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A supply chain is never stronger than the weakest link

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Revised on: 2015-09-26

Are you the weakest link in your own supply chain? That’s the question asked in an article in the Harvard Business Review some time ago. 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. This article may not be that much related to supply chain risk, but it is not totally unrelated.

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How the wrong people can ruin a supply chain

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Revised on: 2011-05-19

People are what makes organizations work, or in some cases, not work. Just as the “ordinary” supply chain is all about getting the right product to the right place at the right time and at the right price, the talent supply chain is all about getting the right people in the right jobs with the right skills at the right time and right price. 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

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Revised on: 2015-10-03

Done…I finally made it! Today I submitted my full chapter for the book on Managing Risk in Virtual Enterprise Networks: Implementing Supply Chain Principles. All I can do now is anxiously await the reviewers’ verdict. Followers of this blog will already have noticed some of my posts on Virtual Enterprise Networks, and wonder why I am suddenly deviating (albeit only slightly) from the main thrust of my blog, namely supply chain risk and transportation.

 

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Understanding risks in Virtual Enterprise Networks

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Revised on: 2011-07-06

Today’s unstable and highly competitive business environment has created a shift in how enterprises are established and managed, where past “traditional” enterprises are replaced by new “virtual” enterprises, forming temporary networks of independent companies or Virtual Enterprise Networks (VENs) that  share skills, costs and access to each other’s market. 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), and here are some the ideas that have come to my mind when trying to connect risks in supply chains with risks in VENs.

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