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SCM: Past, Present and Future

What has been written during a decade of academic research in the Supply Chain Management (SCM) field? A lot, obviously, but despite the considerable number of academic contributions, the literature is still very fragmented, and only examines one link of the chain, not the entire network.

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Supply Risk Management: just common sense?

There are four situational factors that are important in supply chains, namely, the buyer, the supplier, the product bought, and the environment surrounding the purchase.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Road Vulnerability
Today we are going back in time, to one of the seminal articles in road vulnerability. Katja Berdica[...]
Robust, Rapid, Resilient
The resilience of infrastructure systems can be measured by two dimensions: robustness, the extent o[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Risk and vulnerability in maritime supply chains
This week's focus are risks in the maritime supply chain. Today's article reflects on security in ma[...]
Book Review: Reputation Risk
Reputation. Not only is it practically impossible to measure, its value is also frequently underesti[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Creating the resilient supply chain
This blog is about supply chain risk, business continuity and transport vulnerability, and while I h[...]
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
Cost-Benefit Analysis – an essay about valuation problems
This paper introduces vulnerability as an important parameter for decision-support in cost-benefit a[...]
International Supply Chain Risk Management
The International Supply Chain Risk Management Network (ISCRiM) is a network of academics interested[...]