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2011/12/29 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

Estimation of disruption risk exposure

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Here is a new model that links disruption risk to disruption source, that covers all flow-related disruption risks in the total supply chain from natural resources to delivered final product, and that is seen from the angle of an individual focal unit in the supply chain. [ ... ]

2011/06/19 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

Disruptions and disturbances in supply networks

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Supply chain disturbances and supply chain disruptions. Not the same and very different from each other. The former can be managed and solved within an established supply chain, the latter often requires establishing a new supply network. Understanding this difference is crucially important. [ ... ]

2011/03/24 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

The important role of elasticity in supply chains

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This paper describes the performance of supply chains based on their elasticities of supply and demand. The model can be used to predict a supply chain’s ability to respond to supply interruptions, cost increases, and demand shifts, while also quantifying the degree to which it is prone to the bullwhip effect. [ ... ]

2011/02/20 THIS and THAT

2010 - the year of supply chain catastrophes

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A recent article in the Wall Street Journal, an article that paints 2010 as the year of the catastrophe, and the insurance company Swiss Re estimates that worldwide economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters reached $222 billion last year – more than triple the losses in 2009. [ ... ]

2010/12/09 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

Supply chain risk - it's all in your head?

zsidisin-wagner-supply-chain-resilience

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. [ ... ]

2010/12/02 THIS and THAT

Wintry disruptions...again

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Winter has come early to Europe this year. Very early. Snow has covered much of Europe that hasn’t seen snow in winter for years,with widespread ramifications for all sorts of transport. [ ... ]

2010/11/03 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

The impact of supply chain glitches

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This is an investigation of the effects on shareholder wealth of supply chain glitches that resulted in production or shipment delays, using a sample of 519 announcements made during 1989-2000. On average, shareholder value is decrease by near 11% following an announcement of supply chain problems. [ ... ]

2010/11/01 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

The impact of disasters on supply chains

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Disasters. The result: Damaged infrastructure. End result: Disrupted supply chains. But how do disasters really impact supply chains? Is it different upstream or downstream the supply chain? [ ... ]

2010/09/29 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

Risky decisions – just do it, or not?

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Choosing the right supplier is a risky decision. Chose the wrong supplier, and you may face a severe disruption in your supply chain. Chose the right supplier, and all goes well. Hopefully. But is it possible to judge risk objectively? [ ... ]

2010/07/11 my PUBLIC PRESENCE

WCTR 2010

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How do Norwegian freight carriers handle the impacts of transportation disruptions? Are “bad” locations synonymous with “bad” logistics? That is the title of my presentation at the World Conference on Transport Research, WCTR 2010, in Lisbon, Portugal, this week. The answer is No. [ ... ]

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