After publishing A conceptual framework for the analysis of vulnerability in supply chains, Gøran Svensson came up with a 2nd article along the same topic in 2002, entitled A conceptual framework of vulnerability in firms’ inbound and outbound logistics flows. The difference between the two papers is that while the former deals with the inbound flow only, the latter incorporates both the inbound and outbound flow.

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Today’s article is one of the earlier works on supply chain vulnerability, published in 2000. A conceptual framework for the analysis of vulnerability in supply chains by Göran Svensson uses the Swedish car manufacturer Volvo as grounds for establishing his theoretical framework. This is the first of two papers on the same topic; this paper deals particularly with the inbound supply chain. A second paper, which I will review tomorrow, deals both with inbound and outbound logistics.

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