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Maritime Vulnerability

Maritime transport is a vital backbone of today’s global and complex supply chains. Unfortunately, the specific vulnerability of maritime supply chains has not been widely researched. Perhaps because it is such an obvious part of today’s supply chains that it is not looked at specifically, and just assumed to be part of the wider picture.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
The flexibility of the logistics provider
Supply chain flexibility is a decisive factor in avoiding supply chain disruptions. One major contri[...]
Vulnerability and resilience of transport systems
I've been away from academia for the last three years, and in my efforts to catch up with the latest[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Supply Chain Risk Management
This excellent book by Donald Waters, Supply Chain Risk Management: Vulnerability and Resilience in [...]
Book Review: Managing External Risk
I am blessed to have a college library that complies with most of my book acquisition requests and t[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
The supply chain of the future
A recent report by IBM, referenced by Supply Chain Digest in IBM Lays Out its Vision for the Supply [...]
Supply chain disruption risk on the rise
Global supply chains are increasingly becoming more vulnerable to potential disruption to trade, say[...]
from HERE and THERE
Near-shoring - less risk?
You Can’t Understand China’s Slowdown Without Understanding Supply Chains. That's the title of a rec[...]
Supply Chain Management - Emergency Management
Yes. No doubt about it. Reduction, Readiness, Response and Recovery are four key elements in the New[...]