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Risk Disablers

My latest acquaintance in supply chain risk research methodology is developing  drivers and dependants using interpretive structural modelling (ISM).  A good example was provided by the trio of Mohd Nishat Faisal, D.K. Banwet, and Ravi Shankar, which I presented last week when I reviewed their paper on information risks management. As I found out, they used ISM in a previous paper written a year earlier, Supply chain risk mitigation: modeling the enablers, looking specifically (or perhaps more generally) at enablers of supply chain risk mitigation. Again, a fascinating article…

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Information Risk Management

Openness, partnering, trust and particularly sharing of information has often been cited as one way to reduce supply chain risk. The more you know, and know early enough, the less surprised you may be about unforeseen developments. However, information sharing has its own set of risks. Information risks management in supply chains: an assessment and mitigation framework by Mohd Nishat Faisal, D.K. Banwet, and Ravi Shankar provides a well-founded theoretical framework for assessing these risks.

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