brilliant attempt at classifying buyer-supplier triads into nine distinctively different configurations. [ ... ]

2010/03/25 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

Decentralized humanitarian aid supply chains are better

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Decentralization, pre-positioning and pooling of relief items are key success factors for dramatic improvements in humanitarian operations performance in disaster response and recovery. [ ... ]

2010/03/10 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

Pyramidal thoughts

If you are a supply chain or logistics academic or researcher, looking for a new research strand or looking for a new theoretical approach to preparedness and recovery, then yes, this is it. [ ... ]

2010/03/08 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

Contingent flexibility

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Can contingency planning increase flexibility and minimize risk exposure to supply chain disruptions? [ ... ]

2010/03/05 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

Managing supply chains in times of crisis

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How do you prepare a supply chain for a crisis, and how do you manage a supply chain when the unexpected hits you? [ ... ]

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