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2022 (1)

2022 10 31 : Resilience in road projects – 3R
This simplified resilience assessment for road projects was presented...

2020 (2)

2020 12 23 : A Christmas To Remember
This has truly been a year of continuous supply chain disruptions,...
2020 11 23 : Raising the dead
This site has been dormant for more than five years now. Am I going...

2015 (28)

2015 12 07 : Cry Wolf?
Why is it that we fear so much? Frank Furedi shows how the notion of...
2015 11 29 : Taleb, Hamel, Holling…and I
I really should no longer be so surprised that my idea of how to...
2015 11 27 : Popular in SC Resilience
What are the Top of the Pops of Supply Chain Resilience papers? Here...
2015 11 25 : The capability concept
Capability is an important measure in adressing vulnerabilities and...
2015 11 23 : SCRIM is the new SCRM
This paper develops a new conceptual model that brings SC in more...
2015 11 13 : Robust, Resilient and Secure
Supply chain security appears to be overlooked in supply chain risk...
2015 11 09 : Incapsula – Rest your worries
After more than 4 years with Incapsula I have no reason to question...
2015 11 05 : Resilience X 10
Transport resilience has 10 dimensions, says Pamela Murray-Tuite....
2015 10 24 : The future of SCRM
Seven distinctive research factors along with the key references...
2015 10 10 : Supply Chain Risk redefined?
What is supply chain risk really? In this paper, existing approaches...
2015 10 04 : Am I making an impact?
Robustness. Flexibility. Agility. Resilience. One of my concepts that...
2015 10 02 : Near-shoring – less risk?
The current slowdown in China is due to “near-shoring,” the...
2015 09 30 : ISCRIM – so much catching up
ISCRIM - 4 years ago it was a very big part of this blog. But - I...
2015 09 29 : 28 Global Risks in 2015
The Global Risk Report 2015 highlights and reflects upon a wide range...
2015 09 26 : Robust, Rapid, Resilient
The resilience of any system can be measured by two dimensions: ...
2015 09 24 : Global Resilience Index
The 2015 FM Global Resilience Index provides an annual ranking of 130...
2015 09 23 : Broken links and broken promises
Maintaining a blog with more than 500 posts is a daunting task. While...
2015 09 22 : Maritime Vulnerability
Maritime transport is a vital backbone of today's global and complex...
2015 09 17 : Appetite versus Attitude
Risk Appetite versus Risk Attitude has brought a whole new...
2015 09 15 : Organisational Resilience
More than 400 papers out of thousands of documents were selected and...
2015 09 14 : Pork Barrel spending?
Norwegian politicians invest more money in roads in regions...
2015 09 10 : Resilience as a job description
So I now call myself "Resilience Adviser". And what do I do? My job...
2015 09 09 : Resilience times four
Resilience. It is not so much about reducing the number of things...
2015 09 08 : Vulnerability and resilience of transport systems
Essentially, risk management is all about mitigation, whereas...
2015 09 05 : Book Review: Your Research Project
This book is a must-have for any serious student or budding research....
2015 09 04 : Migrants and European supply chains
Truckers caught up in Europe's migrant crisis say business is...
2015 09 02 : A new beginning – a fresh start
In the 3 years that have passed since I changed jobs my blog has not...
2015 08 30 : Transport infrastructure resilience
Is it possible to devise a simple framework for assessing the...

2014 (2)

2014 07 31 : Analysing road vulnerability in Norway
The Norwegian Public Roads Administration NRPA is to have an overview...
2014 07 18 : Resurrection – back in business or not?
Perhaps it's about time to get this blog up and running again? It has...

2012 (12)

2012 11 15 : Save costs and the environment
Hitting two birds with one stone? Can you shrink manufacturing costs...
2012 10 22 : What are Logistics Clusters?
Many global supply chains benefit from the operational flexibility...
2012 08 10 : Crisis? What crisis?
An "ordinary" contingency is not a crisis. An extraordinary...
2012 08 08 : Operational Excellence – or not
Operational excellence or OpEx for short, what does that imply? A...
2012 08 05 : 4th SCRM Seminar Barcelona 2012
This is an event that should not be missed: The 4th supply chain risk...
2012 08 04 : husdal.com is back?
Many of you may have wondered why there hasn't been a new post on...
2012 02 13 : Supply Chain and Transport Risk
This report, produced in collaboration with Accenture, calls for new...
2012 02 11 : Shippers, carriers and disruptions
While carriers focus on the immediate and short-term impact and how...
2012 01 27 : Transport Network Disruption
This paper presents a comprehensive review of the scholarly...
2012 01 25 : ETC 2012 – Call for papers
Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2012, the European Transport...
2012 01 23 : Global Risks 2012
Are economic imbalances and social inequality risk reversing the...
2012 01 03 : INSTR 2012 – Call for papers
The INSTR series is the premier gathering for the world’s leading...

2011 (87)

2011 12 31 : 2011 – another blogging year
Another blogging year is almost over and it's time to recap some of...
2011 12 29 : Estimation of disruption risk
Here is a new model that links disruption risk to disruption source,...
2011 12 04 : Heading in a new direction
I will be changing jobs and relocating in early 2012. I will be...
2011 10 17 : Supply Chain Security
Today's supply chains circle the globe and form the backbone of world...
2011 10 05 : SCRM Research Gaps
Supply Chain Risk Management is a area that has seen a significant...
2011 09 21 : Website security as it should be
Incapsula, the leader in cloud-based website security, has just...
2011 09 17 : Supply Chain Continuity
As far as I can see, this is the first book that explains in detail...
2011 09 15 : Supply Chain Risk 2011
This is the 2011 version of my annual lecture on Supply Chain Risk,...
2011 09 09 : Retail Operations in China
With a large population of fashion and brand conscious consumers...
2011 08 31 : Blog Review: Gold or Dust?
This month's blog is based on a true story, namely the academic...
2011 08 28 : CNN: The Gateway
In this series Becky Anderson goes behind the scenes of the world's...
2011 08 22 : What is risk?
What is risk, and how can it be expressed? Different international...
2011 08 16 : MBA – Major Bad Ass?
Are business schools bad for business? Are they to blame for the...
2011 08 13 : Theory versus Practice
Theory is important in supply chain research, by helping us make...
2011 08 08 : The ISCRiM Newsletter
Are you looking for the latest in supply chain risk research? The...
2011 08 07 : SC Design and Management
More than 500-page heavy and laden with examples, this book takes on...
2011 07 29 : Blog Review: RiskCzar
This month's blog is RISKCZAR's BLOG by Trevor Levine, a blog that is...
2011 07 26 : The Resilient Organization
What does it mean to be a resilient organization? Blending academic...
2011 07 22 : Managing supply chain risk
In September and October 2009 the Economist surveyed 500 executives...
2011 07 19 : Retail SCM Summit 2011
China is a rising economic powerhouse and on its way to become the...
2011 07 15 : Supply Chain and Transport Risk
In our quest for greater efficiency and greater choice, are we really...
2011 07 12 : What are you afraid of?
What do businesses in Scandinavia fear the most? The answer may...
2011 07 07 : Low Cost Country Sourcing
In this book, which is a more or less unabridged version of his...
2011 07 01 : Incapsula versus CloudFlare
CloudFlare versus Incapsula: Website security reviewed. CloudFlare is...
2011 06 28 : Blog Review: Risk Containment
This month's blog is a blog for anyone who works with or is exposed...
2011 06 26 : SCM: Past, Present and Future
What has been written during a decade of academic research in the...
2011 06 19 : Disruptions in supply networks
Supply chain disturbances and supply chain disruptions. Not the same...
2011 06 15 : Supply Chain Risk Management Research
This is a well-researched and methodologically sound article, which...
2011 06 13 : Stemming the rising tide
Written in 2008 and well before the global financial downturn had...
2011 06 12 : Supplier Risk Management
Value Generation through Supplier Risk Management is a survey that...
2011 06 07 : 3rd Supply Chain Risk Management Seminar 2011
It is now official: The 3rd Supply Chain Risk Management Seminar 2011...
2011 06 06 : Supply Chain Risk: Product Design Changes
Supply Chain Risk Management has emerged as an important source of...
2011 06 03 : Supply Chain Performance Metrics
Many business decisions are made as supply chain decisions, but many...
2011 06 01 : Committed Americans and Trusting Germans
Obviously, selecting the right third-party logistics provider (3PL)...
2011 05 28 : CloudFlare or CloudFront – who wins?
In blogging, page speed is important, and after two weeks of rigorous...
2011 05 26 : Blog Review: Commitment Matters
Business relationships can make or break a company and Commitment...
2011 05 24 : Another volcanic ash cloud crisis?
Air travel disruption after the volcano eruption in Iceland -...
2011 05 24 : Critical Infrastructure and Resilience
What happens when a business is disabled for a length of time? What...
2011 05 22 : The Final Frontier: The Northern Sea Route
Establishing the Northern Sea Route as an alternative shipping route...
2011 05 19 : Customs Research meets Customs Practice
You might think that customs doesn't generate much academic research,...
2011 05 17 : Global Risk and Compliance – Are you protected?
Trade Compliance and Export Control are not just buzzwords in global...
2011 05 16 : 3PL – a risk orchestrator?
Historically, third-party logistics providers, or 3PLs, provided...
2011 05 13 : 3PL Outsourcing – Challenges and Benefits
Outsourcing and relying on a third-party provider for logistics, or...
2011 05 09 : Building the resilient supply chain
Frankly, if you are investigating how to make supply chains more...
2011 05 04 : Creating the resilient supply chain
Creating Resilient Supply Chains: A Practical Guide, published by the...
2011 05 03 : Supply chain vulnerability and resilience
This paper presents a state of the art review current research on ...
2011 05 02 : Supply Chain Risk Management Survey
Today's post is a favor towards Mrunal Korde, a MSc in Logistics and...
2011 04 29 : SME Risk Management
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up the majority of...
2011 04 27 : Acts of God or Acts of Man?
Do we ever learn? How come we humans knowingly and willingly put...
2011 04 25 : The flexibility of the logistics provider
Supply chain flexibility is a decisive factor in avoiding supply...
2011 04 22 : Blog Review: Oz’s Business Continuity Blog
This month's blog review is not just a post, it is perhaps also an...
2011 04 19 : Supply Chain Security Management
Security concerns are an issue of importance in any supply chain....
2011 04 15 : Point merge – the latest in aviation logistics
I've been travelling this week, which is why there haven't been any...
2011 04 07 : Call for Papers: Global Supply Chain Risk
The Journal of Business Logistics (JBL) has just issued a call for...
2011 04 04 : Disaster Relief Supply Chains
On one hand, a disaster relief operation could be viewed as a supply...
2011 03 30 : Book Review: Ethical Risk
This a book for companies wishing to survive into the future, simply...
2011 03 29 : Supplier selection based on supplier risk
This is a highly quantitative paper, yet it seems to be very...
2011 03 28 : Trade compliance risks
This webinar - in German - takes a closer look at the risks and...
2011 03 26 : Does a blog need a Mission Statement?
What is the purpose of this blog? Where should I be headed? Finally,...
2011 03 25 : Blog Review: The SCRMBlog
My featured blog this month is the SCRMBlog by Daniel Stengel, as it...
2011 03 24 : Are supply and demand elasticity a risk?
This paper describes the performance of supply chains based on their...
2011 03 23 : Call for papers: S-D Logic and Supply Chain Risk
The International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics...
2011 03 22 : Call for papers: Supply Chain Risk in China
Supply chain and operations management are increasingly global, and...
2011 03 21 : Hiperos – the Integrated View of Supplier Risk
In this whitepaper by hiperos.com, supplier risk management is...
2011 03 20 : Call for papers: Global Supply Chain Risk Management
Are you currently planning to write or actually writing a paper on...
2011 03 19 : The UK Transport Network Resilience…and I
The report, written by the Hyder Consulting Group, dated 2010 and...
2011 03 17 : Zycus and the Supply Risk Explosion
Today’s list of supply-related risks can seem nearly infinite and...
2011 03 15 : Earthquake, tsunami, meltdown and data backup
Perhaps I'm capitalizing on the current catchphrases of the day, but...
2011 03 15 : Visualizing the risk of global sourcing
A picture says more than a thousand words, and here is one paper that...
2011 03 13 : Book Review – Fraud Risk
This is a fascinating book, showing how easy it may be for employees,...
2011 03 09 : Future Value Chain Trends 2020
The twelve future trends that will shape value chains and supply...
2011 03 08 : Extreme Weather Hazards and Transportation Vulnerability
Weather Extremes: Assessment of Impacts on Transport Systems and...
2011 03 05 : Time is precious
Time is important and a supply chain works best when it is on time....
2011 03 03 : How Effective Pallet Management Can Benefit the Full Supply Chain
One seemingly small link in the supply chain of goods is pallets;...
2011 03 01 : Food commodity supply chains at risk?
Have the prices gone up at your local supermarket recently? Maybe...
2011 02 27 : How to use Amazon Cloudfront as CDN
The delivery network is as crucial to a blog as it is to any...
2011 02 23 : The supply chain of the future
Companies should design their portfolios of manufacturing and...
2011 02 22 : Christchurch earthquake…again!?!
Oh dear...another earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, less than...
2011 02 21 : Supply Chain Turbulence
The norm in supply chain management is that variability is...
2011 02 20 : 2010 – the year of catastrophe
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal, an article that paints...
2011 02 16 : Sustainable supply chains
Sustainability has become a huge buzzword, both in today's business...
2011 02 11 : Transportation Resilience
Resilience is related to three overarching concepts: 1) the...
2011 01 30 : Book Review: Political Risk
Every firm with a supply chain that sources globally or operates...
2011 01 23 : Supply Chain Nirvana
The supply chain is a firm's core asset, and perhaps its most...
2011 01 17 : Book Review: Operations Rules
This book is about the principles, frameworks and processes that...
2011 01 09 : Cross-border supply chains
What are the main change and trend drivers for international supply...
2011 01 01 : Book Review: Customs Risk
For businesses, failing to comply with customs requirements may...

2010 (121)

2010 12 31 : 2010 – a blogging year to remember
2010 is history and it is time to look back at my blog and how it has...
2010 12 22 : Diamonds are forever – suppliers not
Supplier development and supplier performance are dependent on the...
2010 12 12 : Risk Management Simplified
Risk management. Why make it difficult when you can make it easy?...
2010 12 09 : Supply chain risk – in your head?
This article paints an interesting picture of how supply chain...
2010 12 03 : Occupational hazards in supply chains
Material damage and occupational accidents are little understood...
2010 12 02 : Wintry disruptions…again
Winter has come early to Europe this year. Very early. Snow has...
2010 11 26 : A crisis is NOT an opportunity
Many will probably have heard that When written in Chinese the word...
2010 11 25 : A typology of crises
What defines a crisis? Are there different types of crises? In this...
2010 11 23 : Seconds From Disaster
Crises build up from an accumulation of day-to-day imperfections that...
2010 11 21 : Risk management – Vocabulary
ISO 73:2009 Risk Management Vocabulary is an attempt to promote a...
2010 11 18 : Book Review: Reputation Risk
This book describes how difficult it is to build a reputation, and...
2010 11 17 : Supply Chain Risk 2010
2010 provided me with a couple of new insights and the lecture is...
2010 11 16 : Hamilton’s Circle of Risk
Hamilton's circle of risk describes the interaction of all elements...
2010 11 15 : Corporate Social Responsibility
How far does corporate social responsibility go? While corporate...
2010 11 12 : Learning from toys – again
Is China really to blame for the 2007 recall crisis, or are the...
2010 11 11 : Building the resilient supply chain
Supply chain risk seems to be on everyone's agenda these days, with...
2010 11 10 : Calculating the Value-at-Risk
The Value-at-Risk is an important construct in estimating the...
2010 11 08 : Book Review: Procurement Risk
Not only will this book help procurement professionals to lift their...
2010 11 05 : Supply Chain Risk and Vulnerability in Indonesia
Indonesia. A logistical challenge for any supply chain, if not a...
2010 11 04 : ISO 28002 – Supply Chain Resilience
ISO 28002 - Security management systems for the supply chain -...
2010 11 03 : The impact of supply chain glitches
This is an investigation of the effects on shareholder wealth of...
2010 11 02 : London Olympics and Business Continuity
Are UK businesses, and in particular London businesses, unprepared...
2010 11 01 : The impact of supply chain disasters
Disasters. The result: Damaged infrastructure. End result: Disrupted...
2010 10 31 : In memoriam David Kaye
I don't always keep up with the subjects of my reviews, and today I...
2010 10 29 : It’s already happening…in Norway?
On a smarter planet, we can use tracking technology to track and...
2010 10 28 : Toy stories: lessons to be learned
How the toy industry handles supply chain risk is applicable to many...
2010 10 26 : Control or laissez-faire?
Supply networks are constantly changing. Perhaps not controlling, but...
2010 10 25 : Supply Chain Risk Management Forum
The Supply Chain Risk Management Forum in Toronto, Canada on March...
2010 10 22 : Adaptation versus Transformation
Resilience. A key ingredient in supply chain risk management. Also a...
2010 10 21 : German Autos at risk? Perhaps not.
An empirical analysis of supply chain risk management in the German...
2010 10 20 : Supply Chain Logistics Risk in Germany
What are the most common supply chain and logistics risks in Germany?...
2010 10 19 : CALL for Papers: NOFOMA 2011
NOFOMA is the place to pick up the most recent trends in logistics...
2010 10 18 : Six levels of risk management
In "Risk management in a dynamic society: a modelling problem" author...
2010 10 16 : CPM 2010 East in NYC
The Contingency Planning & Management Conference (CPM 2010 EAST) held...
2010 10 14 : Organizing Resilience
Resilience is what distinguishes those who fail from those who...
2010 10 13 : Book Review: Security Risk Management – Body of Knowledge
SRMBOK is a vast and practically all-encompassing repository of...
2010 10 11 : A new and better way of classifying and managing risks?
Risk. The probability of an event occurring and the consequences of...
2010 10 08 : The world we live in: Risk Society
We live in a world that is full of risk, risks that we to a large...
2010 10 06 : Single, sole, dual, multiple sourcing?
This paper examines the costs and benefits of single versus multiple...
2010 10 04 : Can your business take a blow?
This is not so much a book about risk management in logistics, but...
2010 10 03 : MITIP 2011 in Trondheim, Norway
The 13th International Conference on The Modern Information...
2010 10 01 : Risky cities – want to work there?
AON has now published a people risk map that shows which countries...
2010 09 29 : Risky decisions – just do it, or not?
Choosing the right supplier is a risky decision. Chose the wrong...
2010 09 27 : Security, visibility and resilience
The numerous possibilities of disruptions and disturbances in the...
2010 09 24 : Logistics risks – the new science?
This paper presents the five cornerstones of logistics as an academic...
2010 09 22 : ISCRiM 2010 Proceedings
Two weeks ago I attended the ISCRiM 201o seminar at Loughborough...
2010 09 20 : Outsourcing – risking it all?
This paper presents some fundamental concerns about the current trend...
2010 09 17 : A grounded definition of supply risk
This definition of supply risk views the supply chain from end to...
2010 09 15 : Cutting costs or cutting risks?
Obviously, cutting risks and cutting costs are two strategies that...
2010 09 13 : When your supplier goes bust…
Supply chain risk management must look beyond the individual supplier...
2010 09 11 : Supply Chain Risk Insights
Set up by Zurich Insurance, the website is aimed at helping senior...
2010 09 07 : ISCRiM 2010
I am currently attending the 2010 seminar of the International Supply...
2010 09 04 : Christchurch earthquake and transportation
Christchurch, New Zealand, has been hit by an earthquake. How will...
2010 09 02 : Book Review: Risk Modeling, Assessment, and Management
This book is not for those looking for a quick Wikipedia-like answer...
2010 08 30 : Infrastructure Vulnerability
This paper describes an infrastructure risk analysis model,...
2010 08 28 : Importance and Exposure – Measures of Vulnerability?
The paper calculates several indices for link importance and site...
2010 08 26 : The ISCRiM Newsletter 1/2010
Published 2-3 times a year by the International Supply Chain Risk...
2010 08 25 : Blog Supply Chain Risk: Writer’s Block
Regular readers of this blog will have noticed a considerable gap in...
2010 08 24 : Next time in China: Guanxi
Guanxi: Connections and relations are what matter most, while...
2010 08 23 : Supply Chain Risk: Culture Shock
Is culture shock the reason why so many global and cross-culture...
2010 08 04 : Book Review: Humanitarian Logistics
Humanitarian supply chains appear to be the rising star within supply...
2010 07 11 : WCTR 2010
How do Norwegian freight carriers handle the impacts of...
2010 07 01 : Mitigating Supply Chain Vulnerability
Here is a risk assessment index that can be used to measure the...
2010 06 23 : Humanitarian Relief Supply Chains
The timely delivery of critical goods has always been a crucial...
2010 06 19 : The causes of logistics uncertainty
Logistics uncertainty - a new research strand in supply chain risk...
2010 06 14 : How Norwegian freight carriers handle disruptions
How are the supply chains of companies located in sparse...
2010 06 11 : State of the art in SCRM?
Supply chain risk management is a process with 5 evolutionary steps,...
2010 05 03 : Risk and Vulnerability in Virtual Enterprise Networks
Conceptual in its approach and drawing from other areas of research,...
2010 04 30 : What goes into resilience?
Resilience, in essence, is bridging vulnerabilities by honing...
2010 04 29 : Pay more get more?
"Suitemates" is the big new marketing campaign by Kinaxis. Episode 5...
2010 04 24 : Volcanic ash cloud – really a surprise?
Icelandic civil aviation authorities have warned Europe for a long...
2010 04 23 : Managing risk together
How do risks in supply relationships and and organizational learning...
2010 04 21 : Using social media in a crisis
Scandinavian Airlines launched its Facebook page the day before the...
2010 04 21 : Sweet Seduction
"Suitemates" is the big new marketing campaign by Kinaxis. Episode 4...
2010 04 20 : Book Review: Heads in the sand
What is business continuity really? It is the social responsibility...
2010 04 19 : Volcanic Ash Cloud Day 5
While it is fair to assume that volcanic eruptions are in the...
2010 04 18 : Can we do without air traffic?
The German newspaper Die Welt has an interesting, semi-humorous...
2010 04 17 : Business continuity 101
This is the 3rd day with severe transportation and thus supply chain...
2010 04 16 : Not all risk is risk
The article lists and discusses eight risk definitions, and then...
2010 04 15 : Today’s transport disruption: volcanoes
Now Norway and much of Northern Europe are facing a major supply...
2010 04 14 : Downgrades are upgrades
"Suitemates" is the big new marketing campaign by Kinaxis. Episode 3...
2010 04 13 : Supply chain vulnerability: Mitigation strategies
Which mitigation strategy that works best when faced with which...
2010 04 12 : Vulnerable or valuable supply chain?
Supply chain integrity must encompass both operational and...
2010 04 11 : Time for a change
With the help of a weekend, and the principle of KISS (Keep It Simple...
2010 04 10 : Suites – what suites?
Today they take us back to their company presentation after their...
2010 04 09 : Risk versus vulnerability
In this paper safety and security are brought together in a unifying...
2010 04 04 : Friend or foe or both?
Supply chain collaboration, easy or difficult? And can it really...
2010 04 03 : Flexing your SCM muscles
Flexible supply chains can indeed "flex" their supply chain...
2010 04 01 : ERP consultants: A nightmare
Suitemates is produced by Kinaxis, a Canada-based company that...
2010 03 29 : Shrink Shrank Shrunk
This is one of the articles - if not THE article - that paved the way...
2010 03 28 : Transportation – the forgotten staple
Transportation is a staple ingredient in supply chains and...
2010 03 27 : Ménage à trois – the good, the bad and the ugly
Triads in supply networks: Theorizing buyer-supplier-relationships ...
2010 03 25 : Humanitarian aid is better when decentralized
Decentralization, pre-positioning and pooling of relief items are key...
2010 03 24 : Business Continuity in Global Supply Chains
Essentially, there is no difference between a business continuity...
2010 03 23 : Supply Chain Risk Webinars
I do have a lecture on supply chain risk, but not in webinar style....
2010 03 21 : Call for papers: Humanitarian Logistics
Now there is a new source for knowledge on disaster management and...
2010 03 18 : Better Alexa ranking – how to
Today I will share some personal thoughts on my blogging: The magic...
2010 03 17 : Published. Not perished.
Publish or perish? Publish. It has taken its time, but finally it is...
2010 03 16 : Book Review: Managing Risk and Security
Many books on supply chain risk do not deal explicitly with supply...
2010 03 13 : Book Review: The Geography of Transport Systems
This book will fascinate, because it so brilliantly explains,...
2010 03 10 : Pyramidal thoughts
If you are a supply chain or logistics academic or researcher,...
2010 03 08 : Contingent flexibility
Can contingency planning increase flexibility and minimize risk...
2010 03 05 : Managing supply chains in times of crisis
How do you prepare a supply chain for a crisis, and how do you manage...
2010 03 03 : Risk Disablers
A new framework for the interpretation of supply chain risk...
2010 03 01 : Community resilience in times of disaster
Can public-private partnerships improve community resilience? In...
2010 02 26 : Certain death: Not risky. Uncertain death: risky.
It is only when the consequences of actions and events are uncertain...
2010 02 23 : Information Risk Management
The article highlights that information risks are interrelated and...
2010 02 20 : Risk Analysis of Critical Infrastructures
This article presents a new conceptual approach and extended...
2010 02 18 : Less cost and less disruptions?
If you know that your shipment will arrive late, you are perhaps less...
2010 02 12 : Supply Chain Risk: Invasive Species
The global network of ships criss-crossing the oceans provide perhaps...
2010 02 10 : 2nd Supply Chain Risk Management Seminar
The main focus of this seminar is how leading companies are tackling...
2010 01 25 : A note to my readers
I'm sorry for not posting here as frequently as I perhaps should. I'm...
2010 01 13 : Resilience Lessons from the Haiti Earthquake
The recent earthquake in Haiti is a poignant reminder of how...
2010 01 11 : If the UK goes cold, blame me
The BBC reports that National Grid has issued its latest “balancing...
2010 01 09 : The Definition of Agility
This blog has previously reported profusely on flexibility, let alone...
2010 01 07 : No grit No roads No show?
No grit means no cleared roads means no one able to get anywhere and...
2010 01 06 : Security and continuity of supply
Today’s paper describes how Finland views logistics and supply as...
2010 01 05 : SME: A supply chain risk?
Does having Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in your supply...
2010 01 04 : Supply Chain Risk Literature: a complete review
Finally, here it is, the complete review of some 160 or so articles...
2010 01 02 : Does a blog have a supply chain?
Is it possible to say that a blog has a supply chain? And if that is...
2010 01 01 : 2009 – traffic and such
Looking back at 2009: Which posts did do well, which ones did not do...

2009 (164)

2009 12 27 : 2009 – looking back
Time for a short review of 2009, looking back at how this blog has...
2009 12 22 : Happy Holidelays!
We rarely see news flashes of truck drivers stuck in snow, or...
2009 12 21 : Book Review: HBR on Crisis Management
The closure of SAAB is a major crisis by all standards, and is a...
2009 12 19 : SAAB no more…
What do you when your major customer goes bust? How do you cope with...
2009 12 18 : Blog Review: Contemplating…Ken Simpson
Ken is a freelance management consultant living in Australia. He...
2009 12 17 : Risk Management in Maritime Transportation Networks
Merchant shipping and port services play a key role in worldwide...
2009 12 16 : Risk and resilience in maritime logistics
Risks in maritime supply chains are perhaps an underresearched area...
2009 12 15 : Risk and vulnerability in maritime supply chains
The complex interaction of ports, maritime operations and supply...
2009 12 14 : Risks in maritime supply chains
Sea transport constitutes the major part of almost every supply...
2009 12 13 : Call for papers: Risk Management in Supply Chains
The recent trends such as offshore manufacturing, lean sourcing and...
2009 12 11 : Book Review: Enterprise SCM
What we have here is a book that fully covers the complete setup of a...
2009 12 10 : Dignitary Visits and Supply Chain Disruptions
Today is an important day here in Norway. Some Mr. Barack Obama comes...
2009 12 10 : Book Review: HBR on Supply Chain Management
The overarching theme of this book is the development of supply chain...
2009 12 09 : Book Review: Managing External Risk
You don’t need to have an MBA to be enable to enjoy this book,...
2009 12 08 : Risks and supply chains… stochastically speaking2
Little did I know when I started reading this paper that it was...
2009 12 07 : Supply Chain Confidence
Traditionally, papers on supply chain risk use the “classic”...
2009 12 05 : The @risk Blog
It is always nice to find blogs on supply chain risk written by a...
2009 12 04 : Risk & Vulnerability
Supply chains are increasingly becoming complex webs and networks and...
2009 12 03 : Risky ramblings
Here, six areas of supply chain risk are highlighted and discussed at...
2009 12 02 : MITIP 2010 – Call for Papers
The MITIP conferences have proven to be an important forum for...
2009 12 01 : Perspectives on risk management in supply chains
Today's article is actually not an article on it's own, but an...
2009 11 27 : Road Vulnerability
Today we are going back in time, to one of the seminal articles in...
2009 11 26 : INSTR 2010 – Call for papers
The aim of INSTR is to bring together researchers and professionals...
2009 11 25 : Remote Logistics
The delivery of supply chain support for a project in a remote...
2009 11 24 : Emergency Logistics
Can commercial logistics' ideas and solutions work in humanitarian...
2009 11 23 : Risk Management in Global Supply Chain Networks
Supply Chain Risks can be classified as either one of these three,...
2009 11 21 : Book Review:Managing Risks in Supply Chains
The book is a collection of excellent articles by various researchers...
2009 11 20 : One bad apple…
Should an editor care? I believe he should. The editor of this book...
2009 11 18 : Supply Chain Risk – 2009 Lecture
Supply Chain Risk – The dark side of supply chain management. That...
2009 11 17 : Mitigating supply chain disruptions
Christopher Tang from UCLA talks about three strategies for building...
2009 11 16 : Supply, Demand, and … “Miscellanous” Risk?
I've said so before, sometimes new articles are found in new and...
2009 11 13 : The Box is back!
A year ago the BCC started “The Box” project, where BBC News is...
2009 11 12 : Blog Review: The Kinaxis Blog
Here is a high-quality blog for you, the Kinaxis Blog, or as they put...
2009 11 11 : Book Review: Managing Supply Chain Risk and Vulnerability
Another book by someone from the ISCRIM gang? No, not this time, or...
2009 11 09 : Book Review: Single Point of Failure
This book shows you how everyone is involved in the supply chain...
2009 11 08 : Risk and Uncertainty in Supply Chain Management
I am very much impressed with this extensive literature study on risk...
2009 11 06 : Critical: Beer Distribution
Beer distribution is a sector that will be highly affected by a...
2009 11 05 : Black Swan Events
Black Swan events – should we even bother? These events are...
2009 11 04 : Graph Theory to the rescue
While I know that Graph Theory has many applications, I never...
2009 11 03 : Supply Chain Flexibility in Strategic Networks
What fascinates me with this paper are (1) the parameters defining...
2009 11 02 : Rigorous Risk Management
Risk management is emerging as a key focus area for corporations,...
2009 10 30 : Supply Chain Risk – Jetzt auch auf Deutsch
Unbeknown to me – or perhaps I really should have known better –...
2009 10 28 : Supply chain risk in turbulent environments
What is supply chain risk in turbulent environments really…simply...
2009 10 27 : Blog Review: Supply Chain Matters
On the Supply Chain Matters blog Bob provides his unbiased views,...
2009 10 26 : A conceptual model of Supply Chain Flexibility
What do you do when you find two research papers by the same three...
2009 10 19 : Transportation Lifelines and Critical Infrastructure
This is the first paper that sparked my research interest in...
2009 10 05 : Transportation Hazards
The chapter on transportation hazards in the Handbook of...
2009 10 01 : Humanitarian and military supply chains side-by side
Only by combining military and humanitarian supply chains, the...
2009 09 28 : Supply chain agility – Risk mitigation and response
How does company culture shape a firm’s risk mitigation and...
2009 09 21 : Bad locations = bad logistics?
How are companies located in sparse transport networks affected by...
2009 09 14 : Sheffi’s Resilient Enterprise and supply chain risk
Building a resilient enterprise is an enterprise-wide undertaking ...
2009 09 07 : Is Dynamic Supply Chain Alignment the way of the future?
The key issue is to not make your supply chain one type only, but to...
2009 08 31 : What’s so special about this Paul Kleindorfer?
Apparently there must be something really special about Paul...
2009 08 24 : Catastrophic events in supply chains
Finding the right facility location is difficult enough. Keeping it...
2009 08 20 : The ISCRiM Newsletter 2/2009
As a researcher within supply chain risk, I find the ISCRiM...
2009 08 17 : Risk management: core competence?
Blindly minimizing risk is a losing proposition in the long term, and...
2009 08 10 : Measuring supply chain risk management
There can be no generally valid risk for all types of supply chains,...
2009 08 03 : Supply Chain Risk Management in six steps
Supply management is not just about acquiring goods and services at...
2009 07 29 : Measuring supply chain risk management
Each individual supply chain is unique in certain respects and this...
2009 07 24 : Corporate vulnerability
In this study, Svensson investigates the areas, the causes and the...
2009 07 21 : Risks in virtual enterprise networks and supply chains
Conceptual in its approach and drawing from other areas of research,...
2009 07 19 : Hard Drive Recovery and Business Continuity
Do you regularly back up vital business information? Not? Well, maybe...
2009 07 17 : A supply chain is never stronger than the weakest link
The article is geared towards company CEOs, advising them not to get...
2009 07 04 : BBC World Debate: Disasters – Prepare or React?
Should we actually bother to spend time and money on disaster...
2009 07 01 : Supply chain management – the new research cocktail?
Supply Chain Management needs a new way to pursue research, a new way...
2009 06 29 : Supply chain flexibility – a complete literature review?
Someone had to come up with this, it was just a matter of time, and...
2009 06 25 : Strategic Alliances: Trust Control Risk
Risk perception and risk management are important subjects in...
2009 06 23 : Biting the hand that feeds. All firms are snakes.
'All firms are snakes'. So says Paul D. Cousins in A conceptual model...
2009 06 22 : Does product design impact supply chain risk?
What is in the supply chain is determined by a design process, and...
2009 06 19 : The latest trends in logistics and SCM research
What is at the forefront of current research in supply chain...
2009 06 18 : Resilience revisited
How many ways are there for defining vulnerability and criticality,...
2009 06 17 : Highway Vulnerability and Criticality Assessment
It is important to distinguish to between criticality and...
2009 06 16 : Are roads more important than computers?
The objective of the first project 'Protection of Society' (POS) or...
2009 06 15 : Engineering transportation lifelines
New Zealand is probably not the fist country that comes to mind when...
2009 06 13 : The six ways of dealing with risk
Avoid, Reduce, Transfer and Retain or Accept are the classic four...
2009 06 12 : Risk Management: Contingent versus Mitigative
Risk management needs to address both sides of the risk: what lies...
2009 06 10 : Broader research = better research?
I like mixing ideas, and my approach to logistics, or supply chain...
2009 06 09 : What kind of Supplychainist are you?
What is SCM really, is it just a new name for logistics or is it...
2009 06 08 : Supply Chain Risk Management – A relationship approach
SCRM needs to address the whole supply chain, since risk can emanate...
2009 06 07 : Google Scholar – really scholarly?
Revised on: 2011-07-22Remember my previous post on Online Journals...
2009 06 06 : Book Review: Global Supply Chain Management
This is a handbook indeed, allowing the reader to focus on one area...
2009 06 05 : How to get a PhD without a dissertation
This is a true story about how I was credited with a PhD without...
2009 06 03 : Risk in supply networks – a tale of principals and agents
It is not often that I see a paper focusing on the network...
2009 06 01 : Fragility and sustainability: emerging research areas?
Should short-term loss-minimization and short-term profit...
2009 05 30 : Online journals – curse or blessing?
Making scholarly articles available online has narrowed citations to...
2009 05 29 : Supply chain risk management – a literature review
Is it possible to summarize seven years of supply chain risk...
2009 05 28 : Lean + Agile = LeAgile: a happy marriage?
Opposites attract and in the supply chain world, “lean” and...
2009 05 27 : The Catch 22 of Academic Publishing
“Publish or perish". Apparently, getting published in the first...
2009 05 26 : Robustness, resilience, flexibility and agility
These concepts are often confused, and thus, warrant further...
2009 05 25 : Book Review: Managing Risk and Resilience in the Supply Chain
This book is clear and concise, to the point, and constantly...
2009 05 24 : Risk in supply networks – seeing it all, or not?
This paper is an excellent discourse on types of risk, sources of...
2009 05 23 : The Grapevine – An evolving social media experiment
The Grapevine - An evolving social media experiment, promising...
2009 05 22 : Supply Risk Management: just common sense?
There are four situational factors that are important in supply...
2009 05 20 : A-maze-ing discoveries
After only knowing about it for a day or two, I must say that I am...
2009 05 19 : Supply Chain Risk Management – as seen from Space
Is it possible to reconcile supply chain vulnerability, risk and...
2009 05 18 : Secure Supply Chain Collaboration
SecureSCM is an EU-funded research project aimed at finding secure...
2009 05 17 : Research Blogging – for the investigative mind?
I have finally found the right outlet for disseminating my literature...
2009 05 16 : Agile Business Continuity
The other day I came across a new term: Agile Business Continuity, on...
2009 05 15 : How the wrong people can ruin a supply chain
People are what makes organizations work, or in some cases, not work....
2009 05 14 : Lean logistics = risky logistics?
Lean does not necessarily make you more vulnerable or less robust...
2009 05 13 : Finding academic articles without academic journals
Many management or supply chain related websites provide the same...
2009 05 12 : The ISCRiM Newsletter 1/2009
As a researcher within supply chain risk, I find the ISCRiM...
2009 05 11 : Structural embeddedness and the extended supply chain
We need to consider how a supplier is embedded in its own networks if...
2009 05 07 : Global supply chain risk management strategies
Three factors affect the selection of risk management strategies:...
2009 05 05 : Risk and Supply Chain Management – A Research Agenda
Albeit exploratory and conceptual in its approach, the article...
2009 04 22 : Book Review: Virtual Teams
What is comes down to is that virtual teams have six challenges:...
2009 04 20 : Economies of integration
The evolutional development of logistics: specialization, economies...
2009 04 18 : Book Review: Creative Destruction
The Austrian economist Joseph Schumpeter uses the term Creative...
2009 04 15 : Enterprise-wide Risk Management
DeLoach has a refreshing new approach to risk management that is is...
2009 04 13 : Supply Chain Risk – the forgotten discipline
Christopher advocates establishing a supply chain risk profile, with...
2009 04 10 : Book Review: How Nature Works
I first heard of the late Per Bak and his sandpile theories when I...
2009 04 07 : Supply Chain Management – does it really exist?
Basically, the two, management and logistics, are living...
2009 04 04 : Book Review: Cooperative Strategy
This book describes six reasons why firms seek to establish...
2009 03 31 : Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks
I must admit that I knew very little, if anything, about Virtual...
2009 03 27 : A Decade of Living Dangerously
The report not only shows how many managers are aware of a specific...
2009 03 26 : Risk Avoidance – is that all there is?
The opposite of risk avoidance is risk ignorance. More often than not...
2009 03 25 : Avbrudd – Forsyningskjedens mørke side
Selv om kostnadsreduserende tiltak og outsourcing kan ha klare...
2009 03 24 : Book Review: The Full Costs and Benefits of Transportation
This book is a welcome addition to the field of cost-benefit analysis...
2009 03 22 : The IRM Risk Management Standard
Good corporate governance requires that companies adopt a methodical...
2009 03 21 : Book Review: Transportation Security
This is an excellent book. Despite being compiled from different...
2009 03 21 : The 2009 Nordic Business Continuity Symposium
I guess this will be THE gathering of who's who in the Nordic...
2009 03 20 : Risky Thinking
Michael Z Bell is a Business Continuity consultant, based in Ottawa,...
2009 03 19 : Book Review: Transportation Systems Security
This book, Transportation Systems Security by by Allan McDougall and...
2009 03 18 : Transportation reliability and vulnerability
This is a philosophical essay on transportation vulnerability, where...
2009 03 18 : The Business Continuity Institute
The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) was established in 1994 to...
2009 03 17 : Jumpstart your VEN adventure
A VEN is a way for businesses to achieve virtual scale, enabling it...
2009 03 16 : Er rassikring lønnsomt?
Rassikring av veger har en klar samfunnsøkonomisk nytteverdi, men...
2009 03 15 : Managing Supply Chain Risk
Did you know that the Supply Chain Council (SCS) has extended their...
2009 03 14 : Understanding risks in Virtual Enterprise Networks
I am currently writing a book chapter for the book Managing Risk in...
2009 03 13 : Saving Norway’s crumbling infrastructure
The Norwegian government intends to spend some 320,000,000 NOK...
2009 03 13 : D-Day for Norway’s Transport Infrastructure
Norway's transport infrastructure is way behind much of Europe, but...
2009 03 09 : The supply chain of the future
Instrumented, interconnected and intelligent. That is IBM's vision of...
2009 03 06 : Magnified Risk in Multi-Enterprise Supply Chains
Supply chain owners need to view their supply chain as a community,...
2009 03 05 : Call for papers – MITIP 2009
The factory of the future is calling for a shift in strategic vision....
2009 03 04 : Supply chain disruption risk on the rise
Global supply chains are increasingly becoming more vulnerable to...
2009 03 03 : Supply chains and barcodes
Have you ever thought about how barcodes are a major factor in...
2009 03 03 : Vulnerability in business relationships
The perceived trust and the perceived dependence in business...
2009 03 02 : The curse of being oil-rich
Ah…the complacency of being oil rich. So complacent, in fact, that...
2009 03 02 : Managing Disruption Risks in the Supply Chain – the DRISC model
The Disruption Risks in Supply Chain (DRISC) model is developed for...
2009 03 01 : Infrastructure – essential for competitiveness?
In overall infrastructure quality, Norway ranks 28/134, behind many...
2009 03 01 : Fewer suppliers mean fewer choices for consumers
The financial crisis has created an supply chain crisis, says The...
2009 02 27 : The effects of brand reputation on supply chain risk
One of the major fallouts from the current finical crisis is the loss...
2009 02 26 : Interpreting Resiliency
Kelly Pitera explores and evaluates resiliency efforts currently...
2009 02 25 : What is Freight Transportation System Resilience?
In 'Structuring a definition of Resilience in the Freight...
2009 02 24 : How to count money spent on road investments
Norway spent less money on road investments in 2007 than in 1995,...
2009 02 23 : The worst roads in the world’s richest country
It is not the planning authorities or the central government who...
2009 02 23 : 7 out of 10 businesses without a continuity plan
Is ICT forgotten in supply chain risk management? I hope not. ICT is...
2009 02 20 : Less supply chain disruptions with vendor managed inventory?
How does a traditional supply chain compare to a vendor managed...
2009 02 18 : Global Risks 2009 – Countries at risk?
How will the current financial downturn affect supply chains? The...
2009 02 16 : Supply Chain Security – an overview and research agenda
The article claims to have found four approaches in the literature on...
2009 02 13 : The Benefits of Investing in Supply Chain Security
Already in 2005, the IBM Center for the Business of Government...
2009 02 12 : Economists versus Technocrats – who wins?
In the current financial downturn, much pressure has been on the...
2009 02 10 : Balanced Scorecards for Supply Chains
Can balanced scorecards help assess your supply chain vulnerability...
2009 02 10 : The BBC box
I usually watch the BBC World Business Report every morning and today...
2009 02 04 : CSCMP Europe 2009 Conference
The phrase "Supply chains compete, not companies" was coined by...
2009 02 03 : How to secure your supply chain – 7/7
The phrase "Supply chains compete, not companies" was coined by...
2009 02 01 : 1st Supply Chain Risk Management Seminar
The Supply Chain Risk Management Seminar Barcelona 2009 is a highly...
2009 01 31 : The European Supply Chain & Logistics Summit
In the current financial downturn what should be - or what will be -...
2009 01 30 : How to secure your supply chain – 6/7
Transportation runs along four different modes: sea, air, road and...
2009 01 29 : MITIP2009 – a conference worth considering
The purpose of the Modern Information Technology in the Innovation...
2009 01 28 : Book Review: Supply Chain Risk
The primary purpose of this book is to collect and share various...
2009 01 22 : Global Risk Reports
While waiting for the Global Risk Report 2009, the continuation of...
2009 01 15 : When disaster strikes…
Transportation recovery plans need to look beyond their mere purpose...
2009 01 11 : Supply Chain Disruptions – Does Location Matter?
How are companies located in sparse transport networks affected by...

2008 (84)

2008 12 21 : How to secure your supply chain – 5/7
Previously, I portrayed the different categories of buyer-supplier...
2008 12 17 : How to secure your supply chain – 4/7
My previous post was part three of a series based on the Swedish...
2008 12 11 : Norwegian roads are slooooow…
Comparing average speed on roads in 13 countries, it turns out that...
2008 12 09 : How to secure your supply chain – 3/7
Today's post is part three of my continuing journey through the...
2008 12 07 : How to secure your supply chain – 2/7
Continuing my previous post, which talked about raising the awareness...
2008 12 06 : How to secure your supply chain – 1/7
This the first post in a series that reviews and translates into...
2008 12 05 : How to secure your supply chain
"Secure the company's flows" or "Säkra företagets flöden" in the...
2008 12 01 : Airports – vital to supply chains?
Is the temporary shut-down of Bangkok's two international airports...
2008 11 19 : Practical Supply Chain Risk Management
Supply chain trends such as offshore manufacturing, global...
2008 11 18 : Supply chain disruptions by pirates
Yesterday I cited the press release of the Norwegian shipping company...
2008 11 17 : Somali pirates forcing ships to make detour
Shipping companies are now seriously considering avoiding the Suez...
2008 11 17 : Thanks to Somali pirates no Santa is coming this year?
Shipping companies are now seriously considering avoiding the Suez...
2008 11 16 : Business Intelligence – a key element in Supply Chain Risk Management
In my postings on supply chain risk and supply chain disruption,...
2008 11 14 : TRB 2009 – are you going there, too?
Are you presenting at the TRB 2009, the Transportation Research Board...
2008 11 13 : The Supply Chain Network Project
Do you want to keep in touch with all aspects of the global supply...
2008 11 12 : Risk – the dark side of supply chain management
"Supply Chain Risk - the dark side of supply chain management" is a...
2008 11 05 : Conferences in Transportation and Supply Chain
Looking for a list of conferences in supply chain and...
2008 11 04 : Sparse transportation networks – a nightmare
Sparse transportation networks, like in Norway, are a recipe for...
2008 11 04 : A Future Research Agenda for Supply Chain Risk
When Manuj and Mentzer (2008) wrote their article titled Global...
2008 11 02 : Strategies for managing risk in multinational corporations
In my post two days ago, reviewing the article by Manuj and Mentzer...
2008 10 31 : Global Supply Chain Risk Management
Finally it appears that someone has developed an easy, hands-on,...
2008 10 27 : Can Somali pirates bring down supply chains?
The BBC news this morning ran an interesting and worrying story:...
2008 10 26 : International Transport Economics Conference 2009
The International Transport Economics Conference (ITrEC) 2009 will be...
2008 10 22 : Avoid Supply Chain Breakdown – Tailored Risk Management
In Chopra and Sodhi (2004) 'Managing Risk to Avoid Supply-Chain...
2008 10 18 : Ericsson versus Nokia – the now classic case of supply chain disruption
When faced with a supply chain disruption, proactive and reactive...
2008 10 15 : Risikohåndtering i forsyningskjeder
Dette er et foredrag jeg holdt på Konferansen Transport og...
2008 10 12 : Global Risks 2008 – A prediction come true
It is now frightening to see how true the predictions in this report...
2008 10 09 : A new supply chain perspective: The supply chain life cycle
Not only is a supply chain a network of interlinked actors, but the...
2008 10 04 : Overcoming locational disadvantage
When it comes to a business' physical location in relation to the...
2008 09 29 : Will your business byte the dust?
To backup or not to backup? Honestly, you shouldn't even be asking...
2008 09 19 : Sparse transportation networks and disruptions
The vulnerability of the transportation network as part of the supply...
2008 09 18 : Sustainable Manufacturing Summit Europe
Soaring fuel prices combined with increasing awareness of the need to...
2008 09 17 : Identification and simulation of risks in supply networks
The graphical model uses a Bayesian Network to determine the...
2008 09 16 : Sustainability means less vulnerability?
A sustainable supply chain is a supply chain where resources are not...
2008 09 02 : Inbound and outbound vulnerability
In 'A conceptual framework of vulnerability in firms' inbound and...
2008 09 01 : A conceptual framework for supply chain vulnerability
Separating the chaff from the wheat and diving straight into the...
2008 08 29 : America’s Crumbling Infrastructure
My daily morning routine includes a cup of coffee while watching the...
2008 08 25 : Drivers of supply chain vulnerability
In her article Drivers of supply chain vulnerability: an integrated...
2008 08 24 : Norwegian roads are dangerous!
In a recent study undertaken by the Molde Research Institute in...
2008 08 06 : Finding the right location – minimizing disruption costs
Classical facility location models assume that once optimally located...
2008 08 04 : Economies of scale
It is unfortunate that the decision-making process for infrastructure...
2008 08 04 : From the back room to the board room
Supply chain management used to be relegated to the logistics...
2008 08 03 : Accessibility Index – Transport Network Vulnerability
The starting point for this paper is the question of how to define...
2008 07 19 : Supply Chain Disruptions – Does location matter?
In regions or countries with sparse transportation networks or few...
2008 07 11 : How to Design Mitigation Capabilities
The severity of supply chain disruptions stems from supply chain...
2008 07 10 : Book Review: Research Methodologies in SCM
Is there something like the right research design for supply chain...
2008 07 09 : Cutting back on road spending may not be wise
Improving roads standards is not just a traffic safety issue, but is...
2008 07 06 : Supply Chain Visibility through Web Conferencing
It's weekend and time for some reflections. Maybe slightly off-topic...
2008 07 04 : NOFOMA – The Nordic Logistics Research Network
The Nordic Logistics Research Network (NOFOMA) is a network of Nordic...
2008 07 03 : The Nordic approach to Logistics and Supply Chain Management?
Is there such a thing as a typically Nordic way of thinking within...
2008 07 02 : Supply chain vulnerability: an invisible global risk?
Supply chain disruption - a global issue? All companies and...
2008 07 01 : eSourcingWiki – can it be trusted?
eSourcingWiki is sponsored by Iasta, a software and global service...
2008 06 30 : The Handbook of Business Continuity Management
Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) has many similarities with...
2008 06 29 : Supply Chain Risk – Business Continuity Management
Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) has many similarities with...
2008 06 28 : A lesson in supply chain disruption: German railways during WWII
Supply chain disruptions have occurred as frequently in the past as...
2008 06 27 : Location, location, location
How do companies or businesses located in such places adapt to the...
2008 06 27 : Assess the vulnerability of your production system
The paper defines the concept of vulnerability as it applies to...
2008 06 26 : Sheffi’s disruption profile
This is tell-tale illustration of what happens when supply chains are...
2008 06 25 : A risky business? The top 10 challenges of offshoring
Organisations embarking on offshoring face multiple challenges; many...
2008 06 23 : Categorization of Supply Chain Risk
Supply chain risks can include a number of different issues, and the...
2008 06 20 : The difference between legal and illegal supply chains
Daniel Ekwall's thesis combines theories from criminology with...
2008 06 19 : An empirical investigation into supply chain vulnerability
Drivers of supply chain vulnerability are 1) supply-side risk 2)...
2008 06 17 : Managing risk in global supply chains
The book Strategies for Building Successful Global Businesses, by the...
2008 06 15 : Can you outsource risk?
This article, at the China Sourcing Blog, points at what is probably...
2008 06 14 : Book review: Supply Chain Risk Management
Edited by Robert B. Handfield, Supply Chain Risk Management:...
2008 06 11 : Building a secure and resilient supply chain
Are you gambling with your supply network? You should be aware that...
2008 06 06 : Piracy at sea – is your supply chain at risk?
You may not consider it the foremost supply chain risk, but piracy...
2008 05 29 : Supply Chain Risk Management 2008
Supply Chain Risk Management 2008, 3rd & 4th November 2008, World...
2008 05 18 : Defining and Measuring Economic Resilience
In contrast to the pre-event character of mitigation, economic...
2008 04 30 : The art of reviewing journal submissions
It’s always interesting to look at the submission in question and...
2008 04 29 : Should you join the Supply Chain Network SCN?
From a quick browse before making this post I realized there are...
2008 04 28 : Robustness, flexibility and resilience
In a previous post I discussed the issue of Flexibility and...
2008 04 27 : Risk Central
Risk Central is a private and personal initiative and web portal...
2008 04 26 : Why risk is the buzzword in supply chain management
What is supply chain risk? Today I will take a closer look at the...
2008 04 25 : Book Review: Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Responsiveness, reliability and relationships are the basis for...
2008 04 22 : Supply chains compete, not companies
Martin Christopher’s particular research interests lie at the...
2008 04 18 : Three steps to make your supply chain less vulnerable
To make the supply chain more resilient, businesses need to do more...
2008 04 15 : Will Climate Change have an impact on transportation?
Transportation professionals should look into the challenges posed by...
2008 04 13 : Book Review: Strategies and Tactics in Supply Chain Event Management
Operations Management and Logistics have been around for a while, but...
2008 04 11 : International Supply Chain Risk Management
The International Supply Chain Risk Management Network (ISCRIM) is a...
2008 03 25 : Supply Chain Risk Management: A Neural Network Approach
Supply chain event management (abbreviated as SCEM) is a...
2008 03 11 : Book Review: Supply Chain Risk
This book contains 11 chapters written by 11 different authors, each...
2008 01 18 : International Conference on Flexible Supply Chains in a Global Economy
Since this conference is held right at my doorstep I thought I should...
2008 01 16 : Book Review: Supply Chain Risk Management
This excellent book by Donald Waters offers a comprehensive overview...

2007 (30)

2007 12 31 : Do you know where your truck fleet is right now? No? You should.
GPS technology, such as the GPS Insight vehicle tracking system, can...
2007 12 23 : Oslo airport shut-down…lessons learned?
The airline industry is a highly competitive market and even...
2007 12 12 : Book Review: The Resilient Enterprise
Excellently written, The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming...
2007 12 10 : Why we need to think the unthinkable
To think the unthinkable, to plan for the unthinkable is maybe not...
2007 12 09 : Supply Chain Management – Emergency Management
Readiness, Response and Recovery are four key elements in the New...
2007 11 12 : MFworks Tutorial – 01 MFworks
Revised on: 2011-07-22These pages will explain how to do network...
2007 11 12 : MFworks Tutorial – 02 Network Modelling
Revised on: 2011-07-22The key to producing a successful network model...
2007 11 12 : MFworks Tutorial – 03 Incremental Linkage
Revised on: 2011-07-22This operation infers the lineal characteristic...
2007 11 12 : MFworks Tutorial – 04 Directional Identifier
Revised on: 2011-07-22The second step to creating a road network in...
2007 11 12 : MFworks Tutorial – 05 Cost surface
Revised on: 2011-07-22Usually, to generate a cost-of passage surface,...
2007 11 12 : MFworks Tutorial – 06 Travel cost – path length
Revised on: 2011-07-22To determine the actual length of a path...
2007 11 12 : MFworks Tutorial – 07 Dynamic Cost Surface
Revised on: 2011-07-22One option for implementing a dynamic cost...
2007 11 12 : MFworks Tutorial – 08 Artefacts
Revised on: 2011-07-22 Accuracy Using raster GIS for network analysis...
2007 11 12 : MFworks Tutorial – 09 Map Layers Needed
Revised on: 2011-07-22Map layers needed: A network, a cost surface,...
2007 11 12 : MFworks Tutorial – 10 Deriving Linkage
Revised on: 2011-07-22linkage = IncrementalLinkage network; The...
2007 11 12 : MFworks Tutorial – 11 Deriving Directions
Revised on: 2011-07-22This operation converts linkage values into...
2007 11 12 : MFworks Tutorial – 12 Deriving the Shortest Path
Revised on: 2011-07-22Creating proximity surfaces from origin and...
2007 11 12 : MFworks Tutorial – 13 Viewing the Shortest Path
Revised on: 2011-07-22Now, the shortest path can be extracted....
2007 11 12 : MFworks Tutorial – 14 Dynamic Networks
Revised on: 2011-07-22The procedure is similar to finding the...
2007 11 12 : MFworks Tutorial – 15 Shortest Path I
Revised on: 2011-07-22The procedure is similar to finding the...
2007 11 12 : MFworks Tutorial – 16 Shortest Path II
Revised on: 2011-07-22Creating proximity surfaces for path(s) in time...
2007 11 12 : MFworks Tutorial – 17 Shortest Path I+II
Revised on: 2011-07-22Now, the shortest path(s) can be extracted as...
2007 10 09 : Impact assessment of road transportation projects
The strength of the Norwegian impact assesment method is how...
2007 09 15 : The Swedish Road Network – Vulnerable or not?
The increase in generalised travel costs weighted by the satisfied or...
2007 09 09 : How New Zealand develops resilient organisations
As our infrastructure and organisations become ever more networked...
2007 09 02 : Is Your Supply Chain Vulnerable?
Supply chain vulnerability is an important business issue, but little...
2007 09 01 : Book Review: Logistics Management and Strategy
I have found it hard to find a book that explains the concepts of...
2007 08 26 : How to disrupt a supply chain
A typical supply chain consists of a company with incoming raw...
2007 02 06 : Book review: Cost-Benefit Analysis
This book by Anthony Boardman et al. is aheavy read. It is not a book...
2007 01 05 : Cost-Benefit Analysis – an essay about valuation problems
Reliability and vulnerability are important elements in ensuring a...

2006 (1)

2006 05 16 : Transport Network Vulnerability Metrics
This paper presents a review of road network vulnerability, seeking...

2005 (2)

2005 03 05 : Book Review: Transportation GIS
This book showcases many examples of how GIS can be applied in the...
2005 01 13 : The vulnerability of road networks in a cost-benefit perspective
A reliable transportation network represents a net benefit to...

2004 (10)

2004 12 15 : Flexibility and robustness as options to reduce risk and uncertainty
This paper will first present the main risks that are facing any...
2004 10 06 : Reliability and vulnerability versus costs and benefits
Looking beyond the science of vulnerability assessments, this paper...
2004 08 25 : Book review: The Network Reliability of Transport
I guess you would have to have attended the conference yourself or be...
2004 08 25 : Book review: Handbook of Transportation Engineering
Comprehensive and all-encompassing, this handbook may be way to much...
2004 08 25 : Book review: Transport – Economics and Management
Kept at an executive level, this book delves just deep enough for you...
2004 08 25 : Reliability and vulnerability versus costs and benefits
The paper outlines a framework for developing a methodology that to...
2004 04 25 : Reliability and vulnerability in road development projects
Why is the reliability, or conversely, the vulnerability, of the...
2004 04 20 : Pålitelighet og sårbarhet – et ikke-tema i nyttekostnadsanalyser?
Pålitelighet og sårbarhet er to forhold av betydning for...
2004 01 28 : Book review: Cost-Benefit Analysis: Theory and Application
I used this book to learn more about cost-benefit analysis (CBA) in...
2004 01 27 : Book Review: Transportation Network Analysis
Drawing heavily on academic knowledge this book almost requires a...

2003 (1)

2003 08 25 : Book review: GIS for Transportation
Mind you, this book is not for the fainthearted, this is solid...

2002 (7)

2002 12 05 : ArcView Network Analyst Tutorial
This tutorial was developed by Jan Husdal at the University of Utah,...
2002 05 05 : Pålitelighet og sårbarhet av transportsystemer
Transportsystemer som veg og jernbane danner ryggraden i et moderne...
2002 04 25 : The reliability and vulnerability of transportation lifelines
Transportation networks like freeways and interstate highways are the...
2002 04 04 : JavalancheTM – analyzing hazards to roads
Traditionally, in studying the effect of hazards on roads, a hazard...
2002 04 03 : Shortest Path Computation: A Comparative Analysis
Current research work into establishing a performance efficiency...
2002 03 22 : A spatial framework for modeling hazards to transportation lifelines
Transportation networks are exposed to a wide range of natural...
2002 01 27 : Book review: Networks and Algorithms
This book tells you the difference between the various types of...

2001 (4)

2001 10 31 : Issues in visualization of risk and vulnerability
Visualization technology has emerged as a form of exploratory...
2001 05 12 : MFworks Tutorial
This tutorial, developed in 2002, is a showcase on network analysis...
2001 04 25 : Corridor Analysis – A timeline of evolutionary development
Revised on: 2011-07-22Locating a right-of-way for a linear facility...
2001 02 01 : The use of air photos in emergency management
Air photos can capture a lot more information than field surveys can,...

2000 (4)

2000 09 01 : How to make a straight line square
Traditionally, network analysis, path finding and route planning have...
2000 06 25 : Fastest path problems in dynamic transportation networks
This research essay and literature review investigates some of the...
2000 03 19 : Book Review: This is where raster GIS started…
Tomlin is a must to any academic student of GIS, since much or nearly...
2000 02 15 : ERDAS tutorial
This tutorial is taken from my coursework for the MSc in GIS at the...

1999 (3)

1999 11 28 : How to use IDRISI GIS
This paper was written in 1999 as part of my coursework for the MSc...
1999 11 14 : Road Transportation Management using GIS – vehicle routing and tracking
Roads are main arteries of modern society’s infrastructure,...
1999 10 11 : Network analysis – raster versus vector – A comparison
The key to producing successful network models is in understanding...

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