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A Christmas To Remember

Posted on 2020-12-23 by

This has truly been a year of continuous supply chain disruptions, and many businesses have felt the effects of the pandemic. I realize now that I should have seized the opportunity long ago to reinstate this blog in the early months of 2020, not now, when it it is nearly over.

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Tags: covid-19, pandemic, supply chain disruption, Taleb Nassim M

Raising the dead

Posted on 2020-11-23 by

This site has been dormant for more than five years now. Am I going to revive it? Yes I will! In the very near future. Finally I have found the time and will and inspiration to write again. Stay tuned.

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Near-shoring – less risk?

Posted on 2015-10-02 by

The current slowdown in China is due to “near-shoring,” the practice of producing closer to the customer, and NOT as many economists would say, due to a looming economic crisis in China. True?

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Tags: harvard business review, hb, Simchi-Levi David, supply chain risk management

ISCRIM – so much catching up

Posted on 2015-09-30 by

ISCRIM – 4 years ago it was a very big part of this blog. But – I haven’t completely left supply chain risk territory; rather I’m like standing at the top of the pyramid in Helen Peck’s 2005 article on Reconciling supply chain vulnerability, risk and supply chain management.

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Tags: iscrim

Resilience as a job description

Posted on 2015-09-10 by

So I now call myself “Resilience Adviser”. And what do I do? My job is to oversee that the state-managed road network in my region is planned, built, operated and maintained so that it can function 24/7/365, and thus ensure societal safety and societal security.

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Tags: beskyttelse av samfunnet, resilience, samfunnssikkerhet

Migrants and European supply chains

Posted on 2015-09-04 by

Truckers caught up in Europe’s migrant crisis say business is increasingly disrupted by queues and stowaways, but they are far more worried governments will step up border controls

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Tags: customs, Schengen, supply chain disruption

Save costs and the environment

Posted on 2012-11-15 by

Hitting two birds with one stone? Can you shrink manufacturing costs while at the same time operate in an environmentally friendly manner? Veolia Environment thinks it’s possible and presents their ideas in a WTG webinar.

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Tags: manufacturing, webinar

Crisis? What crisis?

Posted on 2012-08-10 by

An “ordinary” contingency is not a crisis. An extraordinary contingency is a potential crisis. It is only when the ordinary contingency plans fail or when the ordinary contingency measures are not enough that we have potential crisis at our hands.

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Tags: business continuity, contingency planning, crisis management

Operational Excellence – or not

Posted on 2012-08-08 by

Operational excellence or OpEx for short, what does that imply? A webinar on Top 5 OpEx Success Strategies will help you become more successful, using Lean and OpEx to enable and accelerate business growth.

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Tags: kaizen, lean supply chains, webinar

4th SCRM Seminar Barcelona 2012

Posted on 2012-08-05 by

This is an event that should not be missed: The 4th supply chain risk managment seminar is once again held in Barcelona, 25th and 26th October 2012. This year: one full day for Supply Chain Management and one full day for Supply Chain Risk Management.

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Tags: conference, scrm barcelona

ETC 2012 – Call for papers

Posted on 2012-01-25 by

Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2012, the European Transport Conference or ETC is unique in Europe, attracting many transport practitioners and researchers across a broad spectrum of transport modes. This year’s conference is held 10-12 October in Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

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Tags: AET, conference, ETC

INSTR 2012 – Call for papers

Posted on 2012-01-03 by

The INSTR series is the premier gathering for the world’s leading researchers and professionals interested in transportation network reliability, to discuss both recent research and future research directions. The deadline for submitting abstracts is 30 January 2012.

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Tags: conference, INSTR, transport vulnerability

Retail Operations in China

Posted on 2011-09-09 by

With a large population of fashion and brand conscious consumers increasing their spending as their incomes rise, the consumer retail market in China is expected to continue to grow, opening up huge expansion opportunities for European and US retail stores.

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Tags: retail scm, webinar

CNN: The Gateway

Posted on 2011-08-28 by

In this series Becky Anderson goes behind the scenes of the world’s major transport hubs, revealing the logistics that keep goods and people moving. We may not always give it much thought, but supply chains are all around us, and logistics is what makes the world tick.

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Tags: global supply chains, logistics, supply chain management

The ISCRiM Newsletter

Posted on 2011-08-08 by

Are you looking for the latest in supply chain risk research? The ISCRiM Newsletter is filled to the brim with exciting news and links that a researcher in supply chain risk ought to be aware of. It’s a who’s who and what’s what in supply chain risk management. Not to be missed.

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Tags: international supply chain risk management network, iscrim, supply chain risk research

Retail SCM Summit 2011

Posted on 2011-07-19 by

China is a rising economic powerhouse and on its way to become the world’s second largest consumer market after the United States. With the government putting high priority on boosting domestic consumption, Chinese retailers need to understand the increasingly sophisticated Chinese consumer.

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Tags: conference, global supply chains, supply chain management

What are you afraid of?

Posted on 2011-07-12 by

What do businesses in Scandinavia fear the most? The answer may surprise you…or maybe not. Interestingly, what is most on managers’ minds is very different from country to country. Supply chain risks do not rank very high. Actually, unless you count them in implicitly, they do not rank at all…almost.

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Tags: business continuity, risk management

Supplier Risk Management

Posted on 2011-06-12 by

Value Generation through Supplier Risk Management is a survey that aims to explore the potential value of effective risk management in supplier relationships and to provide insight into the supplier risk management practices and attitudes of organizations across multiple industry segments.

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Tags: McCormack Kevin, supplier evaluation, supply chain turbulence, Trkman Peter, Valadares de Oliveira Marcos Paulo

3rd Supply Chain Risk Management Seminar 2011

Posted on 2011-06-07 by

It is now official: The 3rd Supply Chain Risk Management Seminar 2011 will be held in Barcelona, Spain, 26-27th October this year. This year’s program is still in the making but some topics and speakers are already out, and there are a lot of reasons for going to Barcelona this year.

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Tags: conference, scrm barcelona, supply chain risk management

Supply Chain Performance Metrics

Posted on 2011-06-03 by

Many business decisions are made as supply chain decisions, but many supply chain managers are perhaps not fully aware of how the supply chain metrics they juggle in their day to day operations impact the overall financial performance of they company they work for.

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Tags: key performance indicators, supply chain management, Wisner Priscilla

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