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Risk & Vulnerability

Supply chains are increasingly becoming complex webs and networks and are no longer straightforward chains with just a few links between supplier and customer.

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Assess the vulnerability of your production system

The paper defines the concept of vulnerability as it applies to production systems and is built around three concepts: A taxonomy of vulnerability factors as a basis for or guideline in establishing scenarios.
An input/output model to describe production systems.
A two-step vulnerability analysis for productions systems.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
SCM: Past, Present and Future
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Mitigating supply chain disruptions
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BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Political Risk
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Book review: Cost-Benefit Analysis: Theory and Application
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REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Global Risks 2009 - Countries at risk?
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Global Risk Reports
While waiting for the World Economic Forum Global Risk Report for 2009, the continuation of the Glob[...]
from HERE and THERE
Oslo airport shut-down...lessons learned?
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ArcView Network Analyst Tutorial
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