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Acts of God or Acts of Man?

Do we ever learn? How come we humans knowingly and willingly put ourselves and our critical infrastructure in harm’s way time and again? Instead of living with and adjusting to natural hazards, we turn them into natural disasters, by our own doings and short-sighted decisions.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
How to secure your supply chain - 5/7
With this post, number five in a series translated from the Swedish book "Säkra företagets flöden", [...]
Shippers, carriers and disruptions
Both shippers and motor carriers are impacted by travel time variability, but they react differently[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: HBR on Supply Chain Management
Today we continue my exploration of the Harvard Business Review Paperback Series that I started yes[...]
Low Cost Country Sourcing
Low-cost countries. A dream for some and a nightmare for other others. What are typical supply chain[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
A risky business? The top 10 challenges of offshoring
Organisations embarking on offshoring face multiple challenges; many of which can be extremely daunt[...]
Vulnerable or valuable supply chain?
More than a year old now, but still holding not so few words of wisdom is the Pricewaterhouse Cooper[...]
from HERE and THERE
International Supply Chain Risk Management
The International Supply Chain Risk Management Network (ISCRiM) is a network of academics interested[...]
Cost-Benefit Analysis – an essay about valuation problems
This paper introduces vulnerability as an important parameter for decision-support in cost-benefit a[...]