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Robust, Rapid, Resilient

The resilience of any system can be measured by two dimensions: robustness, the extent of system function that is maintained, and rapidity, the time required to return to full system operations and productivity. In essence, pre-disaster mitigation fosters robustness, and post-disaster adaptation fosters rapidity.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Shippers, carriers and disruptions
Both shippers and motor carriers are impacted by travel time variability, but they react differently[...]
A Future Research Agenda for Supply Chain Risk
When Manuj and Mentzer (2008) wrote their article titled Global Supply Chain Risk Management, they [...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Security and continuity of supply
Aah...the intricacies of the English language. Not supply (chain) security, but the security of supp[...]
The Handbook of Business Continuity Management
As I said in my post yesterday, Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) has many similarities with Busin[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Critical Infrastructure and Resilience
What happens when a business is disabled for a length of time? What are the impacts on its profitabi[...]
A Decade of Living Dangerously
Do you remember the movie The Year of Living Dangerously with Mel Gibson? Topically unrelated maybe,[...]
from HERE and THERE
Supply Chain Risk Webinars
I've never given much though to webinars as a means of communication, as  blogging is my force, alth[...]
In memoriam David Kaye
Sad news. I don't always keep up with the subjects of my reviews, and today I was very saddened to l[...]