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Committed Americans and Trusting Germans

Obviously, selecting the right third-party logistics provider (3PL) for your supply chain is an important decision in supply chain risk management, but not every country decides in the same manner. While Americans focus on commitment, Germans appear to rely more on trust. Why is that?

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Catastrophic events in supply chains

Finding the right facility location is difficult enough. Keeping it safe is even more difficult. One of the building bricks of the this article is the identification of so-called key supply chain locations.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Committed Americans and Trusting Germans
Obviously, selecting the right third-party logistics provider (3PL) for your supply chain is an impo[...]
Popular in SC Resilience
What are the Top of the Pops of Supply Chain Resilience papers? That could be the fitting title for [...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Resilience times four
Resilience. It is not so much about reducing the number of things that go wrong, but it is about imp[...]
Book Review: Reputation Risk
Reputation. Not only is it practically impossible to measure, its value is also frequently underesti[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Critical Infrastructure and Resilience
What happens when a business is disabled for a length of time? What are the impacts on its profitabi[...]
Supply chain disruption risk on the rise
Global supply chains are increasingly becoming more vulnerable to potential disruption to trade, say[...]
from HERE and THERE
The ISCRiM Newsletter 1/2009
As a researcher within supply chain risk, I find the ISCRiM Newsletters a valuable source of informa[...]
Business continuity 101
This is the 3rd day with severe transportation and thus supply chain disruptions all over Europe, du[...]