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A supply chain is never stronger than the weakest link

The article is geared towards company CEOs, advising them not to get too detached from supply management, but rather to actively engage in their company’s supply chain management, particularly in businesses like manufacturing, retail and distribution.

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How the wrong people can ruin a supply chain

People are what makes organizations work, or in some cases, not work. What happens if you don’t have the right people? Well, you may have disaster waiting to happen from within.

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Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks

I must admit that I knew very little, if anything, about Virtual Enterprise Networks when I started this adventure some months back, but I can now say that I am fascinated by the concept

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Understanding risks in Virtual Enterprise Networks

I am currently writing a book chapter for the book Managing Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks: Implementing Supply Chain Principles, which is about risks in Virtual Enterprise Networks (VENs).

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Perspectives on risk management in supply chains
Today's article is actually not an article on it's own, but an editorial to a special 2009 issue of [...]
Sustainable supply chains
Sustainability has become a huge buzzword, both in today's business world and within the broader fac[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Jumpstart your VEN adventure
This is a terrific book. As you will know from my post  the other day, I am currently writing a boo[...]
Book Review: Managing Risk and Security
One of my readers suggested this book to me via  a comment on my supply chain literature list pages[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Risk management - Vocabulary
What is risk management in supply chains? The more I study supply chain risk management, the more co[...]
Global Risk Reports
While waiting for the World Economic Forum Global Risk Report for 2009, the continuation of the Glob[...]
from HERE and THERE
D-Day for Norway's Transport Infrastructure
Today, on this ominous date, Friday the 13th, Norway's government is presenting it's development pla[...]
Extreme Weather Hazards and Transportation Vulnerability
Weather Extremes: Assessment of Impacts on Transport Systems and Hazards for European Regions. That [...]