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Disaster Relief Supply Chains

On one hand, a disaster relief operation could be viewed as a supply chain operating under an extreme supply chain disruption. On the other hand, a disaster relief operation could also be viewed as a supply chain operating with extreme supply chain flexibility or extreme supply chain agility.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Avoid Supply Chain Breakdown - Tailored Risk Management
In my previous post on Ericsson versus Nokia - the now classic case of supply chain disruption I men[...]
Risk and Supply Chain Management - A Research Agenda
After a long break from reviewing actual supply chain risk literature, today I would like to return [...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Creative Destruction
Like with so many of my other recent book reviews I came across Nolan and Croson's book, Creative De[...]
Book Review: Strategies and Tactics in Supply Chain Event Management
Operations Management and Logistics have been around for a while, but Supply Chain Management is a r[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
A risky business? The top 10 challenges of offshoring
Organisations embarking on offshoring face multiple challenges; many of which can be extremely daunt[...]
Are roads more important than computers?
Critical Infrastructure. Which is more important - or 'critical' - road networks or computers? What [...]
from HERE and THERE
Supply chains and barcodes
Have you ever thought about how barcodes are a major factor in performance of supply chains? As we a[...]
ETC 2012 - Call for papers
Celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2012, the European Transport Conference or ETC is unique in Euro[...]