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Supply Chain Risk Management in six steps

Supply management is not just about acquiring goods and services at the best possible price. It’s also about identifying possible disruptions to the supply chain and taking steps to mitigate them. While the article may be lacking in academic depth, it makes up for it in its hands-on managerial approach.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Supply Chain Risk and Vulnerability in Indonesia
Indonesia. 17000 islands spread over a distance of 6000 kilometres. Mega-cities and remote desolate [...]
Strategies for managing risk in multinational corporations
In my post two days ago, reviewing the article by Manuj and Mentzer (2008) titled Global Supply Chai[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Heads in the sand
Finally, after 5 days of volcanic ash cloud posting, I can return to my regular topics of supply cha[...]
Book Review:Managing Risks in Supply Chains
To make up for yesterday's perhaps overly harsh critique of just one article from this book, this is[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Creating the resilient supply chain
This blog is about supply chain risk, business continuity and transport vulnerability, and while I h[...]
Supply chain vulnerability: an invisible global risk?
Supply chain disruption - a global issue? All companies and governments dependent on external suppli[...]
from HERE and THERE
Another volcanic ash cloud crisis?
Rewind your thoughts one year: Iceland. Volcano eruption. Air travel. Then look at today's news. Are[...]
Fastest path problems in dynamic transportation networks
This research essay and literature review investigates some of the gateways to path finding in stati[...]