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Stemming the rising tide

Written in 2008 and well before the global financial downturn had companies think of anything but supply chain risk, this study of 110 North American risk managers by Marsh found that only 35 percent considered their companies to be “moderately effective” at managing supply chain risk.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Shrink Shrank Shrunk
A missed classic? Perhaps, because after reading this article I realized that this in many ways is a[...]
The capability concept
Capability is an important measure in addressing vulnerabilities and in assessing resilience. Is the[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Risk Management Simplified
Risk management. Why make it difficult when you can make it easy? That is perhaps what Andy Osborne [...]
Risk Management in Global Supply Chain Networks
Supply Chain Risks can be classified as either one of these three, Deviation, Disruption or Disaster[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Highway Vulnerability and Criticality Assessment
Transportation vulnerability and resilience have been the focus of this blog for the past two days, [...]
Critical Infrastructure and Resilience
What happens when a business is disabled for a length of time? What are the impacts on its profitabi[...]
from HERE and THERE
4th SCRM Seminar Barcelona 2012
This is an event that should not be missed: The 4th supply chain risk managment seminar in Barcelona[...]
Oslo airport shut-down...lessons learned?
Two days ago, Norway's major airport, Oslo Gardermoen (OSL) practically shut down due to weather con[...]