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Does product design impact supply chain risk?

What is in the supply chain is determined by a design process, and consequently, is it possible to design supply chain risk out of (or in to) the supply chain?

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Risk and Supply Chain Management – A Research Agenda

Albeit exploratory and conceptual in its approach, the article provides valuable insights into the current literature.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Risk management: core competence?
Is risk management overlooked as an important source of competitive advantage? That is the question [...]
Contingent flexibility
Can contingency planning increase flexibility and minimize risk exposure to supply chain disruptions[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
The Handbook of Business Continuity Management
As I said in my post yesterday, Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) has many similarities with Busin[...]
Supply Chain Nirvana
Is there something like a Supply Chain Nirvana, where it all comes together and where a firm's suppl[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Managing supply chain risk
In September and October 2009 the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed 500 company executives with r[...]
A risky business? The top 10 challenges of offshoring
Organisations embarking on offshoring face multiple challenges; many of which can be extremely daunt[...]
from HERE and THERE
Practical Supply Chain Risk Management
Every once in while I come across articles written by leaders in the industry. that catch my attenti[...]
Overcoming locational disadvantage
Following up my previous post, Sparse transportation networks - a recipe for supply chain disruption[...]