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Save costs and the environment

Hitting two birds with one stone? Can you shrink manufacturing costs while at the same time operate in an environmentally friendly manner? Veolia Environment thinks it’s possible and presents their ideas in a WTG webinar.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Biting the hand that feeds. All firms are snakes.
'All firms are snakes'. So says Paul D. Cousins in A conceptual model for managing long-term inter-o[...]
Contingent flexibility
Can contingency planning increase flexibility and minimize risk exposure to supply chain disruptions[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Can your business take a blow?
Are you prepared for whatever mishaps your business throws at you? If you're not, you better start l[...]
Appetite versus Attitude
Finally, and long overdue, another review in the Gower Short Guide to Business Risk book series. Thi[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Global Risks 2008 - A prediction come true
In my post on Hyper-optimization and supply chain vulnerability: an invisible global risk? I highlig[...]
Global Risks 2009 - Countries at risk?
How will the current financial downturn affect supply chains? That's what we all wonder about, isn't[...]
from HERE and THERE
How to disrupt a supply chain
This is a brief description of a model I developed for supply chain risk and vulnerability, with ris[...]
Operational Excellence - or not
Operational Excellence or OpEx for short, what does that imply and why should you care about it? Wel[...]