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CPM 2010 East in NYC

The Contingency Planning & Management Conference (CPM 2010 EAST) held this November 3-4 in New York City, will bring together experts in risk management for advanced-level education on today’s hot topics

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Humanitarian Relief Supply Chains

The timely delivery of critical goods has always been a crucial element of an effective disaster response, but an effective disaster supply chain is hard to create and maintain. What are the key supply chain factors for improving disaster supply chain management?

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Call for papers: Humanitarian Logistics

Now there is a new source for knowledge on disaster management and humanitarian logistics, the Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management (JHLSCM).

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Supply Chain Risk Management – as seen from Space

Is it possible to reconcile supply chain vulnerability, risk and supply chain management with corporate governance, business continuity, national security and emergency planning?

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Supply Chain Management – Emergency Management

Readiness, Response and Recovery are four key elements in the New Zealand Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002. But how can this be related to supply chain management?

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Humanitarian Relief Supply Chains
Managing disaster supply chains has much in common with managing supply chain disruptions,  and a d[...]
The impact of supply chain disasters
Disasters. The result: Damaged infrastructure. End result: Disrupted supply chains. But how do disas[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Transportation Network Analysis
Transportation Network Analysis by M. G. H. Bell and Yasunori Iida is a book for the expert rather t[...]
Risk and vulnerability in maritime supply chains
This week's focus are risks in the maritime supply chain. Today's article reflects on security in ma[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Zycus and the Supply Risk Explosion
"Ten or fifteen years ago, you could not convince most procurement and supply-chain professionals to[...]
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
Fewer suppliers mean fewer choices for consumers
The financial crisis has created an supply chain crisis, says The Economist. As demand for cheap goo[...]
4th SCRM Seminar Barcelona 2012
This is an event that should not be missed: The 4th supply chain risk managment seminar in Barcelona[...]