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Shrink Shrank Shrunk

This is one of the articles – if not THE article – that paved the way for many frameworks for risks in supply chains, most notably the supply-demand-process-control model.

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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
Structural embeddedness and the extended supply chain
The other day, while reviewing a chapter for inclusion (or not) in the upcoming book Managing Risk i[...]
Cry Wolf?
Resilience Adviser or Scaremonger? What am I really? That is what started to ask myself after I[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Single Point of Failure
Just out a few days ago, Single Point of Failure is a fascinating read. The author, Gary S. Lynch, i[...]
Is Dynamic Supply Chain Alignment the way of the future?
Dynamic Supply Chain Alignment. That is the magic formula that runs like a red thread through John G[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Calculating the Value-at-Risk
Some of you may remember that I posted about the SCOR Framework for Supply Chain Risk Management ear[...]
Highway Vulnerability and Criticality Assessment
Transportation vulnerability and resilience have been the focus of this blog for the past two days, [...]
from HERE and THERE
The BBC box
I usually watch the BBC World Business Report every morning and today I learned that BBC News is fol[...]
Airports - vital to supply chains?
Is the temporary shut-down of Bangkok's two international airports important in a supply chain persp[...]