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Single, sole, dual, multiple sourcing?

This paper examines the costs and benefits of single versus multiple sourcing strategies, dependent on probability and consequences of supply disruption, vendor price escalation, inventory and schedule issues, technology access and quality control.

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How to secure your supply chain – 5/7

Previously, I portrayed the different categories of buyer-supplier relationships, and how they influence supply chain disruptions. Today I will look at sourcing strategies and how to or may how not to source: double sourcing, dual sourcing, parallel sourcing, säkra företagets flöden, see-saw sourcing, single sourcing

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Accessibility Index - Transport Network Vulnerability
Taylor, M., Sekhar, S., & D'Este, G. (2006). Application of Accessibility Based Methods for Vulnerability Analysis of Strategic Road Networks Networks and Spatial Economics, 6 (3-4), 267-291
I had the pleasure of meeting M.A.P. Taylor at the 3rd International Symposium on Transport Network [...]
Call for papers: Supply Chain Risk in China
Supply chain and operations management are increasingly global, and China has become the world's man[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Enterprise-wide Risk Management
Coming from a crisis management and business continuity background, I really enjoyed reading Enterpr[...]
Risk Management in Global Supply Chain Networks
Supply Chain Risks can be classified as either one of these three, Deviation, Disruption or Disaster[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Managing supply chain risk
In September and October 2009 the Economist Intelligence Unit surveyed 500 company executives with r[...]
The Benefits of Investing in Supply Chain Security
With the memory of attacks by Somali pirates still fresh in mind, supply chain security has come to [...]
from HERE and THERE
If the UK goes cold, blame me
Still thinking about my recent post on the importance of security of supply, I first added salt and [...]
NOFOMA - The Nordic Logistics Research Network
The Nordic Logistics Research Network (NOFOMA) is a network of Nordic researchers within the field o[...]