Here is a risk assessment index that can be used to measure the vulnerability of different supply chain structures. While it is apparently straightforward to calculate this risk index, it is subject to a number of assumptions that are not equally straightforward to quantify.
I’ve said so before, sometimes new articles are found in new and unlikely places and here is a chance to learn something new.
Another book by someone from the ISCRIM gang? No, not this time, or perhaps, yes, after all, since several of the ISCRIM members have contributed to it. The book serves a twofold purpose: 1) Understanding and assessing risk in the supply chain, and 2) Decision making and risk mitigation in the supply chain.
How does company culture shape a firm’s risk mitigation and response, and thus, how does company culture shape a firm’s supply chain agility?
Finding the right facility location is difficult enough. Keeping it safe is even more difficult. One of the building bricks of the this article is the identification of so-called key supply chain locations.
Risk management needs to address both sides of the risk: what lies behind the risk (source) and what lies in front of it (consequences).
