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From the back room to the board room

Supply chain management used to be relegated to the logistics department of businesses and hardly thought of as matters concerning the top-level management. In his 2004 paper, Joseph L. Cavinato points out five sub-networs within the supply chain that need special attention:Physical – the actual movement of goods, shipping and warehousing
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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Occupational hazards in supply chains
Material breakages and damages are not unknown incidents in supply chains, but material damage and o[...]
Vulnerability in business relationships
Today's journal article review is an article by professor Göran Svensson from Halmstad University in[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
One bad apple...
...spoils the barrel? Yesterday I sat down to prepare a review of this book, Managing Risks in Suppl[...]
Risk Management in Maritime Transportation Networks
This week’s focus are risks in the maritime supply chain, and today's article introduces a new metho[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
London Olympics and Business Continuity
Are UK businesses, and in particular London businesses, unprepared for the London Olympics in 2012? [...]
Future Value Chain Trends 2020
The twelve future trends that will shape value chains and supply chain management during this decade[...]
from HERE and THERE
Volcanic Ash Cloud Day 5
Today is Day Five of the infamous Iceland volcanic ash cloud disruption. What just a week ago was a [...]
Hard Drive Recovery and Business Continuity
Having access to the most up-to-date business information is vital to any business. That is why you [...]