2010/03/23 THIS and THAT

Webinars on supply chain risk

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I do have a lecture on supply chain risk, but not in webinar style. Perhaps it’s time to reconsider. [ ... ]

2009/09/14 ARTICLES AND PAPERS

Is Sheffi's Resilient Enterprise the answer to supply chain risk?

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Building a resilient enterprise is an enterprise-wide undertaking that is about so much more than simply preparing a company for disruptions. [ ... ]

2008/06/26 THIS and THAT

Sheffi's disruption profile

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This is tell-tale illustration of what happens when supply chains are disrupted and businesses are impacted. They may, or may not, be able to bounce back to where they were before the event. The survivability of the company depends solely on the company’s resilience towards the disruption. [ ... ]

2007/12/12 BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS

Book Review: The Resilient Enterprise

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Excellently written, The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage does not necessarily provide concrete solutions for your own business, but it showcases how other companies, successfully or not, handled various crisis situations. [ ... ]

2007/12/09 THIS and THAT

Can Supply Chain Management learn from Emergency Management?

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Readiness, Response and Recovery are four key elements in the New Zealand Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002. But how can this be related to supply chain management? [ ... ]