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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
Supply Chain Risk Management: A Neural Network Approach
I found a very interesting article by Frank Teuteberg in Strategies and Tactics in Supply Chain Even[...]
How to secure your supply chain - 6/7
Although going on 10 years hold, much of this handbook still holds true. I found it by accident when[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Managing External Risk
I am blessed to have a college library that complies with most of my book acquisition requests and t[...]
Organizing Resilience
Resilience. A word that his been in the media perhaps more than ever before these days. I am of cour[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
London Olympics and Business Continuity
Are UK businesses, and in particular London businesses, unprepared for the London Olympics in 2012? [...]
Risk management - Vocabulary
What is risk management in supply chains? The more I study supply chain risk management, the more co[...]
from HERE and THERE
The curse of being oil-rich
Ah...the complacency of being oil rich. So complacent, in fact, that we forget about our infrastruct[...]
International Supply Chain Risk Management
The International Supply Chain Risk Management Network (ISCRiM) is a network of academics interested[...]