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Lean + Agile = LeAgile: a happy marriage?

Opposites attract and in the supply chain world, “lean” and “agile” appear to be opposites. Both management strategies have their advantages and disadvantages.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Not all risk is risk
How to define, understand and describe risk
I had planned to post this yesterday, when I was taken by surprise by the most severe supply chain a[...]
Sustainable supply chains
Sustainability has become a huge buzzword, both in today's business world and within the broader fac[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book review: Handbook of Transportation Engineering
Comprehensive and all-encompassing, the Handbook of Transportation Engineering by Myer Kutz (editor)[...]
Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks
Done...I finally made it! Today I submitted my full chapter for the book on Managing Risk in Virtual[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Global Risks 2008 - A prediction come true
In my post on Hyper-optimization and supply chain vulnerability: an invisible global risk? I highlig[...]
The Benefits of Investing in Supply Chain Security
With the memory of attacks by Somali pirates still fresh in mind, supply chain security has come to [...]
from HERE and THERE
Conferences in Transportation and Supply Chain
Looking for a list of conferences in supply chain and transportation-related topics? By accident, I [...]
Transportation reliability and vulnerability
This is a philosophical essay on transportation vulnerability, where three fields or subjects are br[...]