Blog Archives

Less cost and less disruptions?

If you know that your shipment will arrive late, you are perhaps less concerned with not being just in time? The Danish shipping giant Maersk has halved its top cruising speed over the last two years, thus cutting fuel costs, cutting emissions and perhaps cutting disruptions costs, too?

Posted in THIS and THAT
Tags: , , , ,

Fragility and sustainability: emerging research areas?

Should short-term loss-minimization and short-term profit maximization really be the driving force behind supply chain risk management?

Posted in ARTICLES and PAPERS
Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

ARTICLES and PAPERS
Seconds From Disaster
Accidents don't just happen. They are a chain of critical events leading up to the disaster. Everyon[...]
Building a secure and resilient supply chain
Are you gambling with your supply network? You should be aware that the supply network is inherently[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book review: Cost-Benefit Analysis
This book, Cost Benefit Analysis: Concepts and Practice (3rd Edition), by Anthony Boardman et al. is[...]
Supply Chain Continuity
Many business owners will have come across the term business continuity, and many supply chain owner[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Zycus and the Supply Risk Explosion
"Ten or fifteen years ago, you could not convince most procurement and supply-chain professionals to[...]
Supply Chain and Transport Risk
We are living in a new world of risk that is making this world unprecedentedly complex and challengi[...]
from HERE and THERE
Three steps to make your supply chain less vulnerable
Some time ago, Jeff Karrenbauer, CEO of Insight Inc., a top international provider of supply chain p[...]
CPM 2010 East in NYC
Behind this perhaps cryptic title (for some, but not for others, especially those in the BCM industr[...]