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Robustness, resilience, flexibility and agility

These concepts are often confused, and thus, warrant further explanation. They are distinctively different.

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Call for papers: Supply Chain Risk in China
Supply chain and operations management are increasingly global, and China has become the world's man[...]
The causes of logistics uncertainty
Logistics uncertainty - a new research strand in supply chain risk research? So it would seem, as th[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
SME Risk Management
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up the majority of enterprises in most countries, and[...]
Supply Chain Risk - Jetzt auch auf Deutsch
Unbeknown to me - or perhaps I really should have known better - there appears to be a large body of[...]
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 Resilience Index
The 2015 FM Global Resilience Index provides an annual ranking of 130 countries and territories acco[...]
from HERE and THERE
Flexibility and robustness as options to reduce risk and uncertainty
Any company operating in international markets will face a multitude of risks. Acknowledging these r[...]
Food commodity supply chains at risk?
Have the prices gone up at your local supermarket recently? Maybe your favorite chocolate is suddenl[...]